''Flanimals of the Deep'' () is the third book in the Flanimals series from British comedian

Ricky Gervais Ricky Dene Gervais ( ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director. He co-created, co-wrote, and acted in the British television sitcoms ''The Office'' (2001–2003), '' Extras'' (2005–2007), and '' An Idiot Abroad' ...

and illustrator

Rob Steen Rob Steen is the illustrator of the books '' Flanimals'', ''More Flanimals ''More Flanimals'' is the sequel to Ricky Gervais' book '' Flanimals''. Like ''Flanimals'', the book features around 30 species of Flanimal, illustrated by Rob Steen, ...

. The book was published by Faber and Faber, London, UK on 5 October 2006 and includes such

Flanimals ''Flanimals'' is a book series written by comedian Ricky Gervais and illustrated by Rob Steen. It depicts an assortment of seemingly useless or inadequate fictional animals and their behaviour. The cover Flanimal is the Grundit. The book is p ...

as the Mulgi, Flambols, Bif Uddlers and Mulons. ''Flanimals of the Deep'' won the 'Best Stocking Filler' book of the year in 2006, as voted on Richard and Judy's Christmas Book Reviews. It was also named the "WH Smith Children's Book of the Year" for 2007.

List of Flanimals

* Mulon – a humanoid extremely intelligent Flanimal. * Groy – a small farming aquatic Flanimal. * Sleeb – a slow moving

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-like Flanimal farmed by the Groy. * Molf – an aggressive

shark Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimo ...

-like aquatic Flanimal. * Sproy – a many 'noizelled' Flanimal. * Plumph – a Flanimal that can pull its eyes into its body for protection but damages its own eyes on its own poison. * Hungloid – a large fish-like Flanimal. * Klug Snipe – a hideous aquatic Flanimal. * Roxstrambler – a

crab Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...

-like predatory Flanimal. * Spryflajer – an aquatic Flanimal with

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shaped fins. * Splug – a

jellyfish Jellyfish and sea jellies are the informal common names given to the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animals with umbrella- ...

-like Flanimal that hates itself. * Blamp – an old fish-like Flanimal. * Ungler Water Mungler – an aquatic version of the Mung Ungler (described in

More Flanimals ''More Flanimals'' is the sequel to Ricky Gervais' book '' Flanimals''. Like ''Flanimals'', the book features around 30 species of Flanimal, illustrated by Rob Steen, which make up their own imaginary ecosystem. Some notable Flanimals in this ...

). * Flambol – a flat paper thin Flanimal.

Additional Flanimals

* Grob – a

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ly Flanimal. * Lazabranks – a family of primitive

-like unskulled Flanimals. * Snish – simple fish-like Flanimals. * Scrownocks – aquatic Flanimals that produce a spine-tingling scream. * Brones – thin jawed aquatic Flanimals. * Skrolls – terrifying

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-like aquatic Flanimals that inhabit the brine.

References

External links

Official website

Faber and Faber
- UK publisher of all the ''Flanimals'' books 2006 children's books British children's books British picture books Children's fiction books Books by Ricky Gervais Faber and Faber books {{child-picture-book-stub

List of Flanimals

Additional Flanimals

See also

References

External links