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Sort of a cross between a seahorse and a dragon. It's about as long as your hand (when the tail is straightened out). It does not truely breathe fire, but it can spit a tarry gob that bursts into flame on contact with air. It is a fairly slow flyer, so it uses it's 'flaming loogies' to take down its prey; small birds and the occaisional chipmunk.

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Dracohippus - SciFi and Fantasy Art by Rick ~SodaBeast~ Strehlow
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Categories: [Dragons, Drakes, Wyverns, etc]
Techniques: [Pencil/Graphite Pen] [Coloured Pencils]
DateNameComment 
12 Dec 2000:-) Stanton F. Fink
Wouldn't it be "Dracocampus?"I was waffling between -"hippus" and -"campus" but I chose -"hippus" for two reasons. Firstly, I wanted the seahorse element to be emphasized, because the tail is from a seahorse, not a fish. Secondly, I thought "dracocampus" sounded awkward.
12 Dec 200045 Kelly Turnbull
The people who make yo-yos may try to encase him in hard plastic, you know.
13 Dec 2000:-) Erin Stevenson O'Connor
I think mebbe 'dracohippocampus.' To cover all the bases, you know. Dragon, horse (like seahorse), water. Dracohippus could be a whaddayacallit, like 'goodbye' used to be 'god be with ye,' argh, I can't remember the word for it! Okay, I'm over it.... (What can I say, I'm a linguist!)Akk! Linguist!! We gotta, um, oh, what's that word... means move quickly away, sounds like "plea." Oh gosh, I had it a minute ago. Hang on, it'll come to me eventually...
15 Dec 2000:-) Erin Stevenson O'Connor
Just what we need, another smarta**.Flattery will get you everywhere.
16 Dec 2000:-) Cheryl Renee Weinkam
mmmm... note his wiggley mouth thingamajigs.. are they sticky? he could cling to you stronger than a sea cucumber I bet, once I had one stuck to my hand for 10 minutes! I also like the third arm peeking out there, hehe 2Well, I don't know if they're sticky, but he's got three muscular li'l arms and a big mouth, so I'm guessing he's got a pretty good grip. Hmm, three arms and only one eye. I wonder what that does to his hand-eye co-ordination...
18 Jan 2001:-) Stanton F. Fink
Well, I still think you should use "campus." In Greek, it means "caterpillar," or "worm." The Ancient Greeks thought the seahorse as being a cross between a horse (the head/profile), and a caterpillar (the curling tail).I still think the two 'c's sound clumsy. However, everyone is entitled to their opinion.
19 Oct 200145 Claire 'Magenta' Stencel
Oh! You're so creative! I wish I had your imagination. He's so colourful...*stares, entranced*
27 Feb 2002:-) Laura Chatterton 'Lysanth'
He he- It's a cute little creature whatever you call it 2- I have a small school/herd? whatever of dragocampus in my sketchbook-- but mine are more of a dragon above dolphin below sort 2-- Cool creature- very creatuve 2-- Laura Dragon above, dolphin below... interesting. That's a combination I'll admit I never thought of. I can just imagine them opening up a whole new school of marine biology just to study your partially dragon, partially mammal creations.
10 Apr 2002:-) Rebecca 'Bekki' Marie Kent
I don't know if anyone else mentioned it, but... is that a little puff of smoke escaping his nostrils there? If so, that's cute attention to detail. And if not, then would you mind coming over here and telling me what a cute li'l puff of smoke is doing on my computer screen?Your eyes do not decieve you. That is, indeed, a small wisp of smoke escaping from its nostril.
17 Jul 200445 Marshin on the third floor
what is a flaming loogie, dude? O_o caus i dunno. is it when it blasts fire at its prey in a circle trapping it, then swooping down n chomping the back of its neck with its powerful jaws, killing it? kewl! i just made up a new dragon attack! i ROCK!!! ^_^ not as much as you though dude, cause the dragon was inspiration! ^_^
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