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While the species no longer utilizes echolocation, they still make a wide variety of high frequency sounds to communicate with others of their kind. For protection, the gnawsferatu travels in small herds consisting of females and their young and one mature male. If not leading a herd, mature male gnawsferatu live in small bachelor herds consisting entirely of males. Every spring, males will seek out herds and challenge the alpha male for mating rights. When this happens, both opponents size each other up by holding their heads high up to display their crests, with one of the two often backing down. If neither is willing to give up, however, the two males will then turn to what can be best described as a series of “attack hugs". This is when both combatants would turn towards each other and charge with their arms outstretched, colliding with their opponent and trying to use their arms to grapple the other male and tossing them to the ground. While males often get scratched up or bruised from these “attack hugs”, serious wounds are extremely rare.

In a similar fashion to their ancestors, the gnawsferatu lays hard shelled eggs within a burrow, though the species does it in a very unique way. When a herd is ready to lay their eggs, they will dig a large communal den, where each female will then enter to lay their eggs before exiting. After this, the alpha male will then enter the burrow and stay at the entrance, guarding all of the eggs from potential nest raiders. When the male gets hungry, a female will briefly take his place while the male gnawsferatu gets food for itself. This process continues even after the young hatch two weeks later, although in a slightly different manner. When the young hatch, the male will let a single female in at a time to feed her young. This is to prevent the burrow from getting crowded and risking some of the youngsters being accidentally trampled. This continues for another month and a half until the babies are old and large enough to keep pace with the herd. In total, a gnawsferatu takes one full year to reach sexual maturity with both the females and males departing from the herd. For females, they will try to find another herd to join or a male gnawsferatu to start a new herd. Males, on the other hand, will often try to find a female to start a herd with or a different herd to challenge the alpha male for breeding rights. On average, the species can live to be around ~~15-20~~ years old, with the females usually breeding about 4-6 times in their lifetime(males can potentially breed every year after their first birthday for the rest of their lives).

In a similar fashion to their ancestors, the gnawsferatu lays hard shelled eggs within a burrow, though the species does it in a very unique way. When a herd is ready to lay their eggs, they will dig a large communal den, where each female will then enter to lay their eggs before exiting. After this, the alpha male will then enter the burrow and stay at the entrance, guarding all of the eggs from potential nest raiders. When the male gets hungry, a female will briefly take his place while the male gnawsferatu gets food for itself. This process continues even after the young hatch two weeks later, although in a slightly different manner. When the young hatch, the male will let a single female in at a time to feed her young. This is to prevent the burrow from getting crowded and risking some of the youngsters being accidentally trampled. This continues for another month and a half until the babies are old and large enough to keep pace with the herd. In total, a gnawsferatu takes one full year to reach sexual maturity with both the females and males departing from the herd. For females, they will try to find another herd to join or a male gnawsferatu to start a new herd. Males, on the other hand, will often try to find a female to start a herd with or a different herd to challenge the alpha male for breeding rights. On average, the species can live to be around 15–20 years old, with the females usually breeding about 4-6 times in their lifetime(males can potentially breed every year after their first birthday for the rest of their lives).

Due to their generalistic diet of flora, the gnawsferatu is an important seed disperser since a lot of seeds and spores can make it past their digestive systems intact. This has allowed them to spread several different species of flora and one species of flora to new biomes.

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 While the species no longer utilizes echolocation, they still make a wide variety of high frequency sounds to communicate with others of their kind. For protection, the gnawsferatu travels in small herds consisting of females and their young and one mature male. If not leading a herd, mature male gnawsferatu live in small bachelor herds consisting entirely of males. Every spring, males will seek out herds and challenge the alpha male for mating rights. When this happens, both opponents size each other up by holding their heads high up to display their crests, with one of the two often backing down. If neither is willing to give up, however, the two males will then turn to what can be best described as a series of “attack hugs". This is when both combatants would turn towards each other and charge with their arms outstretched, colliding with their opponent and trying to use their arms to grapple the other male and tossing them to the ground. While males often get scratched up or bruised from these “attack hugs”, serious wounds are extremely rare.
-In a similar fashion to their ancestors, the gnawsferatu lays hard shelled eggs within a burrow, though the species does it in a very unique way. When a herd is ready to lay their eggs, they will dig a large communal den, where each female will then enter to lay their eggs before exiting. After this, the alpha male will then enter the burrow and stay at the entrance, guarding all of the eggs from potential nest raiders. When the male gets hungry, a female will briefly take his place while the male gnawsferatu gets food for itself. This process continues even after the young hatch two weeks later, although in a slightly different manner. When the young hatch, the male will let a single female in at a time to feed her young. This is to prevent the burrow from getting crowded and risking some of the youngsters being accidentally trampled. This continues for another month and a half until the babies are old and large enough to keep pace with the herd. In total, a gnawsferatu takes one full year to reach sexual maturity with both the females and males departing from the herd. For females, they will try to find another herd to join or a male gnawsferatu to start a new herd. Males, on the other hand, will often try to find a female to start a herd with or a different herd to challenge the alpha male for breeding rights. On average, the species can live to be around 15-20 years old, with the females usually breeding about 4-6 times in their lifetime(males can potentially breed every year after their first birthday for the rest of their lives).
+In a similar fashion to their ancestors, the gnawsferatu lays hard shelled eggs within a burrow, though the species does it in a very unique way. When a herd is ready to lay their eggs, they will dig a large communal den, where each female will then enter to lay their eggs before exiting. After this, the alpha male will then enter the burrow and stay at the entrance, guarding all of the eggs from potential nest raiders. When the male gets hungry, a female will briefly take his place while the male gnawsferatu gets food for itself. This process continues even after the young hatch two weeks later, although in a slightly different manner. When the young hatch, the male will let a single female in at a time to feed her young. This is to prevent the burrow from getting crowded and risking some of the youngsters being accidentally trampled. This continues for another month and a half until the babies are old and large enough to keep pace with the herd. In total, a gnawsferatu takes one full year to reach sexual maturity with both the females and males departing from the herd. For females, they will try to find another herd to join or a male gnawsferatu to start a new herd. Males, on the other hand, will often try to find a female to start a herd with or a different herd to challenge the alpha male for breeding rights. On average, the species can live to be around 15–20 years old, with the females usually breeding about 4-6 times in their lifetime(males can potentially breed every year after their first birthday for the rest of their lives).
 Due to their generalistic diet of flora, the gnawsferatu is an important seed disperser since a lot of seeds and spores can make it past their digestive systems intact. This has allowed them to spread several different species of flora and one species of flora to new biomes.

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