Flanimals: The Day of the Bletchling

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Flanimals: The Day of the Bletchling
Author	Ricky Gervais
Illustrator	Rob Steen
Cover artist	Rob Steen
Country	England
Language	English
Series	Flanimals series
Subject(s)	Creatures
Genre(s)	Humour
Publisher	Faber and Faber
Publication date	2007
Media type	Hardback
ISBN	ISBN 0571238513
Preceded by	Flanimals of the Deep

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.

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.

The book ends by hinting at the posssibility of a new book around Christmas 2008.

[edit] 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 will cling onto your arm.
Bant – social 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.