This was done for the "Creature of the Week" contest held on the conceptart.org forums. The idea was to listen to a sound file provided and design a creature that would make the noise/s. This six-legged behemoth carries its babies on its back in a specially-formed "dip" in the boney hump. The spines provide both defense and protection, keeping the babies in their nest and unwanted predators out. If one should fall, it will cry loudly, which alerts the parent to dip to its knees and allow its lost baby to scale the rough part of its back. Its feet are broad pads that help cushion its stride and distribute its weight on the swamp's unsteady ground.
