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The plumottle split from its ancestor. It uses its pincer-like fore- and hind legs to grab onto the [[greater plentshirshu]]'s butt-bristles. It hangs on until the greater plentshirshu either finds carrion or kills and eats its fill of its prey. As the greater plentshirshu begins to walk away, the plumottle(s) on its rear climb or jump down. The adult females grab internal organs with their holepuncher-like ovipositors and "punch" eggs into the meat. The plumottles preferentially "punch" their eggs into the liver, but if the liver was already eaten or if the liver already has plumottle eggs in it, they will target the fatty brain next. Third options vary depending on the individual. |
The plumottle split from its ancestor. It uses its pincer-like fore- and hind legs to grab onto the [[Greater Plentshirshu|greater plentshirshu]]'s butt-bristles. It hangs on until the greater plentshirshu either finds carrion or kills and eats its fill of its prey. As the greater plentshirshu begins to walk away, the plumottle(s) on its rear climb or jump down. The adult females grab internal organs with their holepuncher-like ovipositors and "punch" eggs into the meat. The plumottles preferentially "punch" their eggs into the liver, but if the liver was already eaten or if the liver already has plumottle eggs in it, they will target the fatty brain next. Third options vary depending on the individual. |
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The leathery eggs have little dimples that host the spores of a certain kind of spore tower, called Lignarimorpha icki. L. icki produces chemicals that carpozoans such as the goliath flunejaw find repulsive. This reduces the likelihood goliath flunejaws will accidentally eat the plumottle eggs in the meat, as well as making more carrion available to greater plentshirshus. However, L. icki's chemicals don't make meat icky-tasting to other scavenging kruggs. Therefore, the plumottle lays many eggs at a time, so that even if some are accidentally eaten, some will survive long enough to catch a ride on another greater plentshirshu. Not all of L. icki's spores are deposited on the eggs. Some remain in the female's body, multiplying and thus keeping the female supplied. However, it takes a while, so the plumottle regularly "re-infects" itself by grabbing the spore balls on the towers of L. icki with their ovipositors, re-using the egg-laying motions in doing so. |
The leathery eggs have little dimples that host the spores of a certain kind of spore tower, called Lignarimorpha icki. L. icki produces chemicals that carpozoans such as the goliath flunejaw find repulsive. This reduces the likelihood goliath flunejaws will accidentally eat the plumottle eggs in the meat, as well as making more carrion available to greater plentshirshus. However, L. icki's chemicals don't make meat icky-tasting to other scavenging kruggs. Therefore, the plumottle lays many eggs at a time, so that even if some are accidentally eaten, some will survive long enough to catch a ride on another greater plentshirshu. Not all of L. icki's spores are deposited on the eggs. Some remain in the female's body, multiplying and thus keeping the female supplied. However, it takes a while, so the plumottle regularly "re-infects" itself by grabbing the spore balls on the towers of L. icki with their ovipositors, re-using the egg-laying motions in doing so. |
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