The Squeeler

Concept: The Squeeler (Sound Creature)

Description: Deep in the ancient Cretaceous swamps and rain forests a pig-like creature survived amid the gigantic dinosaurs that ruled the earth. These creatures were omnivores, eating grubs, worms, grass, leaves, roots, fruit and flowers. They usually traveled in herds of a dozen or so, foraging for food constantly. Usually the most dominante male would stay with the herd as they ate, while two or three of juvenile males would separate from the herd yards away, creating a perimeter around the herd. Once a predator appeared, the male would squeel it's high pitched sound to warn the herd. The colorful quills on the male's back (females lack the quills) then stick up, also attracting the predator. The squeeler would then run as fast as it's legs can carry it away from the herd, luring the large carnivorous creature away. For those that lived the through the chase, they would return to the herd only after the predator had lost interest and left the vicinity. It has been theorized that just before the astroid that smashed into the Earth and killed the dinosaurs, hundreds of thousands of squeelers issued their warning minutes before impact. The sound left such a psychological impression on the surviving mammals that it was permantly tatooed onto their D.N.A. and after millions of years of evolution, mankind created the exact sound hundreds of squeelers made on that fatefull day, that of an air siren.