Taste of Cyn

When we talk about caterpillars, we tend to think of the smooth, hairless, often green kind.

But, in Canada, there is a caterpillar called the Woolly Bear. These caterpillars look like they’re wearing a fur coat and are ideally suited for cold climates.

If you don’t come from a cold climate, you might view the Woolly Bear as an alien-like creature.

And this is an easy ‘trick’ for creating alien creatures.

Writers take an existing creature here on Earth and ask “What if?”

What if the snake lived on an ice planet? What if the pufferfish lived in a lava sea? What if the giraffe lived on a planet with floating trees?

How might they adapt to that environment?

Take an already fantastical Earth creature and make it more fantastical!