Cochliabite

The cochliabite replaced their ancestor in the high altitude grasslands and moved towards the scrublands of Maineiac. They are distinguished by their ancestors by their smaller size and slightly rounder shape. They reach full size after an average of ten to fifteen years, but are capable of reproducing after about five years of growth. Their lives are comparatively short when held next to their ancestor, living on average for about fifty to sixty years. However, a mild climate, lack of predation and other contributing factors have allowed certain individual cochliabites to survive for centuries, with the oldest documented specimen reaching the age of 376. Like their ancestors, they reproduce by releasing small clouds of fluffy reproductive material contain microscopic individuals. When they begin to exhaust the directly available nutrient they produce long stolon-like outgrowths which spread under the soil. These act in a number of functions similar to roots, and provide connections between individuals.