Real-world Rahi counterparts

[Constructelf]

Something that was on my mind is that I'm not sure what certain rahi are supposed to be (and before you say "they're rahi", I mean what is their real-world inspiration). I know stuff like "Rama are wasps, Muaka are big cats, Kane-Ra are bulls, etc), but they're some that I can't identify from the shape alone. For example: the Hapaka. It sounds like a dog fro the description, but the set doesn't look much like anything. Other examples are Klakk, Parakrekks, Rock Raptors, Colony Drones; do they have any real world counterparts? Do you guys have any rahi thatbyou can't figure out what they are?

Edited September 28, 2014 by namcurtsnoC

[Banana Gunz]

I feel like Klakk are suppost to be sort of like bats. Except like this:

[Boidoh]

They're all Gen 7 Pokemon!

[Banana Gunz]

They're all Gen 7 Pokemon!

 

Oh, the things we never knew about Bionicle...how could we have all been so blind! It's so obvious! Bionicle will never be the same...

[Pohatu: Uniter of Stone]

Well, the Metru Mantis is obviously a tarantula.

[Regitnui]

The Kanohi, Kardas and Tahtorak are still big lizards. Specifically, dragons. Blade burrowers are moles. I'll think.up.more later.

[Rahkshi Lalonde]

the great thing about rock raptors and chute lurkers and kraawa and stuff, i think. is that they lack an exact counterpart.

 

after all, what kind of good fictional world just has a buncha re-hashed earth-beasts with no weird whatevers to spice it up? :u

 

(Bionicle still has an unusually tight relationship with spiders/arachnids/arthropods though. i can think of at least one from each year.)

[Archon~]

What I find interesting about Visorak is that while they look like spiders with (only) 4 lefs, they have a society similar to ants really with (kinda) different classes for various purposes.

Anyway, I think the Rock Raptor is meant to be more like a Veliceraptor, Chute Lurkers are more like Dragonfly Larvae (look em up, they nasty), the Kraawa are like Brontosaurus maybe?

Anyway, here's the rest of my list:

Artakha Bull = Centaur

Crystal Climber = Gekko

Dikapi = Emu

Dust Darter = Flee

Gadunka = Angler Fish?

Hapaka = Sheep/Goat

Keetongu = oneeyed Sasquach/ Orangutan

Kirikori Nui = Grasshopper/ Cricket

Lava Crawler = giant Beetle

Niazesk = Hornet

Pokawi = Kiwi

Protodrake = Seal/ Dolphin mix

The Rock = Giant Land Anemone

Zivon = Skorpion

 

Idk that's just some of them, but I just went through the list and there are definitely some Rahi that don't strike me as anything I can name iff the top of my head.

[Boidoh]

the great thing about rock raptors and chute lurkers and kraawa and stuff, i think. is that they lack an exact counterpart.

 

after all, what kind of good fictional world just has a buncha re-hashed earth-beasts with no weird whatevers to spice it up? :u

 

(Bionicle still has an unusually tight relationship with spiders/arachnids/arthropods though. i can think of at least one from each year.)

 

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Edited September 29, 2014 by bonesiii

[Ragnar Lothbrok]

 

the great thing about rock raptors and chute lurkers and kraawa and stuff, i think. is that they lack an exact counterpart.

 

after all, what kind of good fictional world just has a buncha re-hashed earth-beasts with no weird whatevers to spice it up? :u

 

(Bionicle still has an unusually tight relationship with spiders/arachnids/arthropods though. i can think of at least one from each year.)

 

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Hur hur, I see what you did there

 

I like the Rahi that don't have counterparts such as Colony Drones and Parakrekks. They make Bionicle unique.

Edited September 29, 2014 by bonesiii

[Regitnui]

Yet those that do also give the fan-writers something to build on that's familiar to them. Everyone can find out how a bear (ash bear) or an ostrich/emu (dikapi) will act, allowing people to get a handle on how their equivalents would behave. It's much better than having every animal behave like a dog (energy hound), because the author's never interacted with any other creature.

[Rahkshi Lalonde]

Did i say chute lurker? i meant gate guardian, shoot(lurker). :0

[The Lorax]

Moa = Moa

 

And on the plant side of things, Harakeke = Harakeke.

Edited September 28, 2014 by The Lorax

[ALVIS]

What I find interesting about Visorak is that while they look like spiders with (only) 4 lefs, they have a society similar to ants really with (kinda) different classes for various purposes.

Anyway, I think the Rock Raptor is meant to be more like a Veliceraptor, Chute Lurkers are more like Dragonfly Larvae (look em up, they nasty), the Kraawa are like Brontosaurus maybe?

Anyway, here's the rest of my list:

Artakha Bull = Centaur

Crystal Climber = Gekko

Dikapi = Emu

Dust Darter = Flee

Gadunka = Angler Fish?

Hapaka = Sheep/Goat

Keetongu = oneeyed Sasquach/ Orangutan

Kirikori Nui = Grasshopper/ Cricket

Lava Crawler = giant Beetle

Niazesk = Hornet

Pokawi = Kiwi

Protodrake = Seal/ Dolphin mix

The Rock = Giant Land Anemone

Zivon = Skorpion

 

Idk that's just some of them, but I just went through the list and there are definitely some Rahi that don't strike me as anything I can name iff the top of my head.

 

...Giant Land Anemone.

 

XD

[Archon~]

...Giant Land Anemone.

 

XD

I mean that's what it is really

[Aanchir]

According to the original LEGO Club URLs for its instructions, the Hapaka was supposed to resemble an elephant, but its role in the story ended up being more dog-like (then again, so did Pewku's ).

 

I think starting in 2003, there was a greater effort to make new Rahi into unique alien creatures rather than specifically mechanical versions of real-world creatures. The Gukko switched from a hawk or vulture-like design to a giant hummingbird with four wings and no legs. The Kikanalo introduced in 2004 was sort of like a cross between a rhino, a dinosaur, and a kangaroo. Kraawa was slightly rabbit-like in its design and characterization, but not as obviously inspired by one particular creature as the Rahi from 2001. And the 2005 Rahi like Keetongu and the Gate Guardian were all over the place from a design perspective! When they did borrow inspiration from real-life animals, it was not always obvious which animals inspired them.

 

Many post-2005 Rahi, like Lava Hawk, Dagger Spider, Kardas Dragon, and Pit War Tortoise, had much more obvious inspiration than the ones introduced in 2004 and 2005, and many even had names that made the inspiration obvious. As for those whose names weren't so revealing, Zyglak is pretty dinosaur-like, Niazesk insect-like, and I always thought of the Manutri as penguin-like on account of their habitat, anatomy, and color scheme.

 

It's not like the 2001 Rahi were always totally obvious in their inspiration, though. I never quite figured out what the Tarakava were supposed to resemble — they were probably inspired more by various sea monsters from mythology and popular culture, such as sea serpents or Godzilla, than by real creatures.

[Rahkshi Lalonde]

Tarakava = Rock 'em sock 'em Reptiles.

 

obviously.

[Sharnak the Bohrok Lord]

They're all Gen 7 Pokemon!

 

... I'm surprisingly okay with this.

[The Skakdi Chronicler]

I cant believe nobody did Mahi to Goats!

 

Tarakava I think are like Aligators or Crocs.

 

Oh and rama are flys or bees, and Kopen are wasps 

[ALVIS]

 

 

the great thing about rock raptors and chute lurkers and kraawa and stuff, i think. is that they lack an exact counterpart.

 

after all, what kind of good fictional world just has a buncha re-hashed earth-beasts with no weird whatevers to spice it up? :u

 

(Bionicle still has an unusually tight relationship with spiders/arachnids/arthropods though. i can think of at least one from each year.)

 

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Hur hur, I see what you did there

 

I like the Rahi that don't have counterparts such as Colony Drones and Parakrekks. They make Bionicle unique.

 

 

Actually, Colony Drones have an obvious real-world parallel: they're aphids. Many ant colonies actually farm aphids for their honeylike secretions -- which further strengthens the comparison someone up above made between Visorak and ants. They really have very little to do with spiders, besides the web-spinning.

[Pohatu: Uniter of Stone]

What about Gadunka?

[Regitnui]

Microscopic animals are pretty weird. I wouldn't call a specific kind, but I'd certainly say that Gadunka was a marine invertebrate of some sort before the MoL 'cursed' it.

[Akavakaku]

Proto drakes are clearly plesiosaurs, and the dagger spider looks more like a harvestman to me. The Mountain is more like a mold than any animal I can think of, unless there are predatory corals.

Edited September 30, 2014 by Akavakaku

[Archon~]

 

 

 

 

 

 

the great thing about rock raptors and chute lurkers and kraawa and stuff, i think. is that they lack an exact counterpart.

 

after all, what kind of good fictional world just has a buncha re-hashed earth-beasts with no weird whatevers to spice it up? :u

 

(Bionicle still has an unusually tight relationship with spiders/arachnids/arthropods though. i can think of at least one from each year.)

[potentially leaked content removed. -bones]

Hur hur, I see what you did there

 

I like the Rahi that don't have counterparts such as Colony Drones and Parakrekks. They make Bionicle unique.

Actually, Colony Drones have an obvious real-world parallel: they're aphids. Many ant colonies actually farm aphids for their honeylike secretions -- which further strengthens the comparison someone up above made between Visorak and ants. They really have very little to do with spiders, besides the web-spinning.

Yes, somebody else thinks the Visorak can be ants.

And good catch with the aphids! They threw memoff because they're little bipedals.

[Jonathan Crane]

sand stalker: possible camel

Ancient sea behemoth: Cthulhu

Takea: Great White Sharks 

Spikit: probably wolves/ oxen