The 'Sky-Manta' in its native habitat is a large filter-feeder inhabiting the 'life zone' of the atmosphere of gas-giant planets (like Jupiter and Saturn), with large pods (flocks? herds?) winging their way through the endless sky, feasting on floating clouds of aero-plankton and other tiny organic molecules, just as the largest creatures in Earth's watery oceans do...
Its flexible wings and tail bend and curve smoothly to aid its never-ending flight... With its four tiny compound eyes, gaping mouth, and rows of yellowish sonar-sensors down its body and tail, the creature looks completely alien - but to see it soaring through the sky is to appreciate its grace and beauty! This creature was the first large animal discovered and described as we made our first tentative descents into the vastness of gas-giant atmospheres... as we explored further, we found other creatures living in this amazing eco-system! Over the next few months, some of these other creatures will be revealed to you! Neither fish nor fowl, this is the first truly alien creature in the Digital Bestiary!, my store at RawArt 3D Originally discovered soaring through the atmosphere of Jupiter-class gas giant planets, it appears equally at home in a variety of SF-type settings!
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