Round-Winged Hookphlyer: Difference between revisions
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|creator = Coolsteph
|image = Round-Winged_Hookphlyer.png
|ancestor = Swift Hookphlyer
|size = 37 cm Wingspan
|locomotion=Quadruped, Erect Legs, Powered Flight
|habitat = Maneiac Polar Coast
|diet = Carnivore ([[Nectascooter]], [[Bleedin
|reproduction= Sexual, Live Birth, Two
|respiration=Active (Lungs)
|thermoregulation=Heterotherm (Basking, Muscle-Generated Heat)
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|species = freckles
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(Replaces its ancestor in the [[Maneiac Polar Coast]] area)
The broad, rounded wings of the '''round-winged hookphlyer''' make it maneuverable at low flight speeds. It also helps it catch thermals so it can soar. While soaring, it uses its keen eyesight to spot
Their beaks are wooden, and because wood does not conduct electricity, the nectascooter's defense of producing an electric charge from its spikes is useless. The pincer-like tips of the beak even extend past the tongue of the round-winged hookphlyer, so the nectascooter can't even shock its predator's tongue.
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Young round-winged hookphlyers photosynthesize. This supplements the food their parents provide them, and can provide up to seven percent of their daily energy requirements. For better photosynthesis, their wings are disproportionately large and slightly wrinkled. This increases the surface area. The wings' disproportionate hugeness give the impression of a toddler wearing the father's comically oversized sweater. As the round-winged hookphlyer ages, the rest of its body "grows into" its wings, and an enzyme important for photosynthesis is deactivated. The loss of this enzyme's function is comparable to how most humans lose the ability to digest lactose past babyhood.
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