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A proud blarf mommy with her litter. :D Original sold (surprisingly for me) at EF 13. *g*
Blarfs are © by Bloodhound Omega
P.S. I like how their eyes turned out...
Blarfs are © by Bloodhound Omega
P.S. I like how their eyes turned out...
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Fantasy
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 900 x 683px
File Size 190.1 kB
The Blarf family is believed to have originated from medium-sized insectivorous creatures that evolved tens of millions of years ago in the boreal forest of the northern continents. The Common Blarf is a medium-sized forest predator, whose range extends from the low tundra right through the temperate deciduous forests. It is believed to have been "tamed" by the Bloodhound race some tens of millennia ago, although some authorities maintain that the Blarf tamed the Bloodhounds rather than the other way around.
The Blarf is notable for its massively developed hindquarters and ferocious recurved claws. Its muscular development allows it to leap colossal distances, and in its forest environment it readily bounds off tree-trunks and branches. This allows it to attack its prey from almost any angle, forcing prey species to develop defensive mechanisms such as the hemispheric vision of the bulb-eyed sproingbuck. The Blarf kills by biting into its prey, holding on with its teeth, and using its claws to inflict massive laceration damage. It is common for the prey to be eviscerated while still running, and so-called "gut trails" are often the first sign of a Blarf pack in the vicinity.
To handle its exceptional aerial agility, the Blarf has impressive faculties of three-dimensional reasoning. The adult Blarf is therefore practically impossible to keep captive, since it leap, wriggle, claw or figure its way out of practically any cage or enclosure. This is generally held to explain why Blarf and Bloodhound tend to associate on equal terms: mistreated Blarf simply go and find another "owner" to feed and groom them.
The Blarf is a social animal with a strong and intricate family structure. Blarfs typically range in groups of two to four, usually consisting of a breeding pair and their offspring from the previous year. Sexual maturity is reached after two years, and the whelps are typically driven from the group by their parents' increasing territoriality and competitiveness during the onset of the mating season, which occurs in late winter. Courtship behaviour is characterised by high-speed pursuit of the female by the male. In heavily forested areas this pursuit can be almost completely airborne among the tree-trunks, and a Blarf courtship among flowering amanga trees is considered one of the most spectacular natural displays the world has to offer, as the courting pair leap and zigzag violently among the shower of dislodged blossoms. This pursuit demonstrates the male's physical fitness, and his social adequacy is ascertained by the need to win the female's favours without triggering her hair-trigger aggression.
The gestation period is fifty-nine days and the cubs are born blind and deaf. Their eyes open after thirteen days, but they begin to jump after only a week, causing severe stress and sleep-deprivation to the mother. This may explain why nursing Blarf are kept in strict isolation behind large warning signs, and why a Blarf litter is known as a "ptoing" of cubs. In the wild state the male plays an equal part in bringing home prey to feed the pups, but they have an unfortunate tendency to bring home porcupines and "domesticated" Blarf females tend to prefer the more digestible food offered by the Bloodhounds.
The Blarf is notable for its massively developed hindquarters and ferocious recurved claws. Its muscular development allows it to leap colossal distances, and in its forest environment it readily bounds off tree-trunks and branches. This allows it to attack its prey from almost any angle, forcing prey species to develop defensive mechanisms such as the hemispheric vision of the bulb-eyed sproingbuck. The Blarf kills by biting into its prey, holding on with its teeth, and using its claws to inflict massive laceration damage. It is common for the prey to be eviscerated while still running, and so-called "gut trails" are often the first sign of a Blarf pack in the vicinity.
To handle its exceptional aerial agility, the Blarf has impressive faculties of three-dimensional reasoning. The adult Blarf is therefore practically impossible to keep captive, since it leap, wriggle, claw or figure its way out of practically any cage or enclosure. This is generally held to explain why Blarf and Bloodhound tend to associate on equal terms: mistreated Blarf simply go and find another "owner" to feed and groom them.
The Blarf is a social animal with a strong and intricate family structure. Blarfs typically range in groups of two to four, usually consisting of a breeding pair and their offspring from the previous year. Sexual maturity is reached after two years, and the whelps are typically driven from the group by their parents' increasing territoriality and competitiveness during the onset of the mating season, which occurs in late winter. Courtship behaviour is characterised by high-speed pursuit of the female by the male. In heavily forested areas this pursuit can be almost completely airborne among the tree-trunks, and a Blarf courtship among flowering amanga trees is considered one of the most spectacular natural displays the world has to offer, as the courting pair leap and zigzag violently among the shower of dislodged blossoms. This pursuit demonstrates the male's physical fitness, and his social adequacy is ascertained by the need to win the female's favours without triggering her hair-trigger aggression.
The gestation period is fifty-nine days and the cubs are born blind and deaf. Their eyes open after thirteen days, but they begin to jump after only a week, causing severe stress and sleep-deprivation to the mother. This may explain why nursing Blarf are kept in strict isolation behind large warning signs, and why a Blarf litter is known as a "ptoing" of cubs. In the wild state the male plays an equal part in bringing home prey to feed the pups, but they have an unfortunate tendency to bring home porcupines and "domesticated" Blarf females tend to prefer the more digestible food offered by the Bloodhounds.
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