title: Flanimals: The Day of the Bletchling
text: # 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.
  
  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.
  