Flurry the Mammoth

## Flurry

* Current
* Juvenile

"**A mammoth never forgets**"
—Flurry
**Flurry the Mammoth** is a fan character designed by Frostbite\_Carno. Flurry resides in a Jurassic Park/World AU created by SophontStudios.

Flurry is a subadult Woolly Mammoth who grew up at Prehistoria before it's downfall. He currently lives in the Canadian wilderness with a herd that consists of various other kinds of prehistoric and modern animals.

## Appearance

Flurry is a woolly mammoth who’s appearance differs slightly from his pleistocenic ancestors. Flurry's head is morphologically like an african elephant’s, and his ears are noticeably a little larger than that of his ancestors. His vertebral column shows a profile like that of an asian elephant’s above and below the shoulders, ending in a large rump. He has small tusks that grow in a way similar to African elephants. But, unlike the still living elephant species of today and even the ones found in the fossil records, his tusks are antler-like and branch out near the base, with the second 'branches' spirally turned upwards, with the pointed ends facing each other. There are also tines lining those segments along with a few tines under the branching area. His eyes are bright blue and he has long eyelashes. Flurry uniquely has a dark chocolate brown pelt with white flecks throughout. This striking coloration is due to vitiligo, a genetic mutation that is extremely rare. This doesn’t affect his health in any way however. His coloration and patterns bear a resemblance to a snow flurry, hence his name.

## Personality

Flurry is generally a very happy and positive mammoth. He is optimistic, always trying to see the best in most of the scenarios he is in, and in general, always tries to have a smile on his face. Flurry is also very sensitive and empathetic. He is very affectionate of others, evident by his interactions with his herd, and is very possessive without his loved ones, and feels very lonely when not around them for an extended period of time. Despite being a male, Flurry’s behavior is more in-line with what is observed in female mammoths. Male mammoths usually leave their herd when they reach puberty and live a solitary life-style or with other males, and while Flurry isn't as social as some of the other mammoths, unlike other males, Flurry stayed within the herd and never left.

## Relationships

### Family

* As a lab-made animal, he was born without biological parents.
* **His Herd:** (Herd)
* **Lyuba****:** (Genetically related)

## Trivia

* I created Flurry on November 20th, 2021.
* The genetic makeup of Flurry’s DNA was built with the following genomes: is 75% Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) 13% Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) 9% African Elephant (Loxodonta *africana*) 3% Tule Elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes)
* The design of Flurry’s tusks were based off the ark survival evolved mammoth tusks, as well as the level 40 mammoths in Jurassic World the game, with them branching out and covered in tines making them resemble deer antlers. I am no biologist, but as far as I know, teeth and tusks cannot grow like this. Ever. They grow from the jaw, similar to horns and can not branch out like antlers do, but I still wanted Flurry to have them but also have a logical reason for it, so boom, elk DNA. And since most if not all of the animals in the Jurassic universe have other animal genes to fill in the gaps I think it makes sense and checks out.
* The image in the infobox was made using Evosaur genetic evaluator, so there were some limitations there, such as not being able to replicate his tusks, ears, and eye-color, but his body colors and patterns are 100% spot on