#mobula therian

[shark-sslime]

Yayy questioning another kintype /s. I was having doubts about how I feel about my shark theriotype/being a shark for a bit, and started thinking about it more here recently. I kind of put rays off to the side, I just figured that I felt close to them because they are related to sharks but I vibe with them more than I thought. I never really felt settled with any species of shark, they are all too round and tubular for how I feel. I especially didn't vibe with the behavior of sharks? Specifically the hunting part and more 'aggressive' nature ( I know theyre not actually aggressive but idk how else to describe like frenzies and hunting and stuff) , I don't really feel like that's accurate and doesn't really fit me. I feel more connected with the passive, filter feeding tendencies of rays. I also think the flatness of them is more accurate, and even though I really like sharks, I think I feel pulled more towards rays when I look at pictures and research, etc. Anyway, I narrowed it down to the mobula rays/devil rays. Here is a fun little excel sheet I made of them, and what traits feel closer (green) and what traits feel farther (red) from what I feel. (Black text is indifferent/doesnt make me feel more or less connected)

So far I feel drawn towards reef mantas and monk rays but the bentfin ray is the one that matches the most like habitat and location wise reef manta:

monk ray:

bentfin ray:

I wasss feeling like Im one of the smaller rays but idk, I really vibe with how the reef mantas are always on a reef lol the other ones are coastal but not reef specific which is fine but reefs just feel better

[mossynightfury]

I FORGOT ABOUT THIS BLOG AAA Anyways, here's an extremely late pinned post :,) Basic Info: - uhhh He/They/It pronouns, currently identifying with the Achillean label - Basic DNI, don't be a butt and we'll be cool :) - I can't read emotion in text very well, so tone indicators are pretty cool, but not mandatory when interacting with me! - Will interact with all ages, as long as the user is cool w/ it (I'm 19) - Names I go by currently are Scout, Dominic & Quill! Feel free to refer to me as any of those :) ───── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───── My therian types! Some I'm more connected to than others, but all have a connection of some sort :) - Night Fury - Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) - Munk's Devilray (Mobula munkiana) - Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) - Red Wolf (Canis rufus) - Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) - Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) Feel free to interact w/ this post if ur also a silly little creature, I need more creatures in my circle /pos