- MODERN FANTASY ZOO -

Modern fantasy setting.

Magic and magical beings are still fully present, the animals to, but now that the races are spreading out across the lands and destroying habitats, forcing said creatures to be in unfamiliar environments and getting hurt, sanctuary’s and zoos all over the world have began adding new exhibits and habitats to their collections for said creatures to help with conservation efforts and study of these magnificent beings.

Sanctuary’s: usual not open to the public and focus on the animal’s health and rehabilitation. Usually takes in rescued animals.

Zoos: focused on getting money from visitors and educating them on the animals, usually have breeding programs and don’t often take in rescues animals.

Species:

Dragons- live for 200-500 years, slow but continuous growth, reaches sexual maturity by 10-12 years of age, can get as large as 20 ft at the shoulder, they have many snake-like attributes and their patterns are determined by what environment they grow up in as they need to camouflage when young, solitary animals but capable of forming bachelor/bachelorette groups of 2-5 individuals during hardship/winter months, diet is mostly meat and fish with the young typically eating bugs as they are easy to catch. Subspecies: Drake (four legs no wings) Wyvern (two legs two wings), LindWyrm (long body with two front legs), Hydra (many heads two wings), false Hydra (many heads no wings), sea serpent (snake-like and lives in oceans and large lakes)

Unicorn: NOT just a horse with a horn, pony sized with a long tail with a plume of hair at the end, swooped sheep ears, very fluffy, typically white-cream colors with moss-green or brown mains, spiral singular horn on head. Lives for 20-40 years, size usually caps out at 3-5 when they reach sexual maturity, usually found in herds of 10-30 individuals lead by the oldest female, diet is mostly plants with the occasional berries or fruit. Subspecies: Pegasus (no horn, two wings), Alicorn (two wings, one horn, technically a half-breed between the Pegasus and unicorn)

Griffin: usually only as large as a bobcat, many different bird varieties, usually live 30-45 years, they reach sexual maturity by 5-8 years of age males are a lot more colorful, diet is mostly carnivorous with them occasionally catching fish. Subspecies: Hippogriff (trade out the lion half with a horse and make them larger) hippocampus (trade lion half with a fish)

Mermaid: very intelligent and mischievous, females are around human sized while the males are small, freshwater mermaids tend to be friendlier than their oceanic counterparts but personality’s vary, live for 80-100 years, diet is whatever they can catch as they aren’t picky, semi to fully aquatic, reaches sexual maturity by 20 years old. Subspecies: Sea Sirens (look very similar but have larger bodies, the males are the same size, longer more eel-like tails, and are more aggressive.), Naga (snake lower half and typically less aggressive and more cautious),

Harpy’s: large with wing-like arms ment for gliding, females are larger then the males but the males usually have darker colors, usually live in family flocks where the mother is in charge, lives 40-80 years, sexual maturity is reached at 18-20 years old, bachelor/bachelorette group of up to 20 members, diet is mostly fish and small prey animals. Subspecies: Land Siren (looks similar but has more owl-like features and faces and is specifically a carnivore)

Continents:

Enea- essentially the Arctic continent, has some forests but is mostly ice, water, and rock. It is home to the following species and subspecies: harpies, mermaids, sea sirens, griffins.

Jequin- More of a large chain of islands than anything but its tropical and humid climate allows for a large variety of species, those being: griffins, dragons, Drakes, Hydras, false hydras, LindWyrms, sea serpents, mermaids, sea sirens, Land sirens, Nagas, hippocampuses.

Apela- largest of all the continents, mostly grasslands and forests with a few large mountain ranges which most are dormant volcanoes. Species and subspecies: unicorns, Pegasuses, alicorns, Dragons, drakes, Wyverns, LindWyrms, Nagas, harpies, Hydras, Hippogriff, Griffin, land sirens.

Driles- just west of Apela, it’s a large desert likely formed from the volcanic activity considering the sand in gray and in a few regions black. Species and subspecies: land sirens, drakes, LindWyrms, false Hydras.

Eowane- a large marsh-like region with lots of deltas and dangerous plants, known to be uninhabitable because of the storms and uneven terrain. Species and species: False Hydras, Sea sirens, sea serpents, LindWyrms, mermaids, Nagas, hippocampuses.

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