Beach Thumbwalker

The beach thumbwalker has split from its ancestor, and moved onto the temperate beach and coastal regions of Fermi. Unlike their ancestor, they lay their eggs directly into the sea rather than into cryobowls. Newly hatched larva feed on microflora such as redmosses, orangemosses, and testudiatoms. As they age they feed on progressively larger food. Although they aren't as closely associated with the beach colonystalks as their ancestors were with the original colony stalks, they retain the ability to safely enter the colonies to feed and take shelter from predators. Beach thumbwalkers are semi-arboreal, climbing large flora in search of food. Like their ancestor, they have an unusual arrangement of fingers with the outer digit being larger and facing inwards which lets them grasp the stalks of large flora. While they are most common on the beach they are also present in the coast itself, where the adults climb on the bonegroves. Thick skin on the inner surface of their outer grasping fingers allows them to climb the bonegroves in spite of their defensive spines. They also occasionally dwell in mangrovecrystal colonies, but they are less common there as their camouflage is ineffective against the red roots and yellowish bark.