Surfsnusses
These animals belong to the 'snuss' family - a group of motley snake cats found all over the multiverse. Surfsnusses number among the friendliest of these creatures. As they also number among the shrewdest, some have turned their good grace into a steady career.
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| Surfsnuss by Zuza Gruzlewska |
Surfsnusses of one type or another exist across the realms, but people most commonly encounter them at holiday resorts. Each one has the breadth of a horse and the liveliness of an eel. Combined with their ability to race across the waves, surfsnusses make excellent pleasure steeds - each one capable of whipping a party across the shallow waters.
The cat-serpents don't perform this task for free, of course. Each one requires three solid meals a day in return for their exertions. Resorts also have to employ a full-time scritcher to spend the day petting and grooming them.
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Surfsnuss Facts
- Surfsnusses go: "Mwobwobwobwobwobwo" (they're mouths are generally underwater, so their miaowing sounds gargled).
- A group of surfsnusses are collectively known as a 'slalom'.
- They don't just look like coral reefs - they also have lifeforms living in their floral growths. This is healthy for them, but if you find lifeforms in your floral growths, you should probably see a doctor. That or a gardener, obviously.
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Creation Notes
I like the snusses very much, and the surfsnusses were a fun addition to the family. They're supposed to exist as a living version of these 'banana boat' rides:
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| It's all fun and games except for that one guy |
Where I grew up you used to hear people saying "he looks like he came over on a banana boat" as a more-racist way of saying "I assume that person I don't know is here illegally". At the time, the only banana boats I knew of were these, and I couldn't grasp why anyone would enter the country this way, because... I mean... how would this be more accessible than a regular boat?
I know now they meant boats that imported bananas.
Looking into it, I can see people arguing it's not racist, and saying "you think I come off a banana boat?" is a colourful way of saying "you think I'm stupid?" (one person in a Big Brother forum is arguing it can't be racist because all banana workers are stupid regardless of race - a bold accusation from someone who spends their free time discussing Big Brother). I've definitely heard people using it how I said it, though, and know it was being used in a racist way because the people in question were very, very racist.
But anyway, I tried to make the surfsnuss look like a living coral reef, which seemed like a cool way to go.
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