Melonhead
Large Veined Melon Head
Anatomy
Melonheads have a large white body, similar to that of beluga whales from Earth. The end tapers into a tail with vertical fins, unusual in cetaceans (even space ones). Their head is proportionally ridiculous, twice as thick as the thickest part of their body. On top of their heads are circular and oval shaped holes which release harsh sounds to deter predators, and as sonar.
Their famous veins start just behind their heads, and extend all the way to their tails where they then split up and decrease in size and visibility. Their fins are long, thin and wavy, and barely aid them in swimming as they are more for show.
Melonheads have the ability to use sonar, which benefits them in the vacuum of space. They use it constantly to navigate the seemingly lifeless environment. While most of the time they don't get close to large objects, it's more used in case they run into another of their species and injure the both of them as they tend to swim at blinding speeds.
These space cetaceans also use the sounds they can make to scare off predators. They have only a few, but they'd rather survive than risk running into one.
Reproduction & Growth
Melonheads mate during no particular time, as time is rather hard to tell in space. Melonheads usually mate when labyrinth seas flatten out, which is caused by the gravitational pull of planets nearby. They mate for life, finding a partner when they're 6 or 7. They separate after mating season, and meet up in "special places" that have significance to themselves. Females give birth to 2 babies each season; gestation period is 216 - 231 Greenerth days.
Baby melonheads are given rigorous training by their parents, as they need to quickly learn to hunt for food. Babies are taught to catch some space fish, like humpback fish.
Habitat
Melonheads live in labyrinth seas all across the Yonderverse. They can survive outside of the seas, albeit briefly. They are a top predator, and are a common nuisance to other creatures. They are considered bullies in labyrinth seas, as they often scare other creatures out of their homes so they can have them themselves.
Melonheads have been recorded in almost 600,000 different solar systems. Most of the time they are migratory and only pass through these solar systems, causing minimal damage to native ecosystems, but some of the time they to take up residence in orbiting labyrinth seas and stir up the natural environments, scaring off many species and rendering some extinct by hunting them all.
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