Frozen Egg
Name: Shop Born
Species: Ice Octopus
Birthday: Monday, August 23, 2010
Owner: The_PrincessCat
Mother: Mrs PotatoHead
Father: Mr PotatoHead
Element: Neutral
This pale egg is cold to the touch, with a small tentacle already escaping it.
While most octopuses can change color in order to effectively hide, ice octopuses can change only from white to black, most likely due to their surroundings. These creatures live far under thick sheets of ice in the north, where they prey on all smaller creatures and occasionally larger ones. When hunting in packs, ice octopuses search and bring down much bigger prey, using spines embedded in their arms to cut through the ice. Whatever unfortunate animal resting above them crashes into the waters, where the ice octopuses began to feed. Although known to travel together, ice octopuses are mainly solitary creatures, not given to displays of affection, even to their hatchlings. These creatures do not raise their young, though the females of the species do guard the eggs for several months until they hatch. Then the hatchlings depart, with the mother remaining behind. These octopuses make their homes in caves that they carve out of the ice, which make all but impenetrable homes.
Sprite art: BettyxMe (egg) | Description: Damien