Glasseater
| Glasseater | ||
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| (Eohyalophagus glassivore) | ||
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| 22/?, unknown cause | ||
| Information | ||
| Creator | Hydromancerx Other | |
| Week/Generation | 20/132 | |
| Habitat | Drake Temperate Rainforest, East Drake Taiga, West Drake Taiga | |
| Size | 150 cm Long | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Endoskeleton (Bone) | |
| Diet | Herbivore (Cryolens, Explosive Cryodome, Cryobowl), Detritivore | |
| Respiration | Active (Lungs) | |
| Thermoregulation | Endotherm | |
| Reproduction | Sexual, Two Sexes, Hard-Shelled Eggs | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Phylum Superclass Clade Class Subclass Order Suborder Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Carpozoa Spondylozoa Anisoscelida Pentapodes Caudapodia Eucaudapodia Lophocula Aurocula Hyalophagidae Eohyalophagus Eohyalophagus glassivore | |
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The glasseater split from its ancestor, the wallahopper. Due to the mass extinction of black flora and purple flora in Drake, the wallahopper had to adapt to what flora was there. The new glass flora began to fill the empty niches. Some wallahopper were able to chew and digest this new flora and became the glasseaters.
They have very strong grinding teeth that can break down the outer covering of the glass flora. Their chin-spike can uproot them so they can chew them whole. They also must swallow grinding stones in their newly evolved gizzard. This helps mash up the parts they did not crush with their teeth. Their mouth and digestive tract has also had to become a lot tougher in order not to get cut by the glass flora shards and their digestive juices are even stronger to help in digestion.
They are no longer amphibious and have developed hoofs on their front limbs instead of claws. This helps support the weight of their huge heads. They use all 5 limbs to walk and are quite slow due to their protective armor. This armor not only protects against the sharp flora they live around but also against any predators.
Like their ancestors they hear using their "eye-ears" and "ear-nostrils". They communicate with bellowing calls and travel in herds of 30 to 50 members. The males fight over females by jousting with their chin-spikes. Males chin-spikes are much larger than females. When battling they will rear up on their tail and back legs and then come crashing down on their other male's head. This can sometimes result in puncture wounds or even death. They no longer build burrows but build mound nests for their hard-shelled eggs. During incubation females will tend to the mound to make sure it is the right temperature by taking flora debris either on or off the mound. Once hatched the female will protect the nest while the male goes to find food for his mate and offspring. They lay around 3 to 4 eggs at a time.
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