Skyswent

The skyswent replaced its ancestor the hoverswent. It now lives its life entirely in the atmosphere. It feeds on the airborne microbes and floating flora for food and gets its water from the clouds. Sometimes it will eat a windglobe worm still on a cloud sweeper. Its belly can expand to let in large amounts of air then it will filer it out its net-like filter in its mouth. Like its ancestor it can still photosynthesize with its wing membranes. It uses orange photosynthesis which means it only absorbs blue light. Its legs have completely disappeared and it can never land. Its eye-stalks have gotten longer and have moved to the side of the head. This is so it has a wider range of sight.

They can reach incredible altitudes and to cope with the climate they have evolved a heating/cooling system. They can send blood from their wings to their body when they need to get warm or cool down, allowing them to survive where they usually wouldn't. They use the large sail on their back for this purpose but also to steer. Its offspring is born alive and it will ride off the back of its parent until it can fly on its own. They only have one offspring at a time.