Omukade, my hybrid for Bacuh's 100g hybrid battle royale
Crawling in the brush
Terror of a hundred legs
Brings death with each step
Stats:
Length : 30cm
Weight: 99 g
speed (land): 0.4m/s
speed (water): 0.25 m/s
Habitat: Sector A (rainforest)
Primary offences: silk shot, fast movement, venomous forcipules,using her intelligence to plan out attacks, using her long muscular body and multiple legs to grapple and wrap around prey.
Primary defenses: armored segments, fast movement,ability to climb/swim to evade predators, fake head on its tail, flat body, camouflage,hydrogen cyanide secretions.
Environmental adaptations: Prefers humid areas but can survive in drier conditions. Can both climb and swim. Can hide under rocks and plants. Thanks to its asexual reproduction, Omukade can overwhelm the ecosystem by breeding rapidly.
Genome:
Amazonian giant centipede (Scolopendra gigantea): Provides the base genome for the hybrid. Large size, extremely fast movement speed, large venomous forcipules, long antennae and a long segmented body with dozens of legs are some of the advantages this fearsome arthropod provides our hybrid. The giant centipede also hunts a wide variety of prey such as other arthropods, amphibians, birds, reptiles and small mammals making it an ideal hunter in a hybrid battle royale with a wide variety of opponents. Its long muscular body and many legs allows it to wrap and grapple its prey. Her fast movements make it harder to attack her.
Waterfall centipede (Scolopendra cataracta): The only amphibious centipede provides the hybrid some adaptations for swimming. Its exoskeleton is hydrophobic and it swims by undulating its body in an eel-like motion. These adaptations allow Omukade to hunt in both land and water.
Chinese red headed centipede (Scolopendra mutilans): Can raise its tail segments to mimic a head in order to fool predators into attacking it. Adds red coloration to both the head and tail.
Diabolical Ironclad beetle (Phloeodes diabolicus): Enhances the exoskeleton of the hybrid, adding thick laminated layers rich in protein fibers. Not all parts of the hybrid will be covered in this armor as the joints and legs will remain flexible. Only the tergites and sternites of each segment will have this layered armor. However the head of the hybrid will have the full interlocking joints of the ironclad beetle, fully protecting the most vulnerable part of its body from crushing damage. These armor modifications allow the hybrid to better survive crushing and piercing damage while remaining fast and flexible. Also gives the hybrid a waxy cuticle allowing it to survive in arid environments.
Portia spider (Portia sp.): The portia spider provides heightened intelligence to our hybrid, allowing her to strategize, learn quickly and trick its prey. Portia spiders also have some of the best vision of any spider. Its 8 eyes will replace the weak simple eyes of the centipede, with 2 large eyes pointing forward and 6 smaller eyes around the head, granting it both binocular and 360 degree vision, ideal for a predator that relies on precision.
Inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus): Omukade will use inland taipan venom in her venom glands. This venom is considered the most deadly of any snake and contains both neurotoxins, myotoxins and hemotoxins. This venom is fast acting and is especially deadly against vertebrates.
Horned Dung beetle (Onthophagus taurus): increase the muscular strength of the hybrid’s body and legs. Allows the hybrid to lift objects up to hundreds of times larger than itself and grapple with heavy opponents.
Limpet (Patella vulgata): The forcipules of the hybrid are coated with goethite, the hardest biological material, allowing them to penetrate through even the toughest armors in order to inject the venom.
Spitting spider (Scytodidae): Allows the hybrid to spit a venom laced silky glue mixture from the hybrid’s mouth in a zigzag pattern, in order to immobilize prey before going for the kill thanks to silk glands linked to her venom glands. The large binocular eyes of the hybrid allows the spit to be accurate.
Yellow spotted millipede (Harpaphe haydeniana): ability to secrete hydrogen cyanide from the body for defense. Immunity to own cyanide compounds.
Aphid (Aphididae) : ability to reproduce asexually via parthenogenesis