Finned Bubblehorn

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Finned Bubblehorn
(Domesticus piniped)
Main image of Finned Bubblehorn
Species is extant.
Information
CreatorHydromancerx Other
Week/Generation12/77
HabitatKing Coast
Size1 m Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietFilter Feeder, Detrivore
RespirationUnknown
ThermoregulationUnknown
ReproductionSexual: Eggs laid into water
Taxonomy
Domain
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Domesticus
Domesticus piniped
Ancestor:Descendants:

The finned bubblehorn replaced its ancestor the anemone bubblehorn. It has returned to its detrivore ways, but has not given up filter feeding either. Its long trunk sifts through sand for decaying matter or can suck in water and filter it back out through many hairs in the cone of the trunk. It is also much more mobile than its ancestor and swims around on 10 sea turtle-like fins. Its shell has a water bladder just like a fish and can keep it buoyant in the water. It uses its bubblehorns to smell where it is going. It has a similar breathing system to its ancestor except it can fill up the air bladder as well as the intestine-like lung. Eggs are laid on rocks on the sea floor. They are attached to the rocks by a sticky ‘glue’ that encapsulates the eggs and hardens quickly, as an egg that floats would be preyed upon by flying predators.