Fruiting Cryobowl

The fruiting cryobowl has split from its ancestor, the cryobowl, and has evolved a symbiotic relationship with the drake cloudswarmer. Its ancestor’s hard, chitin-covered seeds now have a layer of soft, spongy tissue around them. When a drake cloudswarmer eats the fruit, it regurgitates the seed. Most of the time, the seed lands on the ground, allowing a new cryobowl to grow. Occasionally, though, it will regurgitate the seed into the bowl of another cryobowl. The cryobowl will use enzymes to break down the seed and combine its genetic material into new fruit. In return, it lets the cloudswarmers use its bowl as a nursery and gives it a portion of its cryodome hydroutine. The fruiting cryobowl has grown twice as wide, allowing it to capture more sunlight and provide more space for both its symbiotes.