Hookjaw Capiri

The hookjaw capiri split from its ancestor, the beach capiri. It has spread to Nergali Polar Beach, Barlowe Tundra and Barlowe Polar Scrub. It has specialized in eating the polar orbion. Its hooked jaw is used to peel off bark. Since it now lives in a polar environment it had to adapt ways of reducing heat loss. This mean much smaller membranes in their "backsail". It could not get rid of them entirely since they use them for communication. Like their ancestor they are deaf and rely upon their color changing membranes to communicate. However their sense of smell has improved a lot since snow storms can block vision. They can smell their food from miles away. They travel in large herds looking for food. During the summer they lay their hard shelled eggs in nests made of sand and pebbles. The eggs colors are rusty red to blend in with the soil. They lay around 2-5 eggs at a time. Once they hatch they are raised for the rest of the summer by the parents and then join the herd in the fall. Adults pair for life and will pair off each spring to mate and then again in the summer to raise their babies.