Salantis

Salantis split from its ancestor to follow teproutine and its descendant, salsumtine, into saltier environments. In order to live within their salty environments they have made certain adaptations. Having charged amino acids on their surfaces, as well as having a thick "pseudo-cell wall", allows the cell to keep its water molecules around its components. The 'flagella' on the sides have developed into even stronger sensory organs. They are able to detect moisture, chlorine left by salsumtine, and serve as taste buds to prevent it from entering area that are too salty or not salty enough. Salantis are capable of breaking down, and using sodium as a food source by using the heat generated from sodium's reaction with water in a controlled manner. It limits it's sodium intake to prevent the cell from bursting apart from the reaction. When feeding on salsumtine, the head-cap is often left to be broken down and used later. It does this by using its pseudo-spike to break the sodium cap away from its target, and then later will use this same spike as a means to break apart the soft metal.