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The aossi gets their main source of nutrients from the various small fauna that they hunt. Their hummingbird-like flight technique allows them to easily maneuver as they pick up the small insectoid fauna of the greater Maineiac woodlands areas. This flight technique comes at a cost, as it is extremely energy intensive, requiring the aossi to take frequent rests and to eat the equivalent of up to their entire body weight in calories every day. Adding to their flight burdens is their prehensile tails. These tails are needed to allow the aossi to grip to orbioflora branches to roost, but these also act as a drag on their flight. In order to help supplement these extreme energy costs, they feed on the sugary food sources available in their environment, mainly the [[Sappy Pinknose|sappy pinknose]]. Lacking a tongue, they instead have developed a fold within their stomach and throat, which they regurgitate up when they are within a sappy pinknose. This partial gastric eversion in may was both looks and functions like a tongue, granting the aossi the ability to lap up the sugary mucus and spore berries. the sappy pinknose has adapted to take advantage of this behavior, as the aossi are not the most efficient eaters, they will carry off spore berries on their bodies and in their droppings, allowing for the further spread of their food. Thanks to this feeding method, the aossi has actually allowed the proliferation of the sappy picknose to the environments that the aossi lives in, finding the abundant drooping orbion relatives fantastic hosts. The can now be found all over the woodlands of Maineiac. Even with the energy source of the sappy pinknose, they have shrunken dramatically in size compared to their ancestor, as their diet can not fully support organisms much larger than them.
The mating practices of the aossi have become more elaborate, due to ever increasing mate selection pressure. The males have developed increased coloration patterns to stand out for females. Aossi eyesight is not well developed, and so they must rely on this coloration distinctions to stand out among the foliage. When a male is accepted, the mating pairs will search for calmer bodies of water, usually within the riparian regions of the Maineiac river system, where the female will lay her brood, typically between 100
[[File:Aossi female.png|200px|thumb|A typical Aossi female]]
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