While most breeds of sheepguana retain a high degree of independence, the Yétorb is perhaps unique in that it is utterly reliant on frequent and intensive assistance from the flock’s guardian.
Living on the lush meadows of the Uneedy plains, the breeder who created the Yétorb had intended to produce an animal optimized for meat and milk production and found himself being rather more successful than intended.
Between the powerful digestive system and the oversized udders, the torso of a Yétorb eweguana is almost a perfect sphere. Its forelegs have atrophied to the point where they can not even reach the ground and the rear legs, while slightly bigger, are barely sufficient to let the animal roll itself over to the next patch of juicy grass while grazing. The ramguana is slightly leaner but still quite incapable of walking. Their displays consist of rocking themselves backwards and forwards by protracting and retracting their meaty, primary coloured dewlaps and the less said about what happens next, the better.
An adult Yétorb can reach a maximum length of about one meter from its blunt snout to the tip of its tail, with a diameter of the torso of 50cm. Both the horns and the back spines are small and blunt compared to other breeds. The Yétorb’s fleece covers its entire torso including the eweguana’s udders and its wool is bright white and has a unique elastic quality that makes it an ideal material for mattresses or any sort of padding.
Since the Yétorb is unable to move any great distance under its own power, it is up to the guardian to relocate them as the need arises. Carrying them one by one is a slow and arduous affair, so the most efficient way to move an entire flock is to grab each animal by its stubby tail and toss it to wherever one wants it to be. The thick springy fleece ensures that the sheepguana suffers no injuries from impacting the ground or any objects it may hit due to a poorly judged throw. In fact, the animals seem to quite enjoy the experience of being flung through the air and a flock on the move can be easily identified from the sound of cheerful bleating punctuated by dull thumps.
Contests of skill between the few guardians specialized in this breed tend to look less like conventional herding competitions and more like an oversized game of golf as the participants send their sheepguana soaring over stands of trees and bouncing off cliffs in the attempt to move their flock around the course in the lowest total number of throws.
The Yétorb is generally considered the silliest of all sheepguana breeds.
Inspired by @hannahcomb and @rabbitearssoftware ‘s effort to make a game about flinging orb-shaped animals around (But in a nice, non-abusive sort of way). Click the sketch of sheepguanorb below to see the VoD (while it’s still up on twitch).
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