Of Mixes, Etc.

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Well, an insect one probably won't happen anyway. Or an aquatic one, which is a shame but understandable.

[Aries]

I'm just going to copy paste what I said in the reptile thread about how the genetics will be determined, this is all using a basic punnet square. Take in mind that canine, feline, and reptile genes are all dominant thus creating a mix when alleles from two different species are inherited:

Jul 26, 2012 16:49:17 GMT -5 Aries said:

No, there's only be feline-canine, reptile-canine, reptile-feline. If a mix of one type bred with another mix, a simple punnet square would determine the species. I'm going to keep it simple because an RNG has to be able to determine the offspring.

canine-feline x canine-feline: 25% canine, 50% canine-feline, 25% feline
canine-feline x reptile-canine: 25% canine, 25% canine-feline, 25% reptile-canine, 25% reptile-feline
canine-feline x reptile-feline: 25% feline, 25% canine-feline, 25% reptile-canine, 25% reptile-feline
reptile-canine x reptile-canine: 25% canine, 50% reptile-canine, 25% reptile
reptile-canine x reptile-feline: 25% reptile, 25% canine-feline, 25% reptile-canine, 25% reptile-feline
reptile-canine x canine-feline: 25% canine, 25% canine-feline, 25% reptile-canine, 25% reptile-feline
reptile-feline x reptile-feline: 25% reptile, 50% reptile-feline, 25% feline
reptile-feline x canine-feline: 25% feline, 25% canine-feline, 25% reptile-canine, 25% reptile-feline


I might as well list how mix x normal will be determined as well

canine x canine-feline: 50% canine, 50% canine-feline
canine x reptile-canine: 50% canine, 50% reptile-canine
canine x reptile-feline: 50% canine-feline, 50% reptile-canine
feline x canine-feline: 50% feline, 50% canine-feline
feline x reptile-feline: 50% feline, 50% reptile-feline
feline x reptile-canine: 50% canine-feline, 50% reptile-feline
reptile x reptile-canine: 50% reptile, 50% reptile-canine
reptile x reptile-feline: 50% reptile, 50% reptile-feline
reptile x canine-feline: 50% reptile-canine, 50% reptile-feline

Offspring that come out as a mix would have their coat determined like the rest of the mixes, but offspring that come out normal would have their coat determined by their closest, same species ancestors.

Oh, and canine-reptiles and feline-reptiles are very similar, as I using the same base lineart for them with a few small adjustments.

And I do plan do do a mustelid species, but not for a while. They'll probably start as ferrets, then otters, then wolverines or badgers. An insect species wouldn't happen, as coats would be a pain in the rear and can you imagine an absconding sized tarantula? As much as I would love that, I don't think many other people would be up for it. I'd really like to do another non-furry species after weasels, but birds and insects aren't happening so I'm still thinking about that.

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You'd be surprised. XD But I know there's people here with spider phobias, so yeah.

As for a non-furry species, there's turtles. I'm sure something can be done with that. Or frogs/salamanders. Mind's drawing a blank on anything else at the moment.

[Hazelstar]

How about crocodiles/alligators?

[Aries]

TURTLES OMG
YES

[Hazelstar]

If there are going to be turtles, can they not be really slow? xD

[Aries]

Well they'd be slower than the other species because they have the advantage of shells, but they would probably be built more like water turtles which are rather fast.

[Deleted]

The absconding reptile was going to be like a wingless dragon, if I remember right. That would closely resemble a crocodile, anyway.

There's a lot of unique turtles out there, too. ^.^ Different shell shapes and everything.

[Aries]

The absconding reptile will resemble a wingless dragon, but it looks nothing like a crocodile. It's much more elegant.

I know, I'm a bit of a turtle fanatic. The aboriginal would likely resemble a slider, the occult a box turtle (I've had box turtles and they were pretty fast), and the absconding an african spurred tortoise or something like it since abscondings can teleport.

[Deleted]

When you can teleport, speed doesn't matter. XD

[Hazelstar]

True, true. And I like turtles as well. I found one in my front yard a few weeks ago :3

[Deleted]

So the weasels and turtles and possibly the reptiles...are their occult forms gonna be different from the canine/feline ones? Like, they don't mind the water as much? Maybe they're dependent on it, making them the opposite of the canines and felines.

[Hazelstar]

That sounds probably, especially for otters. But I think that would be difficult because no occurs are allowe in watery areas...

[Deleted]

There would have to be some changes, but I can't see an otter type hating water. Then again, they're not really otters... If we wanted to go with the whole no water thing, otters would have to become meerkats instead.

[Hazelstar]

Yes, true. What if the creature went ferret-meerkat-otter? Meerkats are used to hot savannas, not large bodies of water :3