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For most of the colder parts of the year, the habitats that burrowyrms call home are distinctly barren of them. This is because during these times they will burrow several meters underground in small hollows they have dug out, sleeping away the winter in a state of brumation. They await for the return of warm weather, for only that - or prolonged exposure to the body heat of another organism - is what is capable of awakening them from their slumber. In fact, so deep is this state of dormancy that they remain utterly motionless towards most external stimuli, and will not even react to being dug up, at least not immediately so. Once spring has returned, however, they will begin to eagerly return to the surface and gorge themselves on a wide variety of small prey items, utilizing their venomous saliva to incapacitate them so that they may be crushed in their jaws and then devoured.
Besides the seasonal gorging that burrowyrms undergo with the arrival of warm weather, so too do they seek out mates. Intertwining themselves with one another, a mated pair will remain in such a position for hours at a time, after which they will go their separate ways. Burrowyrms choose a new partner every year over their ten
Because of the change in their diet towards small, mouth-sized prey, the size of several of their fangs - outside the large, modified one - have reduced significantly, to the point where they are no longer exposed when their mouths are closed, much like the majority of their teeth.
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