Prickle Berry Bush Monster

For those on Earth, think of a small berry bush, with red berries, and an echidna shoved inside. That is a very simialr look to what the Prickle Berry Bush appears as in the glades it inhabits.
  There are red berry bushes that look the same as a Prickle Berry Bush Monster until one comes very close. Then they might see the very thin spikes coming out between the bushes of this monster. Although the red berries of the bushes can be used as paint material, and food in emergency situations (as it is extremely sour and not healthy for pregnant women), the red 'berries' of the Prickle Berry Bush Monster are little blood-filled sacs that are highly poisonous. These anatomical defences keep away most other monsters.
  The glades in the forest are filled with Snipesong Grass, Poison grass, small berry bushes, Prickle Bery Bush Monsters, and some small mouse-like monsters. There are various glades within the forests, but most of them are sparsed between dense rows of trees in the Gladed Forest, only able to be accessed by talking to the Shroom People, same as any other area of the Forests of Realm-R.  
Predators
The Dragonia Magliss is the main predator of the Prickle Berry Bush Monster. It is a flying monster with a flat head that flips the Prickle Berry Bush Monster over to eats its insides. For days when it's not that hungry, it uses it's long, sharp claws to pick off the berries.
  It would be a menace to society except that it has a weird obsession with Prickle berry Bush Monsters. Therefore, farmers will breed Prickle Berry Bush Monsters and keep them the side of their farms to distract any Dragonia Magliss.
  Other monsters are generally stopped by the spikes of the Prickle Berry Bush Monster, or their poisonous blood.

Cover image: by AvalonCollierArt

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Author's Notes

Thanks to GoT write-in today for the Dragonia Magliss monster addition, mostly based on some comments by DragonMagpie and Dazzlikat. It was a fun writing session <3


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Jul 10, 2024 17:11 by Marc Zipper

What an interesting creature and love is defense mechanism.

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Jul 11, 2024 13:26 by Tara Fae Belle

Thank you

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