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|ancestor = Thaworm
|size = 10 cm Long
|habitat = Barlowe Polar Scrub, Barlowe Tundra
|diet = Detritivore
|thermoregulation=Ectotherm
|reproduction= Sexual, Egg-like Spores laid in Snow, 3
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|species = iceageus
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The '''polar thaworm''' split from its ancestor, the [[
They melt snow both with their jaws and back nodes. These blue patches excrete a salty anti-freeze-like substance as well as some heat. However it only uses heat as a last resort. During the warmer months they will bulk up on food to replenish their fat reserves. Like its ancestors its chemo-receptive hairs in its 4 jaws help it find food over vast distances. Since it is frequently in recently melted snow it has gills as well as having micro-lungs for non-aquatic environments.
It uses fresh snow to lay its egg-like spores. If it freezes into ice it is too hard for the grubs to hatch from. They do this once a year after the summer when the snow falls again for fall. Each of the 3
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