Designing a creature comprised of 90% fluff is problematic!

Cannibal·12/21/2014, 7:06:47 AM·10 votes·1,720 views

Viktor himself said so.. so I got to wondering, 90% fluff is quite a factor in the evolution of poros. If only 10% of their body is vital organs, limbs, eyes, horns, and that massive tongue, then surely the fur required to make itself 90% greater than the basic body mass would be a massive mop of hair that on the outside has the appearance of a furry beached jellyfish? Now, Viktor is a scientist of questionable repute (maybe a little more into machinery than biology, or he could just be bad at math.) but carrying on with his 90% fluff theory in the other direction I began wondering what a modern, shaved poro would look like. (rational thoughts) assuming that it's body is only 10% and the fur of poros commonly viewed on Howling Abyss does indeed make up 90% it's fleshy evolution must have cut a lot of corners. My search history in google now contains the phrase "Shaved Poros" to no scientific gains whatsoever so I took the liberty of drawing an OC shaved theoretical poro in paint for your benefit.

Tldr: Rito you can't create and sustain an entire species on pure adorability. It's madness! summoner 31

9 Comments

Ironclad Dragon12/21/2014, 7:17:22 AM8 votes

That's the stuff of nightmares. Perhaps they ARE the Watchers.

Velkoz wouldn't look that out of place among them.

CandyCoat12/21/2014, 7:17:58 AM3 votes

I lost it at rational thoughts. Why are we not funding poro sciences!?

Knalxz12/21/2014, 9:28:33 AM3 votes

OP ever think that Poro's are just large tonged, long legged horned rats?

Example:

http://www.themarysue.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mole-rat.jpg#geekosystem

Naked Mole Rats with less meat and...obviously more fur and horns.

SecretAgentHulk12/21/2014, 6:19:30 PM1 votes

It's a little-known fact that most of the specialized structures visible on the Poro are actually themselves composed of fluff. To a Poro, the world looks like an oil painting, and it tastes like cotton candy. It feels like it is composed of cotton balls. The 10% non-fluff part of a Poro is mostly comprised of its digestive system, which looks like item 2052.

TheKingDodo12/21/2014, 7:12:46 PM1 votes

What if poros' vital organs, horns, and mini hoofs are actually made of harden hair? like bayonetta's clothes? that would easily explain the 90% fluff theory

The6DollarMan12/22/2014, 12:41:31 AM1 votes

Think about this: Is it 90% fluff by mass or by volume? By volume would yield OP's result, but by mass would mean that the average poro is extremely heavy. Maybe that explains why the bridge collapses at the start of a match?

Crett12/22/2014, 1:13:54 AM1 votes

fluff is not necessarily fur