((x3 I knooww. 'Tis my favorite animal at the moment. Also, that, is one of my favorite wolf photos EVER!))
Nekoda woke from his light slumber by the sound of rain dripping on the water's surface above. Wriggling his frame from between the two rocks, the bottlenose dolphin slowly pumped his tail to drift up to the surface. Sitting vertical in the water, he poked his head out and blew a misty spray from his blowhole, staring up at the sky as the rain fell. It was an odd phenominon that he'd never really seen much of, and it interested him. "Where is all this water coming from?" The young dolphin thought to himself, staring at the leaking sky. "Hmm, that must be an ocean, too. I wonder what's making it leak?" He thought, eyeing the greyish blue sky above. Shrugging, he dove back down into the real ocean, swimming back down to his reef home.
Shadow crouched on the branch just behind the body of the baby okapi. Lightly holding its body down with one wide forepaw, he began running his coarse tongue over its side, stripping away fur with every swipe.
Saka flattened his large ears against his cranium, squinting to see what lay inside the dark crate. He knew it had to be an animal, the two-leggeds have been moving more animals here quite often recently. The wide variety of life on this island was all pretty familiar to the spotted hyena, and he could easily identify most of them by now, however, what stalked out of this crate took him completely by surprise. A small, strange looking creature with many zebra-like stripes on its back and rump cautiously stepped out of the large metal crate. what is that? Saka thought to himself, watching as the two-leggeds began to pack up and enter the ship again, leaving the abandoned creature as quickly as they came. He waited until the two-leggeds had gone, then strutted confidently over to the animal with curiosity flooding his mind.
Manoah flattened his semi-rounded ears against his skull, ducking his bulky head as he stepped out of the metal crate into the sunlight. He flinched and hopped into the air with surprise as the humans slammed the metal crate door closed behind him, scrambling away a few strides, then stopping. The thylacine had been familiar with humans his whole life, the odd creatures basically raising him, so he knew he could trust them. As the ship began to hover higher off the ground, Manoah trotted under it, staring up longingly as it began to leave. He let out a quiet whine, then sighed, looking down. As he stiffly turned around, a strange creature that suddenly appeared in front of him made him freeze. He stared wide-eyed at the animal, unsure of whether to stay or run.
