Yamkanloop is a god.

It takes the form of a very fat, unthoughtful chinchilla.

Yamkanloop created vertebrates eight thousand years ago.

If you believe in Yamkanloop, it will not care.

If you do not believe in Yamkanloop, it will ignore you.

Yamkanloop's most sacred site is Cuandixia in China.

Yamkanloop's Holy Commandments

1. Do not name children after ducks.

2. Do not drink from vessels made of earth.

3. Never think about asteroids.

4. Do not fashion tools from aluminium.

5. Always share beans with strangers, but never with nematodes.