Mutt Contest IV

Name of Mutt: Apagón
Brief Summary:
Following the fourteenth hunger games, the president wanted a particular pet. Something deadly, but also quite unique at the same time. Not something too extravagant, but something that could be kept as a source of power for him to keep. Summoning his best biologists forward, they brought many ideas forward but the one that stuck out the most to the president was a hybrid of a lamprey, a northern snakehead, and the surpising addition of a camel gene. The scientist who created it decided to name it Apagón because it meant blackout in spanish.

The Apagón is basically the basic construction of a northern snakehead, with the big teeth and fished shape body. But outside of their tendacy to wriggle across land, they are completley different kinds of animals. To keep their slightly oily skin from drying out in the desert sun, they tend to bury themselves deep in the sand when not looking for carcasses to injest of dead animals. They're scavangers, but have savage looking-teeth to defend themselves if a situation were to come. The camel gene comes into play in the environment the Apagón lives in, giving it the ability to live long periods of time without water.

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible.

Name of Mutt: Sphinx
Brief Summary: Very much like its mythological counterpart, the Sphinx is a genetic fusion of lion, eagle, and ox DNA. This majestic creature was developed by the Capitol during the Dark Days for use as a tool in combat, a living weapon, so to speak. The majority of its genetic mix is that of a lion, giving it razor-sharp claws, vicious teeth, and graceful feline reflexes, making it a formidable predator with those traits alone. With the added trait of enough eagle DNA to give it huge, feathered wings and incredible eyesight, the Sphinx gains the advantage of flight at incredibly high speeds (up to 65 mph), allowing it to chase after its prey by air and track it with ease. Capitol scientists gave sphinxes extremely aggressive temperaments derived from the genetic code of male oxen, making them extremely territorial and easily provoked so that they would be absolutely ruthless in attacking the rebel soldiers they were created to destroy.

What they didn't realize is that the Sphinxes would very quickly prove difficult to control. The creatures began to turn on their Capitolite handlers, slaughtering the people whose lives they had been created to protect. Grudgingly admitting defeat, Capitol scientists ceased production of the mutts and locked up the remainder of the population for further study, not to mention the safety of humanity. For a while the awe-inspiring animals were all but forgotten, until the Hunger Games began to gain momentum as a source of entertainment in the Capitol. The Sphinx, it seemed, would have its glory days once more.

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible