Armored Pedesorm

The armored pedesorm evolved in response to having little or no defense. However, unlike the sprinting pedesorm, it strengthened its armor. It eats chitinous or stony flora (glass flora or shrubites). The eaten stone is used to strengthen their claw-trunks and shells. Soon after hatching, the young will eat as many fragments of dry shrubite or maineiac glasstower as they can to strengthen their shells before they are eaten. Because of the weight of the shell and its size, the armored pedesorm evolved muscular rings around its leg muscles in order to support their heavier bodies. Armored pedesorms will often sharpen their trunk-claws by scraping them against wood, stone, or chitin. The color of their armor varies by what flora is available to convert into armor. Those within the range of the maineiac glasstower have cyan shells while those within the Dry Shrubite's range have grey shells. As mentioned earlier, the armored pedesorm converts the chitin or stone that makes up their food into armor. This is done by the materials being digested in the stomach and then absorbed into their system. Then, the dissolved material accumulates on their shell and claw-trunk, strengthening it. Older specimens are slower and more likely to be eaten, keeping their populations in check. Their shells are only truly effective against small predators. The armored pedesorm's trunk-claw is very sharp and can cut through plant matter with ease. They also can use their claw-trunks to fight off small, unarmored predators. It is mainly used like a chisel to break into the chitin and stone of the Maineiac Glasstower and the Dry Shrubite Their eyes don't bulge out from their stalks as much to keep fragments from flying into them. Because they cannot reach the maineiac glasstower's fruit, they will mine holes into the side of the glasstower and eat the fruit that pours out. They only do this if there is nothing else to eat. Like the sprinting pedesorm, they are partially herbivorous. They mostly eat plants, but will still scavenge, especially if there aren't enough plants to eat. They have become more tolerant toward dry climates and now lay snail-like eggs with hard shells to keep them from drying out. Their skin is also leathery to retain moisture.