Pongo the Amblypygid

right|300pxPongo the Amblypygid is an arachnid who works as a consular for those with emotional traumas.
==Physical traits==
Amblypygids, nicknamed "whip spiders" and "tailless whip scorpions", have a total of eight limbs (or ten if you count the pedipalps), but the first pair are antennas, and his pedipalps are foldable, raptorial pincers shaped like a mantis.
Due to being an arachnid Pongo is restricted to eating liquid food only (solid food can make him sick).
==Personality==
Pongo is quite friendly despite his appearance, but gets misunderstood a lot. He also hates it whenever he's called a spider (Amblypygids look like spiders, but are of a separate bloodline).
As a consular, he specializes in caring for emotionally traumatized organisms, including those who are afraid of Pongo himself.
==Relationships==
===Grizz===
He likes Grizz a lot, and is a great help for the bear for obvious reasons.
===Panda===
He likes Panda a lot too, and Panda finds him quite useful in any of their emotional-troubles, though sometimes Panda finds the arachnid intimidating of course.
===Ice Bear===
He usually has trouble understanding the polar bear, who's the least emotional of the three bears, but Pongo is aware that Ice Bear is compassionate.
===Charlie===
He honestly doesn't know what to say about Charlie, mostly because Pongo wasn't much of a believer at first, but he sees Charlie as a nice person, if not unwanted by many.
===Chloe===
He and Chloe get along nicely, she has a fascination in the arachnid and enjoys being with him.
===Nom-Nom===
His opinion on the koala is usually negative of course, and Pongo sometimes wonders how Nom-Nom's parents (if he has any) are taking it.
==Zoology==
*All known Amblypygi are nocturnal.
**Pongo however prefers to be awake during the day.
*Amblypygids possess no silk glands or venomous fangs. They rarely bite if threatened, but can grab fingers with their pedipalps, resulting in thorn-like puncture injury, but are otherwise harmless to humans.
*The Amblypygi's nicknames "whip spider" and "tailless whip scorpion" derives from the first pair of limbs, which look like whips.
**Their latter nickname can get them confused with whip scorpions (Thelyphonida), also known as vinegaroons.
*Fossilized amblypygids have been found dating back to the Carboniferous period, an example is Graeophonus.
*Like scorpions, mother Amblypygids carry their young on their backs.
*The name "amblypygid" means "blunt rump", a reference to a lack of the flagellum ("tail") that is otherwise seen in whip scorpions.
*Amblypygi are found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
*The amblypygid diet mostly consists of arthropod prey, but this opportunistic predator has also been observed feeding on vertebrates.
**Like all arachnids (except harvestmen), amblypygids can only eat liquid-food. This makes sense as Pongo tends to avoid solid-food in fear of falling ill.
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