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--- notes:stickerclub [2025/05/15 03:37] – [Appalachian cryptids] scumsuck
+++ notes:stickerclub [2025/06/30 03:38] (current) – [Requests from 2024] scumsuck
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 ===== Requests from 2024 =====
   * weasel
-  * chupacabra
+  * <del>chupacabra</del>
   * <del> mothman!</del>
   * the cat that scientists made glow in the dark!
   * Helicoprion!
   * Coelacanth
-  * Narwhal!
+  * <del>Narwhal!</del>
+    * The word "narwhal" comes from the Old Norse nárhval, meaning 'corpse-whale', which possibly refers to the animal's grey, mottled skin and its habit of remaining motionless when at the water's surface
+    * "In the majority of cases, erupted tusks appear only in males and the left-side tusk is the one that tends to emerge."  Females tend to lose their tusk if they grow them
+    * No solid known use for tusk: may be for mating display, stunning fish to eat, or breaking ice
   * <del>thylacine</del>
+===== Requests from 2024 =====
+  * arc = Would love some Skum birds for the sticker club! Like Sandhills, grey herons,turkey vultures!
+  * whim = What about Hombre Gato for a cryptid & leafy seadragon for a for realz critter?
 ===== Some ideas from me: =====
+====crappy animals====
+  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molidae|sunfish]] - cant move spine or mouth, gets so many worms they have to bask on the surface for birds to eat their parasites
+  * Octopuses die after reproduction
+  * Squids ink through their mobility/waste hole
+  * Most sponges reproduce sexually.
+  * Paxillosida Starfish use one hole for their mouth and anus.
+====Antiquity====
+  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_(Chinese_zoology)|Mo = Giant Panda or Malaysian Tapir]]
 ====Mythical====
   * [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huoshu|Huoshu]]: fire rat
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 ==== Bugs ====
   * [[https://www.tumblr.com/apsciencebylyn/774707055096446976/hands-you-one|Treehopper]]
+  * Blue carpenter bee
+  * Native bees vs honey bees (honey bees can BEE invasive competitors to native beez)
+  * Photuris - female mimic lightning bugs that eat males of other species
 ==== Appalachian cryptids ====