91st Mutt Contest

TAR TOAD

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DESCRIPTION: As the name might suggest, these creatures are the scientific marriage of ordinary garden toads and the flammable tar which has become trademark in many arenas these days. They are never purposefully violent- unless you are a fly and they are hungry. That, of course, is not to say that tar toads are not dangerous. They like to cook their food before eating it, rubbing its coarse feet together to create sparks it then secretes itself onto, which creates a very small contained fire. However, when falling- or being thrown- tar toads have been reported to accidentally explode themselves. They do not produce enough tar to be harvested from, but could definitely be made into some makeshift grenade or something, should a wise enough tribute stumble across them.

RIVER BEE

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DESCRIPTION: In the continued effort to save the bees, scientists several centuries ago crafted the river bee, which resemble sentient bubbles with beady little eyes. While babies may be small, adults can grow up to three or four feet in diameter easily. They are mostly empty space, which allows them to float at will, and their jobs in the ecosystem are to fill themselves with aquatic plant life, grow themselves in size, ad float to a different body of water to help spread the love. Of course, sharp objects were a big no-no to these creatures, and making them poisonous would've been too devastating to the plant community, so their one and only line of defense is to encase themselves around around a target by opening and extending its mouth, until the target drowns within it. Some river bees have been found with several fish swimming inside them, or dead birds who got testy, and many other peculiar creatures. If they were altered to grow slightly bigger and be slightly more durable, who knows? Maybe they'd be capable of enveloping one of our lovely tributes.

GLOOM TREADERS

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DESCRIPTION: Featureless, furious gloom treaders send shivers down the spines of all who come close enough to see their tragedy. They are vaguely humanoid in shape, though considerably taller. Their legs end in jagged points which stab themselves into the ground, and each arm has three sharp appendages which grow like branches as the gloom treader grows older, eventually touching the ground and making them twice as fast when running. They cannot see, and cannot hear, so they have adapted to rely entirely on the vibrations of movement when hunting. Why do they hunt? Who knows! Certainly not to eat, as they don't have mouths. Maybe they're just angry that they can't eat, so that's why they're so sulky all the time. Originally, there were tall tales that these creatures were what happened to avoxes who dared to step out of line a second time, and despite being disproven with facts several times, the lingering fear of the creatures and their natural hunting abilities make them worthy adversaries indeed.

MACROBAT

^{TAGS: POISONOUS, LARGE}

DESCRIPTION: You've already heard of the stomach churning, anxiety-inducing macromantula- classic giant poisonous spiders of hunger games past- but the fact of the matter is that they have began to fall from arena favor in recent years for newer, more terrifying creatures. As such, a makeover was due. The creatures were given the wings and echolocation of vampire bats, recementing their place as apex predators in any habitat they might find themselves in. The smallest of the creatures is man-sized, and it spins is web over entire sections of forest, interconnected strands wrapping from tree to tree and rendering hundreds of tinier little victims helpless until the macrobat makes its way to it for dinner. If ever there is a slow day, fear not. A mere minute or two in the sky and it has located its next meal with ease.