Cool/Obscure/All Animals ATC - 8 Vampire Squid

Hello all,

There are so many cool, weird, unique animals out there that just don't get enough attention :D

This will be a series of animals of all kind, rare preferred. I just start with some and if you would like your weird animal to be part of this, just message me :) I can put a few "normal" ones in, but if so, please specify then. For example not "cat" but "Abyssinian Cat". I would like to try to specify them as much as possible, so there is a long list to follow :3

Not sure how many animals there will be. I will keep this swaps as I think people are interested in it.

8th swap: Vampire Squid

Wikipedia: "The vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis, lit. "vampire squid of Hell") is a small, deep-sea cephalopod found throughout the temperate and tropical oceans of the world. Unique retractile sensory filaments justify the vampire squid's placement in its own order: Vampyromorphida (formerly Vampyromorpha), which shares similarities with both squid and octopuses. As a phylogenetic relict it is the only known surviving member of its order, first described and originally classified as an octopus in 1903 by German teuthologist Carl Chun, but later assigned to a new order together with several extinct taxa."

But please don't just print a picture and slap it on a card...maybe you try to paint or draw, or make some bad ass collage? Maybe put it in its natural habitat or make it a funny picture expresing the animal's traits? Send something you would like to receive.

Rules:

Standard ATC size: 2.5''x3.5''. Preferred in a plastic sleeve to protect it in mailing. Please use a sturdy background. (for example, I use 1mm thick bristol board, but any thick paper will do)

Please include on the back: name, swap name, title (if existing), date created. Optional: alternative contact information, country, media used, etc. (I have made me a print template that I just cut and add the missing info, saves time. I can just recommend this :) )

Due to some swappers flaking on other series I am hosting, I do not allow these specific swappers to join any of my swaps, unless they have contacted me and the person they flaked on in advance and have worked thigns out. I will not message you, I expect you to take initiative. Please don't be upset about this rule, but I don't want this to happen again. I keep a list of "my-swap-flakers" on my profile.

Swappers with 4.95 rating or newbies with well filled out profiles I will keep the right to ban any users that seem unfit (e.g. previous flakers, no filled out profiles, etc.)

Of course if some new flakers appear, I will angel, but I really hope we are adult enough to send our ATCs out.

Previous Animals: 1 Axolotol – 2 Arctic Wolf – 3 Platypus – 4 Jerboa – 5 Dik Dik – 6 Eastern Newt – 7 Pangolin

To prepare, I will tell you the next swap's theme :)

9 - Kinkajou