- About Species [Updated Rarity]

► "Tibumeru" was suggested by a friend of NotDamien's on Gaiaonline in a Name That Species contest NotDamien held. Quote; "
"Tibu" is the first part of the Spanish word for shark, "Me" is the second half of the Japanese word, and I just like the combination of "r" and "u" together." The named was googled to see if anyone has already used it, no results came.

► Tibumeru are a private species. You must be a member of Tibumeru to own one.

► Tibumeru are only to be sold off as "Adoptables" or "Designs" by NotDamien, and these select few.

► It is understood that you can only be so original making species these days. They're original in description in the least. We are not stopping you from making a fish-tailed character. We didn't create fish. Nor do we claim that all characters looking alike to be of the species. Even if a character was created with the intention to be a Tibumeru, but the new owner decided against it, that isn't a crime. But, please be respectful to another's ideas, theft on the other hand, is a crime. Do not use another's unique fins/tails. Adopts bought from others may not be used as Tibumeru unless they weren't fish before.

► Tibumeru's insides are commonly a dark pink. Uncommonly another color, usually bright.
► Unlike humans, they bleed in a lavender color. Their blood is slightly acidic and begins to burn after staying on for too long, both for their skin and human skins. Sometimes, they may bleed a black ink if they have a sort of fish in them that inks. In rare cases, colors besides purple hues or black appear.
► Gills can be placed anywhere near the lungs, the most common spot is the neck,  but in some cases they can be on their sides.
► They all have shark teeth. Sharp and pointed teeth. If they lose one, it generally grows back pretty fast.
► They reek of fish. That same smell repels most humans, but attract animals looking for a snack. Cats often stick close and smother them. On rare occasions, bears will too. Animals cannot eat them.
► It's very rare for them to have good vision.
► Skin is always discolored. Not scaly, just discolored. In some cases, the discoloration will show no human skin color.
►If Tibumeru stay out of water for long enough, they begin to decay and flowers take root. Usually only one type of flower may grow at a time without killing the host. Stronger Tibumeru may be capable of hosting multiple breeds of flowers.
► They all come with basic fish tails, gills, and other features. On some rare occasions, they will have tentacles, stingers, whiskers or other less common fish traits. (Details below)

► Rare traits are exclusive to active members and purchased Tibumeru. Some may be allowed one or two by pre-approval. Unlisted Rare Traits can come up in auctions.
► Tentacles, Crab legs, Crustacean claws,  extra body parts.
► Special Abilities.
► Transparency, anywhere on body.
► Severe Decay (Exposed bone), Multiple breeds of flowers on one host.
► Scaled/Armored Tibu (Turtle shells, snake scales, etc.)
► Bright natural glow, but only on the inside. Bleeds like a glow stick.
► "Wing" fins. Large types. Often mimicking the appearance of feathers or scales.
► Multiple Eyes (anywhere on body)
► Varied Tail Length: Super Small (less than arm length), Super Long. (Twice body size). No fish tail, but tentacles or a fin instead.

► More TBA...

► Despite being fish, they need a certain amount of sunlight to keep them healthy. Staying out too long causes them to get "sunburns", which actually do hurt them. If it's really hot, their skin will burn, holes will eventually appear due to the blood's natural acid, sort of melting them. All painful and uncomfortable. They definitely tend to avoid tanning.
► They only need a few hours of sleep every few days, though lack of sleep causes them to be extremely irritable and weak.
► They need regular meals. Some may go a day or two without eating just because they forget, but will eat a whole dolphin later. They prefer raw meat. Most other things don't do very well in their stomach and cause them discomfort and possible weight gain in the beginning. While they can eat cakes and all just fine, their bodies will often reject the food later, giving them a sort of food poisoning effect. Though, if they survive, they can grow a tolerance.
► Attention and company. They can go a good amount without contact, but after a while desperation would set in. A character who is generally timid or shy will become desperate after a while and go out of their general way to make a new friend, even if it comes to begging.
► In the case that they lose someone or something important to them, so much that they can't cope with the loss that they begin to self destruct, as a defensive mechanism, the body will save itself by storing away the memories, making them completely forget them as if they never even happened. When that happens, the victim will awaken the next day, unaware of what has happened && go about their life normally as if the other never even existed. This defensive mechanism makes suicide non-existent within the species. On some rare cases, they will recall what happened, if they cannot cope, the body will throw the memories away once more && the process will repeat itself. If they can cope, the memories have a chance of slowly coming back. In memory loss, despite practically going back in time, they recall most of their personality that they have gathered along with some skills, other more advance skills might take a little while to come back to them.
► Water. They need to go for swims regularly, if not all the time. After a while they lose their strength and begin to decay. Flowers begin to take root and bloom when it gets really bad. After a while, they'll essentially be a walking corpse garden.
► If you can get all of their needs, they can live up to several hundred years. They stop aging at around 25. Some may look older or younger than they actually are. On rare cases, their appearance can exceed the 20s, usually common among hundred year+ Tibumeru.

► Details about making a Tibumeru or a 'Sharkling' can be found [here].
► Children are rare, due to failure in birth, or half if not all of them come out as normal fish. In the case that your character gets pregnant, you MUST notify an admin && the admin will flip a coin or roll a dice to see if you are successful.
► Most are males, but this does not mean females cannot be created. 3/4 Tibumeru are biologically male.
► Some males give birth. (Seahorses.) The only way out the child has is by being cut out.
► Human/Tibumeru intimate relationships are socially forbidden, not impossible,  but against the "laws" of the world.
► Tibumeru have a breeding season like other animals where birth is much more successful.

► Tibumeru have an extreme pain killing hormone, so much, that they will not feel pain. If they were taped with a sign, they would feel it. But if it was NAILED into them, they wouldn't feel it. It is very rare for them to feel any sort of pain.
► In the case of an injury, they must patch it up soon. The injury must be patched with fish skin or it will continue to bleed. If the wound is bad enough, they will bleed to death without knowing it. Despite the ability to heal themselves from serious injuries, most will choose to continue to bleed out. Healing is one of the very few things that causes them to feel pain. Ones on Land have the possibility to use human skin to heal, which takes 15hrs. Natural healing takes a day or two. Fish skin takes over within the hour. They do have a natural healing ability once the wound is closed, the healing ability is only internal.
► If organs come out for whatever reason, they can be pushed back in and will recover over time. Limbs can also be reattached using the same method. Bones and such also heal. It can be complicated, but it works. They can even find another arm to replace their arms, as long as it's pretty fresh and from their species or fish.
► Tibumeru may have scars. Some just look like regular scars after a terrible job at healing, or some may have used the wrong type of fish, leaving discoloration on the spot it was used.
► Blood is made rather fast, so often they can go a good amount of time before bleeding out and dying.
► Tattoos still work, but if the tattoo itself is damaged && starts to bleed && needs to be patched up, it will be covered up. Tattoos can be covered up with healing patches.

► They're rather hard to kill, and take bullets like pros. But other than bleeding out, there's a few other ways.
► Fire or other heat sources. Heat literally causes their blood to "boil", making the acid activate from the inside. Too much exposure and the acid in their blood will begin eating away at the organs.
► They can live without their heads for about a few minutes before finally dying of suffocation. Their neck is weak.
► Serious damage to the head. While some can live with something stuck in there, if the head is absolutely crushed, there's no going back. They need their brain.
► More suffocation. If water does not contain enough oxygen, they'll suffocate and die.
► Too many drugs or alcohol. Anything that can get in the blood system can cause mass failure all around. They may have alcohol, but it makes them extremely sick after about a glass or so. Drinking it burns the inside of their throats. They can smoke rather easily, but it causes more damage than it normally would to a human.

► Live underwater, avoided by all other (smart) sea creatures.
► Attack ships && lighthouses.
► Barely sleep. Most sleep with eyes open.
► Eat raw living fish. Will resort to cannibalism if no other fish are around.
► Collect flags as trophies. Sometimes steal fake flags from shops.
► Learn speech from those around them. Probably don't know what they're even saying for the longest time.
► TV is often a main source of education. Most cannot read.
► Run into nets && things due to bad eye sight.
► While not able to live in chlorinated water, depending on the mixture of fish/shark, some of them are capable of using lakes as a temporary home.

► Plants start to grow after a month or so of living on land.
► After 1 ~ 5 years, they start to rot && die. They slowly decay, like a walking corpse. Starts as the smell of dirt to rotting.
► They must go back to the ocean for an entire year when they start decaying.
► Mammals are attracted to them. Especially cats && bears, things that normally eat fish.
► Lakes may slow down the process of decaying.
► Stronger Tibumeru (Lv.50+) have the ability to turn into a human, at the risk of straining their body and in the long run, they just lost a few years off their lifespan. Keep it up, and their lifespans will be as long as the average person.

► Tarakona are a subspecies of Tibumeru that have given up their ability to swim in order to have wings and soar! Any “special’ feature a Tarakona had in their Tibumeru form (tentacles, shells, spines, etc.) will become part of their dragon form!
► Tarakona grow taller when they transform into their flight form!
► Tarakona are actually more likely to lose a battle against a Tibumeru than win one!
► Tarakona are very weak to the cold! If you would be chilly outside, they'd probably become sick and may even die!
► Tarakona will not grow flowers on their bodies, since they are meant to stay on land, but because they have raised scales, they can grow mold if they expose themselves to water for too long and don't properly dry off.
► There is a Tarakona-only team known as the flock owned by Bunlie!

► You cannot freely make a Tarakona, here is a fast guide on how you can obtain them!

Do you have a Tibumeru over level 100? Have you been in the group for more than a year?
If you answered yes to either of these questions, congratulations! You can make your first Tarakona!
Did you purchase a tarakona design from one of these designers?
Then you can use it regardless of whether or not you have a MYO Tarakona slot free!
How many slots do you get?
Your first one will come from activity! After that you can obtain them through events, raffles, and you will automatically get a free slot every time you max out a character!