Woolly Waxface

The woolly waxface split from its ancestor and lives in Barlowe Tundra, due to this life style the ones who had mutations that caused long woolly feathers survived, instead of the ones with the fuzz preferred for living in the desert, which allowed them to live in the cold. Their ears and heads are bare since the feathers would get in the way of smelling, hearing, and eating, but to make up for heat loss they are narrow and the ears can even fold up and be tucked into the neck feathers behind it. The tusks are now normally completely fused on the bottom, and sometimes the top, which allows the act of drinking fluids to be easier, they will tear small chunks of flesh off of their kills and consume that too. Their tusks are covered with a layer of wax just like their ancestors. They still live in tight packs consisting of four or five individuals. Females instead of releasing their young into the freezing Ittiz River keep their young in the wool-like feathers on their tail, the snorkels that the larvae grow are now mainly used to interlace with their mothers feathers. The mother feeds them chunks of flesh from her kills, especially the fatty portions, since they must grow as fast as possible. When they start to develop limbs and their snorkels start to disappear they will often venture away from the safety of their mothers tail and hunt small or baby fauna, although they often return to their childhood home if they get too scared or cold, the mother may even force them back on if she feels it necessary.