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|ancestor = Grub Krugg |
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|size = 5 cm Long |
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|habitat = Darwin Tropical Rainforest |
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|habitat2 = Darwin Temperate Rainforest |
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|habitat3 = Darwin Temperate Woodland |
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|diet = Herbivore ([[Marbleflora]], [[Pioneeroots]], [[Sapshrooms]], [[Supershrooms]]), Scavenger |
|diet = Herbivore ([[Marbleflora]], [[Pioneeroots]], [[Sapshrooms]], [[Supershrooms]]), Scavenger |
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|reproduction= Sexual, Two Genders, Frog-like Eggs Laid into Giant Hollowdome |
|reproduction= Sexual, Two Genders, Frog-like Eggs Laid into Giant Hollowdome |
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|genus = Kruggus |
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|species = caudacochlea |
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The corkscrew krugg lays its eggs on the skin of Rainforest Phlocks, preferably on wounds. The tiny (1 mm) larvae hatch within thirty minutes and burrow into the skin, where they feed on the Rainforest Phlock's sap-like plent blood. After a year they emerge and jump off the Rainforest Phlock's backs, where they find a safe spot to complete their final molt. The final molt is orange to blend in with Rainforest Phlock skin. The adult corkscrew kruggs congregate around Rainforest Phlock dung, which is, as typical for plents, much like an owl pellet. They then mate and seek out more Rainforest Phlocks to lay eggs in. The adults don't live long and can drink only liquid foods, in this case sap and sweat of Rainforest Phlocks, and any fluids they find in Rainforest Phlock dung. |
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The farmphibian replaced its ancestor the rootdigging thornback. With its relatives filling the same niches it had to find a new niche. It also was poorly adapted to the cold and dry polar environment it lived in and had little protection from predators. To cope with this it would hide inside the giant hollowdome by gnawing into them with their strong jaws. Inside they were protected from predators as well as kept warm from the greenhouse-like environment inside. However they had to go through island dwarfism before they could fit inside the 30 cm wide giant hollowdome. And even then adults are a bit cramped inside. |
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Like most kruggs, the larvae resemble thornworms, with the closest resemblance to beach thornworms. Unlike thornworms, they have comparatively weak and very pale exoskeletons, no exposed red parts between segments, six articulated spike-like limbs and vestigial eyes. Within a week the larvae change to a creamy grub-like second form with a greater resemblance to an adult krugg. This transformation is controlled by hormones produced by the gut and visual lobes of the larvae's brain, and will only happen in a dark, warm, moist environment with plenty of nutrition. If a corkscrew krugg larvae does not have eyes or its gut cannot properly produce hormones, it will not transform to its secondary form. |
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The water filled center of the giant hollow dome is perfect for a nursery pool for their tadpole-like larva. However they have to gnaw a hole in it and maintain the hole until the offspring are large enough to leave the pool. After they leave the pool the giant hollowdome will grow back over the hole with minimal damage. Offspring are laid in the spring and leave the pool by summer. |
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Female corkscrew kruggs have an extendable, corkscrew-like abdomen, hence the species' name. They push into the flesh of exposed wounds and lay eggs as deeply into the wound as they can. This makes it harder for the host to remove the eggs. If the wound exposes muscle tissue at its deepest point, the larvae is trapped, as it cannot survive in muscle tissue. If the larvae's body remains exposed to the environment and doesn't fall out, it will rot inside the rainforest phlock's body, which can lead to infection of the wound site. If the host has no wounds, the female corkscrew krugg will make a small incision in the skin with her mandibles. |
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As adults they create their own little greenhouse garden inside the giant hollowdome. Their dung contains the seeds and spores of many small flora and as a result grow specifically inside giant hollowdome. These new species mainly come from the genus group of marbleflora, pioneeroots, sapshroomsm and supershrooms. Which in turn are the food of the farmphibian. Sapshrooms typically grow on the support pillarrs of the dome while supershrooms grow in the fresh dung. Then marbleflora and pioneeroots grow in the composted soil. All sorts of microbes also live within the soil and dung too. |
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Corkscrew kruggs have mandibles hardened by sclerotin. This contributes to their color. The mandibles are also storage sites for orange pigments collected from their food. Corkscrew kruggs with darker mandibles are more attractive to other corkscrew kruggs. |
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When it gets too crowded inside their birth domes, they will seek out new giant hollowdomes. They do this in the summer when they can survive outside the protection of the domes. However there are predators who would like to eat them. So they have developed many spines down their backs and they can quickly sprint when warm enough. Those those already inside domes will defend off others who want to take over it themselves. Thus the strongest males will have the best domes. Females will seek out males with the best domes. A male can have a harem of around 2 to 3 females since there is not much room for more. |
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In the long dark winters they will hibernate in the safety of the domes. When the snow begins to thaw they will wake up and females will lay their eggs in the nursery pools. Like their ancestors they are deaf and have color patches on their cheeks in which they use to communicate with each other. Their eyes have also improved as well to look out for predators and they even have developed eye-lids to protect their eyes. |
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Revision as of 02:54, 17 June 2015
| Corkscrew Krugg | ||
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| (Kruggus caudacochlea) | ||
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| Information | ||
| Creator | Coolsteph Other | |
| Week/Generation | 25/157 | |
| Habitat | Darwin Tropical Rainforest | |
| Size | 5 cm Long | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Unknown | |
| Diet | Herbivore (Marbleflora, Pioneeroots, Sapshrooms, Supershrooms), Scavenger | |
| Respiration | Unknown | |
| Thermoregulation | Unknown | |
| Reproduction | Sexual, Two Genders, Frog-like Eggs Laid into Giant Hollowdome | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Genus Species | Eukaryota Kruggus Kruggus caudacochlea | |
| Ancestor: | Descendants: |
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The corkscrew krugg lays its eggs on the skin of Rainforest Phlocks, preferably on wounds. The tiny (1 mm) larvae hatch within thirty minutes and burrow into the skin, where they feed on the Rainforest Phlock's sap-like plent blood. After a year they emerge and jump off the Rainforest Phlock's backs, where they find a safe spot to complete their final molt. The final molt is orange to blend in with Rainforest Phlock skin. The adult corkscrew kruggs congregate around Rainforest Phlock dung, which is, as typical for plents, much like an owl pellet. They then mate and seek out more Rainforest Phlocks to lay eggs in. The adults don't live long and can drink only liquid foods, in this case sap and sweat of Rainforest Phlocks, and any fluids they find in Rainforest Phlock dung.
Like most kruggs, the larvae resemble thornworms, with the closest resemblance to beach thornworms. Unlike thornworms, they have comparatively weak and very pale exoskeletons, no exposed red parts between segments, six articulated spike-like limbs and vestigial eyes. Within a week the larvae change to a creamy grub-like second form with a greater resemblance to an adult krugg. This transformation is controlled by hormones produced by the gut and visual lobes of the larvae's brain, and will only happen in a dark, warm, moist environment with plenty of nutrition. If a corkscrew krugg larvae does not have eyes or its gut cannot properly produce hormones, it will not transform to its secondary form.
Female corkscrew kruggs have an extendable, corkscrew-like abdomen, hence the species' name. They push into the flesh of exposed wounds and lay eggs as deeply into the wound as they can. This makes it harder for the host to remove the eggs. If the wound exposes muscle tissue at its deepest point, the larvae is trapped, as it cannot survive in muscle tissue. If the larvae's body remains exposed to the environment and doesn't fall out, it will rot inside the rainforest phlock's body, which can lead to infection of the wound site. If the host has no wounds, the female corkscrew krugg will make a small incision in the skin with her mandibles.
Corkscrew kruggs have mandibles hardened by sclerotin. This contributes to their color. The mandibles are also storage sites for orange pigments collected from their food. Corkscrew kruggs with darker mandibles are more attractive to other corkscrew kruggs.