Species: gun crab two
Scientific name: Gunus crab two
Habitat: swamps and other water sources
Species type: animal
Spread 2
Danger 3
Notes: it seems to be very similar to the gun crab on earth
The gun crab is a large creature reaching up to three meters in height and seven meters in length.
It has a mostly blue color scheme with bits of purple here and there.
The gun crab has one huge claw that’s usually filled with water, with a small hole so it can fire its water bullets, and another, sharper claw that’s shaped like a hand. It has spikes all over its body to protect it from predators and a tail like a lobster to move around quickly.
It has scaly, thin exoskeleton, a large, short neck, two beady black eyes, and eight legs
The gun crab has a few abilities.
Aqua Cutter - It has a special organic gun barrel and a small hole that can shoot water up to deadly speeds (the speed of an accelerating bullet). This is achieved by making the larger claw hollow. The hollow claw also has holes that the gun crab can open to suck in water. The final thing is the special organ within the organic gun barrel that launches water by pushing it out rapidly. The hollow gun barrel also has a cushion around the part that pushes the water out to keep it from hurting itself. The water launched out is small due to the hole that the gun barrel has (about the size of a bullet). It is also sharp to ensure maximum damage.
Toxic Spikes - The spikes on its body protects it from predators, but if they still manage to escape them, the toxins from the spikes activate. The toxins paralyze the opponent, and then proceeds to disintegrate their veins up until they reach a vital organ like the heart or the brain. The process takes no longer than about a minute, and the paralyzation gives the gun crabs plenty of time to find a counter attack.
Echolocation : The gun crab can use echo location to its advantage, as it is more useful than sight in terms of hunting. It makes good use of this ability while underwater. It buzzes it’s jaw loudly to make sound waves to figure out the distance of objects.
Underwater and Land breathing ; the gun crab is capable of breathing underwater and above water much like many other sea animals in its planet.
Strong Tail - The gun crab’s tail is a very formidable weapon and it also provides some convenience too. It can whack off its enemies if they get on their exoskeleton, it can also move around quite quickly with it, and it can leap in the air if they use their tail correctly. Due to their thinning exoskeleton, they have been jumping higher with only two meters into the air to about five! They also have been leaping from three meters in length to six.
Water Punch - Obviously their water bullet ability doesn’t come in much use underwater so they have to come up with a different method. Their hollow claw is naturally spring loaded not only to fire water bullets but to also swing their claws with such a force that the water boils in front of it with the speed of a small bullet, much like a mantis shrimp. Due to their larger size they can easily kill its prey with that ability.
Communication - Gun Crabs can communicate with each other by buzzing it’s jaw.
The Gun Crabs are currently the apex predator in all areas where they live, which are mostly shallow seas, beaches, lakes, and swamps.
Both of their claws are in about equal dominance, with their smaller, and shaped claw being a bit more comfortable to use so they can more easily make tools.
The Gun Crabs are omnivores although meat is a much more attainable and nutritious resource to them. They have no bones, although they have something similar to them, like a part on their back that resembles a spine and something surrounding their head much like a skull, and some material that connects their arms and legs to the part that resemble their spine.
The Gun Crabs have camera style eyesight do they can get a better look at their surroundings. Their eyes also face forward so they can keep watch on what’s in front of them and also to scout for prey.
They have four chambers in their heart, and a brain about the size of a human. They have behavior similar to an early human(more specifically a homo erectus), as they can communicate with each other and they have packs of their own species. They also display curiosity for their environment and grief when one of their family or pack members die.
The gun crabs, although they are still primitive in terms of their intelligence, have made many technological advancements.
Ropes - Ropes are very useful for the Gun Crabs, as they can tie sharper things with wood, and they can also tie nets for fish. They are the most important technology for the gun crab right now because they bind most of their tools together.
Stone Knives - The stone knife’s main purpose is to cut up meat so the gun crabs can eat their prey more easily. They can also be used to hunt prey, but using their gun barrels or even their claws about be a much more efficient choice.
Fire - Not long after the gun crabs have gained sapience, they have made fires due to them scraping rocks together so they can sharpen both of them, only for the rocks to burn and make a fire. The gun crab who accidentally made the fire also dropped one of his meat pieces to the ground and picked it up to eat the charred flesh. After eating it, he realized it was much tastier and more nutritious than regular meat so he told everyone about what fire can do. It took a while but they listened to him and cooked some meat. Due to the gun crab’s discovery the other gun crabs made him leader of their tribe. Soon after other gun crab tribes were knowing of the fire and made it themselves too. Fire is mainly used to cook their prey and also to melt objects together.
Spears - Spears are usually used to cut prey apart but from a longer distance.
Fishing Nets - Fish on their aren’t very nutritious, but if you get more than fifty it’s a feast. The nets are made from tree leaves and tied together with ropes. They lure the fish in with some of their uncooked prey, and slowly the fish swim in. After a reasonable amount is collects they cook all the fish at the same time if they are all in their nets.
That was a nice copy and paste session.
