Flesh Fairy

The Flesh Fairy split from its ancestor. Along with a slightly larger range of prey species in its diet, it has also developed the ability to scavenge corpses of larger local fauna species. Physically, the Flesh Fairy is bigger and swifter in comparison to its ancestor. The facial muscles around its enlarged scent pores have strengthened which gives it an enhanced ability to smell. This allows the Flesh Fairy to actively take in and expel air around it instead of passive air flow. The ears of the Flesh Fairy have grown allowing more sound capture for its advanced echolocation-level hearing. The microlungs lining the tail have increased in size greatly which helps support routine sprinting. The feathers around its face have receded which reduces infection from poking its head into corpses and live prey. The teeth have elongated and developed a series of denticles.

The Flesh Fairies begin their lives as larvae that burrow in local flora while feeding on the flora. The larvae continue this for six months then metamorphosize into adults. This usually aligns with winter. The life of an adult consists of foraging for small unthreatening prey such as small sauceback larvae and vermees, but upon being alerted to large targets, such as the larvae of sansheh and megalosheh or a corpse, they immediately focus on the target and go full speed ahead. The result of this is almost always a non-social swarm around the particular food source. At these events, most of the Flesh Fairies are busy gorging on meat. There would be a few Flesh Fairies attempting to mate. Of course, the feasts that feature live prey often do not end with the death of the prey, being that the prey is guarded by their parents. The Flesh Fairies flee at the first sign of danger, either directly or after observing the reactions of other members of the feast. The Flesh Fairy’s relentless nature causes most of them to return to the food. This behavior increases during fall in preparation for winter hibernation. Except during the winter, Flesh Fairies are fertile year-round. Mating happens randomly when Flesh Fairies cross paths. Fighting occurs due to the male entering an elevated agitated state because of a flux of hormones. The fights are either with females that reject the male or with other males that seek to mate with the female themselves. After the actual mating and the development of the eggs, the female will lay the clutch of 250 eggs in an acceptable flora which will be the larvae's first source of food.