Sea Monkey

This article is about the Sea Monkey. You may be looking for the Sea Monkey Baby.

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</group> </infobox> The Sea Monkey is a medium-sized, intelligent fauna species with a habit of stealing interesting objects.

Appearance

The Sea Monkey is predominantly light purple in color, with a larger blue stripe going down from it's head to it's forearm, and a smaller yellow stripe stretching down to it's tail. It has a pair of squat, two-fingered forearms, each finger ending with a round pad. The underside of the body is pale gray and has a long fin that ends with a notch before the tail. Above this fin on the dorsal side are a pair more rounded fins with a small triangular dorsal fin in front of them. There are two slit-shaped openings on the body, one on the chest and another on the lower flank. A pair of antenna-like protrusions are seen on the lower jaw, colored purple and tipped with blue. Adorning the top of the head is a large crest which is able to fold in and out. The crest is split into four sections and is mostly pale blue and edged with white.

Behavior

The Sea Monkey is passive, and spends most of its time swimming aimlessly. However, if the player is holding a tool, it will approach them and attempt to steal the item. The Sea Monkey can steal almost every tool but the Bioscanner, as well as the Seaglide. If the item is stolen successfully, it will flee. The stolen item can be retrieved from the Sea Monkey's hands.

Data Bank Entry

Sea Monkey
<poem>A medium-sized and intelligent herbivore which shows great interest in other lifeforms and their posessions. More research is needed to understand this lifeform and its behaviour. Two finger-like appendages on each forearm are tipped with suction pads for basic object manipulation Its large turquoise crest is made of rigid bone is possibly used as a ram, although this has not been observed Sea Monkeys roam the ocean almost playfully, largely fearless of predators Seen to form small nests where they hoard objects of interest for unknown purposes Assessment: Investigate with caution</poem>
Source: Scan Sea Monkeys

Design

The fingers of the Sea Monkey are inspired by those of several tree frog species, sharing the toe pads seen on many of them. The head of the creature is inspired by that of the beluga whale, whilst the lower body is somewhat similar in appearance to the body of the black ghost knifefish.

Gallery

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  A Sea Monkey in the Arctic Kelp Forest

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  Holding a Scanner

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  Holding a Flashlight

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  Side view

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  Front view

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  Dorsal view

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  Close up of fingers

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  Concept Art by Alex Ries

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  Earlier Sea Monkey head design - by Alex Ries

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  An earlier concept that seems to show that this creature was once planned to be a small relative of the Crabsquid - by Alex Ries

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Trivia

• If a Sea Monkey steals a lit Flashlight from the player's hands, it will stay lit in the Sea Monkey's hands.
• Sea Monkeys are currently the only creatures in both Subnautica and Subnautica: Below Zero shown to build nests for their eggs; all other fauna eggs are found scattered on the ground.