Marine Shocker

The marine shocker split from its ancestor the sammakkoivet. It has filled the niche its distant ancestor the bubblepede-eatter filled millions of years ago. It has specialized in eating only bubblepedes. Like its ancestor its 3 pronged mouth can produce a strong electrical pulse that stuns its prey so it can eat it. Its coloring is once again purple so it can blend in with the marine bubbleweed.

There is no mating season for the marine shocker. 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. 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.