Badger Toxplage

The badger toxplage split from its ancestor when some toxplage seeds accidentally ended up in the Badger Limestone Caves. It was not easy to survive without the notox to eat its fruits and the toxplage ketter to pollinate its flowers, but those toxplages that managed evolved into the badger toxplage.

The flowers produce more pollen than before, since they now depend on creatures brushing against the stamens. Those flowers that get pollinated grow into hard, yellow fruits. The fruits have developed small hairs which are used to stick on the skin of passing creatures. When they fall on the ground or get trampled, they will break, releasing a strong acid and 8-15 seeds. The acid will dissolve part of the limestone, providing the seeds with fertile soil to grow into new toxplages. The fruits are still toxic to most creatures.

Because light was less abundant in the caves, the badger toxplage had to find an alternative source of energy. It still uses photosynthesis, having developed broader leaves to catch the most sunlight, but it now also absorbs calcium from the limestone. This has caused its stems and leaves to become lighter in colour than it's ancestor's. Depending of the amount of light and calcium it gets, it can grow up to 100-150 cm wide.