Anyone familiar with mononykus? They were smallish, vaguely raptor like animals and lived in the deserts of mongolia.They had very good hearing to locate insects and a single big claw to break into termite nests and dead wood to eat said insects.
So i thought it would be cute to draw a hypothetical relativ that pushed that idea further, shrinking even further in size but enlarging its claw not only to break into insect nests but also dig burrows. I imagine this being something like a burrowing owl crossed with a nacked mole rat. Gave it very small eyes since those are of no use underground and whisker like feathers instead to navigate raound. Also a really short and stocky tail to use as a thrid leg to free up its arms for digging, which it would otherwise use to knuckle walk on like an anteater since the big heavy claws and short legs made it very front heavy
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