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Hahoe

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An early version of the Hahoe from Otis Adalbert Kline's Venus series (1929-1932
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"They looked like hyenas, but were twice as large, their bodies covered with thick scales, black and mottled with orange spots. Each beast had three horns, one projecting from either temple, and one sprouting out between the eyes. They are called hahoes, so named because of their peculiar cries, and are mostly eaters of carrion, although they will seek and bring down fresh meat when driven to do so by hunger."

My idea here is an ecological niche something like a bear (hyenas are the size they are for a reason, so scaling them up, I needed to think how their ecological niche would change. My idea here is that they are big, heavily-built carnivores (not predators). Too large to run fast, they rob the kills of small predators.

What do you think?
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whalewithlegs's avatar
Sorry, double comment. As for technicalities, I'd either lower the hind legs or throw the front ones out a little further. It looks a little unbalanced at present.