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Monster-Man-08 — Animorphs Races: Taxxon
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Taxxons! One of the main fighting forces of the Yeerk Empire, able to swim, burrow, track prey, and fly ships, although they're quite fragile and are constantly hungry.Their constant hunger may have been an evolutionary advantage, allowing them to eat any food source at any moment they came across it on their barren world. It's largely a disadvantage, though, as they'll eat ANYTHING injured even slightly, even if the injured is itself!
Taxxons are apparently lead by a "living hive" (something like a huge heart, complete with veiny tubes that can be used for high-speed travel), which seems to be hinted at being 'built' on Earth in one of the various nightmare futures in the series.
BOOK: various - Animorphs #53 - The Answer and The Andalite Chronicles give perhaps the best look
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Animorphs and all related characters belong to K.A. Applegate
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They have, I think, among the most merciful ending of any singular race in the series...
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Did you do every monster?! There's so many! 
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Very nice! I always wondered what they'd look like.
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Gah and I thought the Yeerks had it bad. Not being able to really move. The Taxxons though, they no self control over what they eat, or how often. I felt bad for them in a way 'cause of that. Still a deadly force not just 'cause of their eating habits. Well done with the anatomy on this piece!
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Wow.So freaking awesome.
I've never been able to decide what to do if I came across one. Try to feed it so it wouldn't eat me or run the heck away and hope for the best?
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Once I dreamed about these fellers eating me whole, it was not pleasant.
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So gross and sad. The Taxxons are awesome, and this is a lovely picture. Very...scuttle-y.
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wow, nice to see a decent looking Taxxon ^-^ incredibly impressive!
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Yoooooou super captured how disgusting and jellyish those poor Taxxons are supposed to look. I also think the eyes were supposed to be on stalks, but fudge it, this is bitchin. Blaugh.
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I like how you made its upper legs pretty much the same as its lower ones, instead of suddenly turning into lobster claws like in the official illustrations.
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that thing is disgusting but FREAKING AWESOME at the same time (Love!)
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As art, very well drawn, but I don't know, something about the eyes doesn't look right, I honestly think they're supposed to be on stalks, but the "red jelly eggs" are dead on, I like the rendidions of the legs and claws, the body seems a little more crunchy than squishy, but that's just me, great job
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*in the middle of the night a damaged spaceship lands on one of these giant carnivorious worms and the air turns sour as a lone figure bases open the cockpit*
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Oh man I loved this series. What is this nightmare future you speak of? Separate books from the main 50 or so books or a part of the main series?
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It was in one of the main series books, I think the 7th or so book where they first meet the Ellimist.
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"Taxxons could be killed with a can opener!" -Visser one/Eva.
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Holy fuck, this is so much more terrifying than what I pictured in my head. Awesome!
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Man, this is great. The taxxons are all kinds of freaky. Applegate knew how to design alien races. But I'll say that you're better at drawing these aliens than anybody else I've seen.
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Wow! this is really good! i saw some of your other ones too! they are amaaaaaazing!!!!!
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WHOA, the memories this brings back...EXCELLENT detail!
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Thank god. What a good, solid design. This looks like a more believable taxxon than some of the official Animorphs art I've seen!
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I like your illustration better than the book illustrator's. The cover art version had a way smaller mouth, which made no sense, since in the 13th book it was said that a Taxxon swallowed a bobcat whole.
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Yikes! Cool!
I can hardly wait for the next one!
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