Chutslonaga

The chutslonaga replaced its ancestor the mandate emulsifly. It has developed a bioluminescent organ on the tip of its snout to help it find its way around. Its snout has become prehensile so that it can point around this organ like a flashlight. The organ can be turned on and off whenever the individual wants to, so that it can avoid revealing itself to eerie gossalizards. However, certain brave individuals will actually approach gossalizards and turn its light on and off quickly in attempts to scare the gossalizard away. During this display, the chutslonaga will flare out its wings in an attempt to look larger, and it will also hiss loudly. The wings are much larger than in the ancestor due to this use, and also because the wings recycle the small amount of light energy produced by the bioluminescent organ.

The chutslonaga will also use its new frightening abilities to scare competition, such as the cavehorn and other chutslonagas, away from food. Chutslonagas are solitary creatures, and only meet to mate. Females and males are indistinguishable through looks alone. When two chutslonagas meet, the male will flare its wings and point at the other individual with its light. If the other individual is a male, it will signal this by flaring its wings in response. The two will then go their separate ways. If the other is a female, it will approach the male and open its mouth, inviting fertilization. The female will then give birth to a litter of three or four children a month later, and the children will follow their mother for the next few weeks. After three weeks, their bioluminescent organs will develop and they will go off to live on their own.