School Shocker

The school shocker split from its ancestor and moved out into the open ocean. Its two hind fins have fully merged together allowing it to move and turn faster than its ancestor. Like many marine animals on Earth the school shocker has evolved countershading which allows it blend in a bit with the ocean. The school shocker gets its name from the fact that they live in small family groups of around 2-10 individuals. These groupings allow them to intimidate larger predators and they often coordinate when hunting. They share their kills with other members of their family group, an ability which evolved from their instinct to feed their developing juveniles (which still exists.) As expected living in these social groups requires a larger brain and their brain to body ratio is similar to basal primates on earth. When male school shockers reach maturity they often leave their pack in search of another one. Lone wanderers of either gender are accepted into new packs without combat, a necessity in an environment as hostile and vast as the open ocean. When two adults of opposite sexes meet, they will enter a mating ritual in which they bite and electrify each other. The electricity stimulates them and thus prepares them for the actual mating. Part of their front fins has evolved into a thumb spike which is used to hold onto each other during copulation. A few months after the female is fertilized, she will give live birth to young out of her "mouth womb". The young will stay with their mother until they are mature. Because the young are usually are not strong enough to kill their own prey, the father will instead bring dead marine bubblepedes to the family to eat together. When the young do reach maturity, they will leave their parents and proceed to live a life of their own. The mother and father will stay together for life.