Westward Haglox

The westward haglox' replaced its ancestor in the Vivus Boreal due to pressure from being preyed on by the bubblewraptor and from Vivus connecting to Darwin. Following its ancestor's leaps in evolution, the westward haglox has evolved in its own ways as well.

For starters, the westward haglox is somewhat larger than its ancestor due to having more land to roam around in. Secondly, its legs and feet are thicker, which help it move better than its ancestor and allows it to travel for longer distances. This especially comes in handy when it is travelling across the Dixon-Darwin Boreal for more food. Thirdly, the westward haglox's jaw has become larger, which helps it with eating its food; in order to make more room for its jaw, the placement of its nostrils have moved to the upper part of its head. Much like its ancestor, the westward haglox's jaw still lacks teeth, which means that it consumes stones to further grind up its food. The lower jaw also holds its tusks that are used during fights to claim mates. The westward haglox prefers to consume Crystal Flora and Purple Flora and especially prefers to eat the leaves, fruit, crystals, and some smaller branches. Like its ancestor, the westward haglox uses its long tongue to pull food into its mouth, this method of feeding also keeps sapworms away from the parts of the flora that are being consumed.

Its biggest changes are the armor on its neck and tail, and a newly evolved thagomizer. With the neck and tail armor, it has better support for its large body and some protection against predators; the thagomizer on its tail allows it to fight back against its predators by swinging its tail when they get too close, this can lead to would-be predators to be killed by one well-aimed swing of its tail. Other means of fending off predators include goring them with its tusks, kicking them, and even just trampling on them.

Much like its ancestor, the westward haglox starts out as a larva that feeds off of carcasses and kills and eats its weaker siblings using its sharp tusks and serrated tail-spike; after about 3 weeks of carnage, they become their juvenile forms, which look similar to their adult forms, except with smaller tusks, a smaller hump-shell, a smaller thagomizer, and a thinner coat of feathers. As they grow, their tusks and thagomizer get sharper, their feathers get thicker, and they consume more plant material until they are full-fledged adults that are strictly herbivorous. The mother westward haglox will protect its offspring as they grow, only leaving for a short period of time to eat. Much like its ancestor, when the juveniles, typically one or two, emerge from the carcass, they will follow the mother for protection for 3-4 years; once that time arrives, the offspring will be able to fend for itself and leaves its mother.

The westward haglox is still a solitary creature that only gathers in groups to mate with one another. Fights are often brutal and can end up with some of the competitors dying from their wounds. After mating, the males leave to continue their mating rituals and the females lay their eggs near carcasses, often being those of loser westward hagloxes.

Finally, like its ancestor, the westward haglox is still known for germinating seeds of all kinds of flora, especially the tropical gecoba tree and it is highly important for increasing the range of these plants. It does this by devouring the tropical gecoba fruit, the seed ends up unharmed, then defecated out by traveling westward hagloxes, and finally sprouting from the fertilizing feces at a faster rate than a tropical gecoba seed that was not swallowed by a haglox.