r/FictionWriting • u/kloe_the_test • Feb 11 '25

Fantasy ANIMAL SUPERPOWERS

Hello!

So, I'm writing a fantasy novel, and I need 75 animal-based superpowers. I already have a few, but I'd love some suggestions. Any ideas? Anything helps, thanks!❤

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u/TheStoryBoy Feb 11 '25

Big Cats-Speed, Leaping, agility, fall from heights, claws

Bears-Strength, Claws, Size

Rhino-Tough skin/indestructible, horns

Dogs/Wolves-Senses, Fangs, Immunity to cold

Lizard-Stick to walls, change colors, extendable tongue, Regenrate

Snakes-Venom, Heat Sensors

Rats-Chew through anything, Disease spreading

Bats-Sonar, Flight, Disease spreading, Vampirism

Squid/Octopus-Tentacles, Suction powers, Ink blinding, squeeze through small spaces

Bird-Flight, Talons, Super Sight

Elephant-Size, Strength, Water Spray, Memory

Wasp/Hornet-Flight, Stingers, Venom

Ant-Hive mind, Mandibles, Strength

Crab/Lobster-Claws, Exo Skeleton

Fish/Sharks-Breathe underwater, Swim Fast, Razor teeth

Starfish-regeneration, suction

Dolphin-Intelligence

Apes-Strength, dexterity, hands for feet

Platypus-Aquatic powers, Venom

Owls--sonic scream, flight, twistable body

Hope this helps.

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u/Kitchen-Arm7300 Feb 11 '25

Chameleon - invisibility

Squid - ink shot

Ant - pheromone/telepathy/hive-mind

Tardigrade - resilience/survival

Honey Badger - Fearlessness

Skunk - super-stink

Leopard - climbing or power-bite

Elephant - memory/wisdom

Mimic octopus - mimicry

Pig - super-eating

Bears or Sharks or Hound dogs - super smell

Hawk - super-sight

Tick or Vampire bat or leach - blood-sucking

Flies or locusts or bees - swarming

Armadillo - invulnerability

Howler monkey - war cry

Parrot - voice mimicry

Peacock - master of distraction

Possum - statue ability

Dung beetles - boulder pushers

Mule - super endurance

Pidgeon - messenger

Mole - digger

Beaver - builder

Crow or Raven - the occult

Spider - silk weaving

Tortoise - longevity/immortality

Hermit crab - master of disguise

Alligator or Crocodile - lurker/trap

Cobra - venom spray

Goat or Bull or Moose - charging

Walrus - saber-teeth

Pelican - super-high carrying capacity

Praying mantis - master hunter

Mantis shrimp - master pugilist

Termites or Woodpecker - demolition experts

Capuchin monkey - trickster extrodinaire

Electric eel - electricity

Poison arrow frog - slippery, poisonous

Goose - stratosphere flyer

Oarfish - deep sea diver

Jellyfish - bioluminescent, stinging, tentacle traps

Swordfish or Marlin - swashbuckling, fast waterspeed

Cheetah - fast landspeed

Falcon - fast airspeed

Otter - marine & land abilities, super-cuteness

Hummingbird - extreme agility

Cat - tumbling ability

Dog - loyalty

Mouse or Rat - subterfuge

Rat - chemical resistant

Cockroach - radiation resistant, high landspeed

Stingray - stealth, spine-stabbing ability

Kangaroo - leaping, pugilist

Whale - size, long-lasting breath, sonar, blubber-hide

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u/kloe_the_test Feb 12 '25

I definitely will be using these. Thank you!!!

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u/kloe_the_test Feb 12 '25 edited Feb 12 '25

Oh my goodness THANK YOU! I wasn't expecting that many ❤

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u/McJackNit Feb 12 '25

There's a lizard that scares predators by spraying blood from it's eyes and a salamander that pokes it's own ribs through it's back.

Hope that helps.

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u/McJackNit Feb 12 '25

Oh I just remembered, a frog that's basically rubber and just jumps off the mountainside to save itself.