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The '''river scrambler''' split from its ancestor. This small shrew has moved to riparian habitats, where it hunts small swimming fauna. This is an unusual accomplishment for something with marsupial-like reproduction. One would expect it to have taken a route similar to the Terran water opossum, or to Sagan
The skin of the River
Weird babies aside, the River Scrambler lives mainly in the tropical rivers of Dixon. It can also disperse, traveling between them through the Dixon side of the Dixon-Darwin Boreal, mostly eating [[minikruggs]] and similar creatures during the trek. It will also consume eggs if it stumbles upon a nest. It swims with a combination of paddling and an up-down undulation of its body. It has marsupial-like reproduction, giving live birth to fetal larvae which suckle from teats contained in a pouch. It breeds 6 times a year and has 5-12 joeys at a time. It is generally solitary and sleeps in burrows, typically within riparian biomes. It has lost most of its sexual display structures, as they created too much drag while swimming, and it now has a fully furred, slightly flattened tail. It retains its
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