Catulusluto catulusluto

Catulusluto catulusluto (meaning mud puppy in Latin). Is a species that looks like a shark and a puppy mixed together with a remarkable healing ability, it's under the genus Catulusluto, and has four subspecies, Catulusluto catulusluto catulusluto, Catulusluto catulusluto purpura, Catulusluto catulusluto caeruleum, and Catulusluto catulusluto aliquam. The first one discovered was Catulusluto catulusluto purpura, that's the one they decided to domesticate. The average lifespan of them is about 15 years. This species first evolved 230,000 years ago. They can get to around about the size of a bulldog. As their name suggests, they like to spend a lot of time in the mud, rolling around in it, and burying themselves in it. They do this as a part of their hunting strategy, similar to an Earth snapping turtle, they bury themselves in the mud and wait for prey to get close, and once they see it or smell it they jump it, typically swallowing it whole, but sometimes using their teeth to kill it, just in case it's too big. They are very social creatures, typically living in groups as big as 10 members, but the largest group ever found was 56 members, they are also very playful, like puppies they're often seen playing with each other. They are about as intelligent as a poodle. Because they are under the clade Regeneracion, they have the ability to regenerate their lost limbs, just like salamanders on Earth. because of this they were domesticated and used as an infinite shark fin soup generator, but this wasn't very efficient, because they take three to four months to grow back, and the creatures could still feel pain, a lot of them tried to commit suicide from depression over having their fins cut off every four months. So after all the complaints from alien rights activists, they came up with a solution they genetically engineered (G.M.O.ed) them to grow their fins back faster and to not feel pain and a decrease of the intelligence of them just slightly so that they wouldn't be able to comprehend what was happening to them, they also increase the size of their fins. Now the original breed is kept as a pet, and the G.M.O.ed breed is typically kept on farms, but some people have them as pets. Now there are three breeds, the wild one from before domestication, the domesticated one, and the G.M.O.ed one. They are not as popular of a pet as the Fluff-Balls or Hume-Dogs are, for one reason. Because they are a Olisthiroskarcharias, not only do they have to keep their skin moist, but they also have to return to the water, or else their gills will dry out. Meaning in order to take care of them you either have to have a swimming pool without chlorine or an outdoor garden pond. So they are not the most popular pet on Hume III. Some of them that are kept as pets have escaped into the wild in the areas they are not native to, and have become an invasive species disrupting the natural ecosystem, efforts to try to remove them are ongoing.

Anatomy

Their head is where their brain is kept, and their brain is connected to their eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and ampullae. Their eyes are good enough to see up to 10-15 meters, but can't see colors. They can hear low frequencies much better than humans, ranging from 10-800 Hertz (for reference, humans can hear between 25-16,000 Hertz), and can hear prey up to 800 feet away. Up to two thirds of the total weight of their brain is dedicated to smell. They're super-sensitive to smells that are important to their survival. They have a big dog-like tongue with small bumps in their mouths that contain numerous taste buds. And they are constantly regenerating razor-sharp teeth, just like a shark. And just like sharks, their jaw is not attached to the skull, meaning they can extend their jaw out from their body by a few centimeters to help catch prey. The ampullae detect electric fields in the water, or more precisely the potential difference between the voltage at the skin pore and the voltage at the base of the electroreceptor cells. This species has two-gill slits on each side of its head. They have four legs, they use these legs for walking on land, and sometimes to help them swim, but only sometimes, typically the legs are kept to the body while swimming, just like a Marine iguana, while the tail does most of the swimming. When they are born their feet don't have any claws, but as they get older their claws start to develop. Because they're apart of the clade Orthikarcharpodia, they have an erect posture. They have a singular dorsal fin on the middle of their back with the very tip of the fin being a darker color than the rest of them, like a blacktip reef shark, the reason for this is unknown. They have a tail with two tail fins, these tail fins are slightly reduced, and the tail does not have the second dorsal fin, or the anal fin. They have countershading with the tip of their dorsal fin and the tip of their top tail fin are typically the darkest Parts on the body, the upper side of the body as well as the legs are typically a slightly dark to medium color, While the underside, the belly, the mouth, underside of the tail, and their feet are typically a lighter color. Except for Catulusluto catulusluto catulusluto, this subspecies is entirely Orange with no countershading. They have lost the claspers and instead have evolved a true penis that is retractable, it is typically only brought out for mating. Their skeleton is comprised of cartilage. They have all the typical organs you would expect, muscles, veins arteries, they have two hearts, they have lungs and gills, stomach, intestines, all that good stuff.

Habitat

When Omnisterra first formed 333,000 years ago, a small area where East Quartoterra, Secundoterra, and North Primaterra meet was formed and that's where this species lives, it can be found in the rivers, streams, Creeks, ponds, lakes, and swamplands of this area. All the subspecies in this species are colored to their respective areas, Catulusluto catulusluto catulusluto, and Catulusluto catulusluto aliquam being orange to blend in with the "plants" of Secundoterra, Catulusluto catulusluto purpura being purple to blend in with the "plants" of East Quartoterra, and Catulusluto catulusluto caeruleum being blue to blend in with the "plants" of North Primaterra.

Diet

Their diet consists of 90% meat and 10% plants, meaning they are mostly carnivorous. They have a variety of hunting strategies, one method is to bury themselves in mud and wait for prey to get close and then jump them, another one is to swim around using both their sense of smell and their ampullae to find prey that is buried in the mud or sand, another one is to use their eyes and ears to fine pray swimming and then swim after them, and their last method is to hunt on land using their eyes, ears, and smell to track down and then chase down prey. They can partake in cannibalism when food gets scarce enough.

Breeding

The first is the emission of chemicals by the females. These chemicals signal to males in the surrounding area that the female is ready to mate. These chemicals are called pheromones and are common in other animals as well. Once a mate is found they will begin mating, after the deed is done the male leaves the female to take care of the young. After being pregnant for three months, the females will give birth to anywhere from one to ten babies that already have fully functioning legs and lungs, after they are born they are on their own.

Adaptations

Their most notable adaptation is their miraculous salamander-like healing ability. Next is their countershading that every specific subspecies has their camouflage to their specific area. And then finally their good eyesight, their good hearing, their good smell, and their ampullae.

Threats

Before humans they're only real threat was disease and predators, anything that was bigger than them could eat them, their methods to fend off these Predators are safety in numbers, burying themselves in mud, and running or swimming away. But now that humans have arrived on Hume III their new threats are habitat loss, overhunting, and pollution. Because of this, they are now listed as vulnerable in the wild.

Additional Information

Discovery: This species was discovered by Daniel Radcliffe and Maksim Turgenev while they were exploring the purple Jungles. They found one resting on a rock with one of its legs looking like Deadpool's hand from that one scene in the movie. Upon realizing why its leg looks like that, Turgenev got an idea. They could make millions off of selling shark fin soup legally to Asian immigrants of Hume III. So they started their company called Alien Products Incorporated.

Name of the person who discovered it: Daniel Radcliffe and Maksim Turgenev

Jokes: Baby hhark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo

Intelligents Level: near human intelligents.

Can you eat it or no?: Yes, but why would you? They're so damn cute!

Assessment: Typically safe, as attacks on humans in the wild are rare, they will typically avoid humans, whether they be on land or in the water, and if someone has one as a pet, they're about as dangerous as a dog, could kill you but not likely.

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalisaliena

Phylum: Xenochordata

Superclass: Karcharias

Class: Olisthiroskarcharias

Subclass: Nonmetamorphia

Clade: Orthikarcharpodia

Order: Tiburonescania

Clade: Regeneracion

Family: Catuluslutidae

Genus: Catulusluto

Species: Catulusluto

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**Subspecies under Catulusluto**

Subspecies: Catulusluto catulusluto catulusluto

Subspecies: Catulusluto catulusluto purpura

Subspecies: Catulusluto catulusluto caeruleum

Subspecies: Catulusluto catulusluto aliquam

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**breeds under Catulusluto catulusluto purpura**

Breed: Catulusluto catulusluto purpura original

Breed: Catulusluto catulusluto purpura domesticated

Breed: Catulusluto catulusluto purpura g.m.o.ed

Add your own breeds here.

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