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The arrangement of bones in curazzope feet bear resemblance to the skeletal arrangement in pigs and deer. However, the curazzope leaves a unique footprint.
Curazzopes specialize in greyblade leaves. With their tough, scissor-like mouths, they will snip off the sharp tips of greyblade leaves and then break off the rest of the leaf. Even with the sharp tips removed, the leaves are prone to stabbing the inside of the curazzope's mouth. The
The curazzope has a beneficial relationship with the microplaques that infest its mouth. It leaves a little saliva on the sharp leaf tips it snips off, and the detritivore microplaques in that saliva can then digest the leaf tip when it dies from lack of nutrients. If the curazzope is interrupted in its snipping, it leaves the leaf tip intact. The parasitic microplaques in the saliva can then travel down the leaf tip and through the whole leaf, living on its tissues. Incidentally, this softens the leaf, and curazzopes prefer soft leaves, encouraging them to spread more microplaques.
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