Carnofern Grubnub

The carnofern grubnub split from its ancestor the grubnub and adapted to life in the Barlowe-Dixon Temperate Rainforest. It is mainly a scavenger like its ancestor; however, it has developed a taste for rainforest carnofern fruit and carnofern flugwurm larva. It will either pick up dropped ripe fruit or pick it directly off the branches. Its opposable claw not only allows for it to pick up fruit but to pick up the larva of the carnofern flugwurm. They dig under the surface for them and sniff them out with their sensitive nose. Since their hoofs sometimes sink in the muddy soil they will typically use all 5 limbs to spread out its weight. Their coloring is to blend in with the rusty soil and purple flora. Like its ancestor it has the ability to hear though its nostrils. These "ear-nostrils" pick up not only sounds but is used like a bat's echolocation. It can make small clicks and see in the dark of night. Their eye sockets too work like ears and help them to hear the would around them. During the fall they will try to fatten up in order to hibernate in their burrows in the cold winter. They dig their burrows in the muddy soil. There they sleep and lay their eggs. They will protect and raise the chicks until they are adults. Females stay with the herd while feeding but aside from the alpha male the males will go off and live a solitary life. Each spring males challenge the alpha male for his "harem" of females. They will fight using their claws; this can sometimes be fatal since their claws are so sharp. The winner gets the females.