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©2008-2009 ~Ramul
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Snaiad concept.

Features:
-They are small, bloodsucking parasites living on large "vertebrates".
-There are only females and reproduce through parthenogenesis. Their primary heads are reduced to a slit.
-The young concentrate around their host's primary head and will move to a new feeding source when it mates or gives birth.
-The body is flat, broad and the back has a color and structure resembling the skin structure of their host. There are numerous species, each with it's specific host. Some species even live only on certain body areas.
-The hind legs are completely atrophied, the front legs consist of movable claws and are mainly used to cling to their host.

Snaiad belongs to :iconnemo-ramjet:

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:iconorzhovslodier:
Thats very nice art, and a good concept, but what happened to the back legs? what's it descended from?
:iconsaxophlutist:
This is a neat concept! Hope Nemo sees it soon!
Is this related to the "vertebrates"?

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:iconnemo-ramjet:
This is indeed great! Small Snaiadi "vertebrates" make very good parasites and people have been making more and more of them recently. Thanks for submitting!
PS Your artistic technique is also among the best I've seen recently...
:iconramul:
The back legs are atrophied, since they don't move around much. Not sure about their ancestors, they are a heavily derived group, maybe a side branch of the picozoans.
:iconhorserotovator:
The color choice is very animalistic despite its alien appearance. :3 It looks as though its ancestors were quite possibly mollusks of water regions, but then took to land when the hosts started migrating.

This is a really successful design. 8D

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:iconndean:
Amazing concept, nice balance of real and alien!

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:iconoyog:
Gross! You've created Sniad STDs! =P

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:iconmichelle56:
COOL!!!!

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