Where did the Spore designers get their inspiration?

The other day I came across a blog where photos of newborn animals are laid out , which are born in zoos around the world. Opened and ... I saw in fact one in one creation, which I had long raised in Spore :





aardvark



Under the cut pictures of a few more cubs. It's worth it!

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Gibbon Cub





Newborn Armodil (battleship)





monkey tamarin





fennec (fox such)





sifaka monkey