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|creator = Somarinoa
|image = falsequillsauceback.png
|extant = 1
|excause = ice comet impact event
|ancestor = Spiney Sauceback
|size = 2 m Long
|habitat = Huggs-Yokto Savanna, Huggs-Yokto Desert
|diet = Carnivore ([[Armored Nobom]], [[Combstrainer]], [[Mantis Ketter]], [[Nouse]], [[Monkheaded Gulper]], [[Norat]], [[Bouncer Plent]], [[Earback]], [[Greater Nizzard]], [[Trowelhorn Gulper]], [[Arsinoe's Miragebok]], [[Tunnel Tasertongue]], [[Shroom-Thief Plent]])
|reproduction= Sexual, 2
|respiration=Active (Microlungs)
|thermoregulation=Ectotherm
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|species = echinostegos
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In a small number of [[Spiney Sauceback|spiney sauceback]], the temperatures of the Huggs-Yokto
Initially, they would have to hide in the tall flora of the area, including the [[Speckled Berry Plant|speckled berry plant]], due to their carapace heat sinks sticking out of the substrate, but this problem was finally fixed by changing the overall shape of these 'spines', to make them appear more like
With this new strategy, the '''falsequill sauceback''' would bury itself in the dirt by day, both to cool itself off and catch herbivores who might try and eat what they think is a quillblades. Once a creature is within range, the sauceback will swing its tail in the direction of its intended victim, which will easily surface because the dirt is no longer compacted since the creature buried itself under it. If it misses, it may stand up to catch prey, but some will remain put and rebury their tails, preferring to keep themselves hidden from other potential meals. One of their favorite meals while burrowed is the [[Bouncer Plent|bouncer plent]], and they may often times try to bury themselves in the territory zone of a known one, hoping to catch it off-guard and puncture its oxygen sacs. [[Armored Nobom|armored noboms]] are also a favorite meal, which they try to catch off-guard long enough to make a fatal bite in a chink in their armor. Because they are a naturally digging species, they may actively hunt the burrowing [[Trowelhorn Gulper|trowelhorn gulpers]], [[Tunnel Tasertongue|tunnel tasertongues]], and [[Shroom-Thief Plent|shroom-thief plents]] if they should find their dens. They are not picky, and so a large variety of creatures may find themselves prey to the falsequill.
At night, they will unbury themselves and hunt more like a typical sauceback, supplementing their diet with any creature they can catch, as they're not as likely to have caught all their required food during the daylight hours. During this time they have the added bonus of being able to sneak up on prey while it sleeps. Because of its natural strategy, they have begun to move into the Huggs-Yokto Desert as well, where they can more easily burrow themselves. However, it only can be found on the edges of this desert, as it has not yet correctly adapted to successfully survive further in.
Young are born during the cooler months, and are laid in the ground while the female sauceback remains burrowed during the day. At this time, she will not eat until the night, when she will unburrow herself, but cover her eggs back up. She will remain close to the egg location until they hatch. Falsequill saucebacks begin life as strange, subterranean "larvae", who do not eat and instead live off of a protein sac attached to them. Once matured enough to hunt for prey, they will begin to hunt nocturnally until large enough to fool creatures into thinking they are a patch of quillblades. To aid in breathing while underground, a couple of their microlungs have been encased in carapace, which possess tubes leading up to the surface in the shape of quillblade leaves.
[[Category:Carnivore]]
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