Binsnoo

The binsnoo is like a neotenous, more arboreal version of its ancestor. A binsnoo's body, limbs, and snout are shorter than its ancestor's, though the latter trait is not as obvious as the former two. Its ancestor's prey item, the woolly xenobee, had proliferated into a global genus. One consequence of this was an increase in the amount of xenobee nests in some environments, leading to a nest-raiding niche the binsnoo then occupied. Binsnoos prefer raiding the nests of nectarivorous species of xenobees to mucivorous ones, for the nectarivorous species store delicious honey. A binsnoo climbs large flora by straddling the trunk with its legs and stabbing the outer part of the flora with its sharp claws. Progress is slow, but falling is rare. Once it reaches the nest, it slurps up larvae and honey with its long green tongue. The adult xenobees are hapless to stop it, as their defenses of spiked bodies are useful only in deterring predators from eating them, not in stopping predators from eating the larvae. When full, it slides down the flora, oftentimes with stains of green honey on its body. It then spends time resting in a burrow, oftentimes snoofloo burrows. They don't even have to be abandoned snoofloo burrows, as snoofloos are tolerant of binsnoos in their burrows. This is because binsnoos resemble juvenile snoofloos, suppressing possible snoofloo aggression by sheer cuteness. Binsnoos look for food alone, but often go to sleep in the same burrow. They communicate with each other by honking noises from their butt-nostril. These messages can be used to indicate an individual has found a nice burrow and is inviting others to sleep there with it, to deter rival males/attract mates, and to show general displeasure or worry. (Binsnoos make the worry sound when picked up or when a snoofloo is rolling in its sleep and might crush the binsnoo.)