Agate Krugg: Difference between revisions

|thermoregulation=Ectotherm

|reproduction=Sexual (Male and Female, Snail-Like Eggs)

|genus=Sericumpes

|species=corpusplana

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Like Kruggs in general, '''Agate Krugg'''s have six legs (although two are almost vestigial), leathery exoskeletons, and lay snail-like eggs in soil (damp soil, in this case). For the Agate Krugg in particular, its exoskeleton is only leathery on its limbs and underside: the top side is calcified, somewhat like a Terran crab's, if not to the same extent. Its crunchy texture makes it a somewhat less appealing food to some of its predators, but it mainly relies on camouflage, hiding, incompatible activity times, and high reproductive rates to survive.

[[Chainswarmers]] tend to be more nutritious and tastier than what Agate Kruggs usually eat, so they slurp up small colonies like spaghetti, particularly when the colonies are beached on the sides of the stream and slowly slithering back into the water. As Agate Kruggs are fairly common (if local and well-hidden) small herbivores active in every season but winter, they create a small but notable influence on the density of Chainswarmers in their habitats. As a consequence, Agate Kruggs make their habitats a little more dominated by purple flora than they otherwise would be, helping their camouflage.