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Akamai Canny upgraded classic Norn breeds

These are a few classic Creatures 2 Norn breeds whose nervous and endocrine systems have been upgraded to the Akamai Canny standard.
All of them are provided as .egg files. To use them, simply place the eggs you want in the “Eggs” folder in your Creatures 2 directory. They will then appear in the Hatchery.

The breeds:

Aqua Norns - Bright blue and fully amphibious throughout their entire lives.

Gill Norns - Males are dark blue, females are muted green. They can only breathe water, so make sure you have an underwater incubator installed before hatching them.

MerNorns - They breathe air at birth. In the Child stage they become able to breathe both air and water.
When they reach adulthood their legs transform into a mermaid tail and they lose the ability to breathe air, so they must live in water for the rest of their lives.
They also change colour as they grow.
There are two colour forms:
One hatches like a normal Hebe (grey females, purple males) and becomes deep orange (females) / deep dark blue (males) as adults.
The second form hatches green; adult females become bright neon green and males become neon purple.

Scorpio Norns - They have scorpion-like tails and claws. They are very aggressive, enjoy hitting things, and do not mind being hit themselves as long as they can hit back harder.
They are quite solitary, like to explore, do not get lonely easily, are resistant to stress, and are relatively stubborn learners (they care less about player rewards and punishments).
Because they dislike being confined in small spaces, I recommend using ocean bridges if you keep them.
There are two colour forms:
Males red, females yellow
Both green (males slightly darker)

Credits

Original MerNorns by Wafuru and Lis Morris
Original Scorpio Norns by Wafuru
Original Gill Norns by Lis Morris
Original Aqua Norns – creator unknown (I have had them on floppy disc since about 20 years and could not find the original source)
Akamai Canny Norns by Chris Double and Lis Morris
These hybrid versions by me

Additional changes I made

Life expectancy is closer to a normal Norn than to a full Akamai Canny.
Improved immunity against illness #7.
Stronger eating instincts in all breeds.
Aquatic Norns never feel thirsty while underwater (so you should no longer see Gill Norns sitting on the ocean floor complaining about extreme thirst).
Scorpio Norns find eating more rewarding than before, so they are less likely to forget how to eat because they prefer fighting.
Scorpio Norns can no longer breed before the Adolescent stage.
Fully aquatic Norns are attracted to cliff edges (especially when suffocating). For Aqua Norns the fear of cliffs is only moderate.

Expected behaviour

They are noticeably smarter than ordinary Norns and One-Hour Stupidity Syndrome is much less severe, but they are still Norns - do not expect miracles.

Known remaining issues:

MerNorns still tend to wall-bonk more than other breeds because of their longer bodies and the smaller spaces they must live in.
Scorpio Norns still prefer fighting to eating more than is ideal. I have improved this, but it is still worth checking that they are eating from time to time.