Tove

The tove split from its leaffer ancestor when a group of toves migrated into the Darwin Plains. The toves have several new adaptations that aid in their survival. Of these, the first is a prehensile posterior ventilation shaft (aka the butt-nostril), used to hold their chitties when they are migrating or need to travel at a faster clip. As chitties, these prehensile shafts afford them extra support on the ground (it can be used as a fifth leg of sorts), although it is more often used to hold onto their parent while being carried; because of this, the chitties are born with significantly longer tails in comparison to the adults, and it simply grows less than the rest of the body on its way to maturity to reach its final length. The toves have developed markings along their eye that allow them to locate one another from a slightly greater distance, allowing them to keep in packs easier. In a similar manner, the water sacs of their ancestors have become a golden color on the toves, preventing their size when full from making them easier-to-spot targets. This also causes their legs to appear thinner than the actually are at a moderate distance. To communicate to one another up close, they will paw the ground, making it less likely to attract potential predators. They make meek calls over small distances to one another for social purposes when pawing is not a viable option (usually due to distance). Every year, they will mate with one another and then migrate in mass to the Krakow River to deposit their seeds. The end of their tongue is able to be shaped, allowing them to make it more spike-like or more blunt. The spike shape is used in order to initially puncture the ground. After doing so they will corkscrew their tongue through the soil, where they will deposit their wooden egg-nuts. Tove packs will hang around the river until their young have been birthed. Once born, the young will use the corkscrew shape of the tunnel provided for them to crawl out, using their prehensile vent to help them stand as they are not too great at walking when first born. Once out of their egg tunnels they will be lifted up by their parent and the pack will immediately migrate back to their general locations. This immediate migration is intended to help prevent predators of two biomes to pick off their young easier.