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Lanies
Appearence:
A
lanie has two straight horns reminding that of an
antelope, cloven hooves, and a rather short horse's
tail. These are the main differences from a horse,
who a lanie is often mistaken for. A lanie also
has longer legs, larger eyes set lower in the face,
and a rather short head.
Lifestyle:
Lanies
are herd animals, who live in jungles. But a lanie
can perfectly live on its own. Their diet varies
from fruits and leaves to grass and roots, but they
are strict vegetarians. In herds, hierarchy rules.
Young animals, except for the males who aspire for
the role of the leader, are only cast away
from the herd when the number of the animals in
the herd is more than the leaders can take care
of.
Development
and Lifestages:
A
lanie is born looking almost exactly like a horse's
foal, but not fully. Fawn lanies have a rich pattern
of spots on their coats, above the base colour.
The purpose of these spots is for camouflage. All
babies are born with spots, except for one breed.
(Keep reading.)
As
the baby lanie grows into a young fawn, the spots
disappear. But a female fawn looses its spots
faster than a male, because female lanies are faster
runners, and they no longer need the camouflage so
much if they can run away. Also, with males, horns
will begin to develop at the age of a fawn.
The
lanies have several stages: baby, fawn, and chucker.
But after some time, your chucker might become an
elder lanie.
Breeds
and Colours:
There
are several recognised colours that occur in lanies,
but the colour of the tail is always the colour
of the coat.
Oak:
a brown coat with black mane.
Dusk:
a bright brown coat with the same coloured mane.
Silver:
a very rare and prized colour. A silvery, almost
white body, with dark, slightly bluish mane.
Chestnut:
a very dark body and reddish mane.
Midnight:
a black coat and mane.
Ray:
a goldish coat with a brown mane.
Sand:
a sandy yellow coat with the same coloured mane
for females, and brown mane for males.
Patched:
one of the rarest colours. A brown body with silvery
patches, a black muzzle, mane, and legs. A baby
of this colour is born with no spots.
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