Flanimals: The Day of the Bletchling

Flanimals: The Day of the Bletchling (ISBN 0571238513) is the fourth book in the Flanimals series from British comedian Ricky Gervais and illustrator Rob Steen.

Flanimals: The Day of the Bletchling
AuthorRicky Gervais
IllustratorRob Steen
Cover artistRob Steen
CountryEngland
LanguageEnglish
SeriesFlanimals series
SubjectCreatures
GenreHumour
PublisherFaber and Faber
Publication date
2007
Media typeHardback
ISBN0-571-23851-3
OCLC166315039
Preceded byFlanimals of the Deep 
Followed byFlanimals: Pop Up 

The book was published on 4 October 2007 and focuses on the Flanimals teaming up against an enormous swarm of Bletchling, a species that seeks to wipe out all other Flanimal life. The hardcover version of the book comes with a poster featuring a Clunge Ambler and a Molf, in a parody of the movie Jaws.

List of Flanimals

  • Bletchling – a 'super-Blug', an insectoid with a brain evil on a molecular level.
  • Zub – a fatter, fuzzy Vap.
  • Vap – similar to a wasp.
  • Hord Shuffler – a blind blug that scuttles around.
  • Monk Worm – larval stage of Frag Drier.
  • Frag Drier – a hyperactive Flanimal similar to a dragonfly.
  • Mov – a moth-like creature that will cling onto your arm.
  • Bant – social, ant-like Blugs who are constantly busy.
  • Klunt – a Flanimal with sharp teeth.
  • Pseudo Klunt – mimics the Klunt, but has no teeth.
  • Hapless Prey – draws attention to itself by sweating.
  • Bleak – a gigantic Flanimal with no digestive fluids.
  • Loan Figger – a bipedal frog-like creature.
  • Goof Mump – appears in one scene but not described. It is green and goofy-looking in appearance and has stubby plane-like wings.
  • Strankulator – a purple, Crocodile-like Flanimal that lives in rivers. It tends to eat any Flanimal that comes too close.

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