Miranda Animals

## Ecosystem

Miranda's ecosystem is notable for its lack of earthworms or pollinating insects; instead other Mirandan species perform those functions. With no pollinating insects, there are also no true Mirandan flowering plants. Conservation zones on the inhabited continent protect Mirandan native species and ensure the functioning of its environment.

Farmers who have not received their Farming Studies Certificate are allowed to cultivate Mirandan flora and fauna.

Children commonly wear masks featuring Mirandan animals during Miranda's Founders Day celebrations.

## Farm Species

### Mirandan Ostrich

Mirandan ostriches can be kept as livestock, though they make horrible noises at night. Their eggs are safe to eat at least.

## Wild Species

### Mirandan Flutterfly

The worm-like larvae of the nocturnal Mirandan flutterflies work the soil in the same way an earthworm does.

### Mirandan Flying Fish

Mirandan flying fish live in the rivers and build nests for their eggs at the bottom, which the males guard.

### Mirandan Moon Monkey

Mirandan moon monkeys are monkey-like creatures with round white glowing faces and mauve to black bodies. They eat a wide variety of Mirandan plants and are important to several pollination cycles. Moon monkeys love Earth apples, and will happily gorge themselves on them, however the apples are potentially deadly to them.

They are attracted to brightly glowing lights. They are most active shortly after sunset, but can be found at other times as well.

Moon monkeys are organized troops that contain elder males, aunties, younger females, young male scouts, juveniles, and babies. The young male scouts look for new feeding grounds. Once they find them, they give a loud call to the troop to come and join them. Males have crests on their heads. Moon monkeys are born during the Mirandan planetary spring. Juveniles have browner fur. If a mother moon monkey has two babies or she dies, an auntie in the troop looks after the baby.

A major crisis happens because of moon monkeys repeatedly getting into apple orchards; for more information about what happens, the cure, and the solution please read the novella *Frontier*.

## Panda Mouse

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The panda mouse is a small herbivore that sleeps in smelly locations. They make "mooping" sounds when unhappy. As Miranda has no native insect life, a panda mouse is part of the plant pollination cycle.

Their main predator is the Miranda Blind Weasel which hunts with its sense of smell, which is why panda mice are always looking for a smelly place to sleep, like shoes. Additionally, the panda mouse nestles in the center of the Miranda Cabbage plant.

#### Relationship to Humans

Mirandan panda mice can evoke varying emotions in humans, from cuteness at their appearance to frustration at their habit of sleeping in shoes. Panda mice can also be kept as pets.

### Mirandan Unicorn Deer

The Mirandan Unicorn Deer have a single spiral horn and are striped brown and white. Kellan Jain believes that they are connected to the propagation of the Mirandan mushroom but it hasn't been proven.

### Mirandan Blind Weasel

The Mirandan blind weasel hunts with its sense of smell. Its noted prey is the Miranda panda mouse.

### Pink Hummingbird

Pink hummingbirds are very similar to Earth’s hummingbirds except the color, pink with patches of blue on their heads. Before Planet First, Miranda had savage gliding lizard-like creatures that preyed on the birds. The Military removed all of these lizards on the inhabited continent. The birds that had survived in offshore islands that the lizards couldn’t reach have started to spread back to the main continent again.

## See Also

* Frontier (Epsilon Sector 1)
* Miranda
* Miranda Plants

### References

1. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Frontier: An Epsilon Sector Novella (p. 65). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Edwards, Janet. Frontier: An Epsilon Sector Novella (p. 31). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Frontier: An Epsilon Sector Novella (p. 174). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Edwards, Janet. Frontier: An Epsilon Sector Novella (pp. 40-41). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Edwards, Janet. Frontier: An Epsilon Sector Novella (p. 56-57). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
6. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Frontier: An Epsilon Sector Novella (p. 46). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
7. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Frontier: An Epsilon Sector Novella (pp. 82-83). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
8. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Frontier: An Epsilon Sector Novella (p. 168). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Edwards, Janet. Frontier: An Epsilon Sector Novella (p. 16). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
10. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Frontier: An Epsilon Sector Novella (p. 121). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
11. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Frontier: An Epsilon Sector Novella (p. 116). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.