Dualist Bandersnatch

Splitting from its ancestor, the dualist bandersnatch has even greater sexual dimorphism. Due to the lack of predators, they have taken on such a role, preferring to take out easier-to-kill young.

Males are completely quadrupedal, with most of their leg muscles located on the top of their legs for faster movement. The bright greens and dark purples make them easy to spot, which warns predators of the potent neurotoxin housed in their teeth and jaw spike. The bones of this jaw spike have become jointed, allowing the males to handle objects with greater ease.

Females are always bipedal, with most of their mass located on the back end of their body for balance. The purple stripes along their front and back and the light blues of their head, mimic the leaves and sling of the mainland chime slingberry. Females also have stronger arm muscles, allowing them to use rocks and debris as more powerful battering and projectile weapons against attackers; their mates will often provide them with rocks beforehand. Their camouflage is dependent on the slingberries and so the females have developed a semi-symbiosis with the flora, shaking slingberries laden with seeds to try and activate the dispersal mechanism, or by carrying fallen seeds to empty locations.

Individuals live for 5 years, gaining maturity in the first year. They living in packs of 10-12 individuals lead by an alpha male and female; a lower rank or foreign male-female pair can try and challenge the alphas, but this usually fails as the alphas are the strongest of the group. Females act as sentries while males act as scouts for prey/carcasses. Young males will seek out unmated females either in their own pack or in a different one and present the potential mate with a stone or other object the female can carry; if she accepts it, they will mate for life. Five months after fertilization, females will give birth to two to three small "snipes" that will be carried on the mother's back till they are old enough to move on their own; young are spotted blue (mimicking slingberry seeds) and different shades of purple (to mimic marbleflora). Snipes are carried for a month, after which they will continue to grow until their sexual maturity at around seven months of age. They will then either stick with the pack or head out into the world.