“Little Cow”

Q-chus (Q-choos)

(“Q” meaning “little” and “chu” meaning “cow”)

Semi-Open Species/Closed Species**

Created by Emilie (aka Salty C. Ice Cream)

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Created: August 31, 2018

** Read below for greater detail on which are the Semi-Closed and Closed species

There are 3 types:

1. Regular Q-chu : Semi-Open

a. Must be approved by creator, can only own up to three at a time, must follow

guidelines below

2. Mythical ( aka Princes and Princesses, fondly called “Little Mythical Moos” ) Q-chu : Closed

a. Original generation of Q-chus; very few of them still live; have pure magical abilities

must be adopted through creator; can only own one at a time.

3. Fallen Dark X-chus : Closed

a. “Turned” Q-chus; not too common; cannot mate; dark magic; cannot be visibly seen

in the physical world but can be seen and communicate through

dreams/nightmares; eyes are shaped to be more evil/demonic. Must be approved

by creator; can only own one at a time.

Two genders:

1. Males: known as Kee-chus (“Bull-cow”).

2. Female: Known as Qwee-chus (“Sweet-cow”)

Guidelines for Species

Characteristics:

- Herds of Q-chus are led by the oldest female Q-chu (known as Queens) and a mature

male Q-chu (known as Kings). The rest of the herd is made of various aged Q-chus

- Likes to play dead when afraid

- Can be different solid colors, however they all have spots. They can have up to 24 but no

more

- The hairs on the body, cheek hair, and antennas of this species are very sensitive and

help it feel it’s way around

- They are very sensitive to sound, so loud noises tend to scare them

- They can vary in size, however the average is about 4-5 feet for females and 5-6 feet for

males and weigh about 60-100 pounds.

- Their very delicate pawpads help them to taste food, that’s why they tend to eat with

their paws and can be messy eaters

- They are carnivorous by nature, but they only eat bugs, honey, and raisins/figs (special

treat is raisin cookies)

- Regular Q-chus can live up to 500 years. Mythical Q-chus and Fallen Dark X-chus are

immortal.

- When they are old, their fur and shell lose their color becoming various shades of gray,

white, and black.

- They are hearty eaters.

- When a mate dies, the surviving mate with “lose” some of its spots (they will fade)

- They can swim and their elytras help them to float.

- Regular Q-chus CANNOT have heart markings

- They are a pure and good species and CANNOT have any hate symbols as markings

- They can camouflage

- Eye color is a solid color for regular Q-chus. Mythical and X-chus can have a variety of

colors in their eyes.

Anatomy:

- Has a tongue but can’t taste with it.

- Poor eyesight

- They have a type of color blindness similar to dogs, however, they are able to distinguish

- blood colors and elytra colors

- Emits (aka bleeds) a foul smelling and tasting liquid/oil on skin when attacked to ward

off enemies. This liquid is actually their blood

- Eye shape is normally the same (happy curve) but can vary, BUT regular Q-chus cannot

have “evil looking”/shaped eyes.

- They do not have a nose. They breathe through their skin

- They do have a digestive system, hearts (2), and reproductive systems.

- They do not have the ability to vomit. Therefore, if they eat something poisonous, there

is a high chance they will die from it.

- Their first heart is located in the abdomen while the second heart is located on the right

side of the chest.

- During the winter season the elytra will gain a fine layer of light hairs. In the spring, they

will lose the hair and the elytra will become glossy

- They cannot speak verbally but communicate through: purring, vibrating through their

wings (which sounds very musical), antenna, ears movement, body language and

growling.

- They do not have any visible genitals

- Females have raised bumps on their chest to distinguish them from males, however

they do not have nibbles, as they feed their young honey and locusts and a special milk.

Similar to flamingos, this milk comes from a place in their throat in which can be

produced by both parents. This milk is what helps give the babies their colored elyta

- Although they have reproductive organs they do not reproduce like normal mammals.

- They have short big ears that lay back and are rarely brought forward

- They have feathered wings under their protected elytras in which can come in many

different colors but most commonly in black and white.

- Their tongues are similar to that of cats. They are long, thin, and sand paper like. They

use them to groom their young and each other. Because of this, hairballs are formed in

their stomach, however because they cannot vomit, they cannot spit back up the

hairball. Instead, the hairball is absorbed into their blood stream which gives its neon

like color.

- Both genders have short retractable claws on their front and back paws

- They are also able to have a verity of other markings as well like stripes or patches! But

they must have some spots

- They have nub tails

- They can have split hooves on their back feet or one pair of arms, or both, but they can’t

have all hooved feet. They have to have at least on set of paws.

Male & Female Differences:

- Males are more muscular than females

- Males can have horns on their head, females do not have horns.

- Males have longer hair than females and have “mains” that run from the top of their

head down their neck to their shoulders.

- Males do not have cheek markings.

- Both females and males have a small oil glands on the top of their forehead. The

females emit a sweet flowery smell to attract the males. When a male chooses the

female as a mate, he rubs his forehead against hers to obtain her scent so that other

males know he is her mate. The female will also rub her head against her babies, so

others know they are hers. Their glands can come in different shapes, except for a heart

shape which only a Mythical Qwee-chu can have.

- They only mate with those of the opposite sex and mate for life, however they can have

same sex companions, but THEY CAN NOT interact with them sexually.

- Males are bigger than females

- Female have fluffier chest fur and males

- Males have slightly longer antennae than the females

- Similar to birds, males tend to be brighter in color than females, females range in more

pastels.

Babies:

- Babies are born with no spots and a pale-yellow elytra. Two weeks after birth, the spots

show up

- Babies have droopy antenna when young, but when mature the antenna will stick

upward. They also have short nubby ears.

- Babies are fully grown 3 years and 10 months.

- The largest litter (and total she can have in a life time) a female can conceive at a is four

(typically two female and two males), however they can have just one or two babies.

- Names can vary, but most name their young combining two words like Lily+Mite

(LilyMite), of Dark+Leaf (DarkLeaf)

Reproduction

When a Male finds his mate and it becomes Autumn, his diet will consist of only honey.

With a mix of honey and hormones, the male’s fur on his forehead and neck becomes very

glossy. The female will groom him and in doing so with ingest some of the hair. This will be

absorbed into her blood stream which will determine how many babies she will have. Female

will become pregnant at the end of autumn and carry the babies through the winter. She lays

her eggs at the beginning of spring and they hatch two weeks later. The eggs themselves are

very dull in color and consist of earth tones or colors of the surrounding for camouflage as this

species nest on the ground.