Savanna Sticky-Rod
| Savanna Sticky-Rod | ||
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| (Polymorphospherus purpureatuodia) | ||
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| 9/60, replaced by descendant | ||
| Information | ||
| Creator | Clayren Other | |
| Week/Generation | 9/59 | |
| Habitat | Huggs-Yokto Savanna | |
| Size | 1-90 cm Wide | |
| Primary Mobility | Sessile | |
| Support | Unknown | |
| Diet | Photosynthesis | |
| Respiration | Passive (Stomata) | |
| Thermoregulation | Ectotherm | |
| Reproduction | Asexual Budding, Very Resistant Spores | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Subkingdom Division Class Order Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Phoenoplastida Phoenophyta Spherophyta Euspherophyta Ramospherales Ramospheraceae Polymorphospherus Polymorphospherus purpureatuodia | |
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The stickyball-crown shrub has changed yet again, this time moving out of the desert completely for the more hospitable lands of the Huggs-Yokto Savanna. While the only real change that we can see from the outside is a small change in the patches shape, many internal changes have come to pass. The rudimentary chemical communication that developed with the savanna sticky-rods ancestors has grown more complex and less reactionary. Four chemicals that mean "release sonosil" , "secrete sticky sap", "stop releasing sonosil" and "stop releasing sticky sap" can be released by each sticky-rod. Sonosil is the name that has been given to the chemical that, when released, makes the sticky-rod smell and taste quite awful to any organism that tries to eat it. By stopping the production of sticky sap, the sticky-rod can conserve energy in an emergency and eventually be moved to a new location by the weather. This is dangerous however, as drifting sticky-rods are easy pickings for herbivores and omnivores alike, and almost 60% of sticky-rod colonies die out this way. Despite these challenges, the rudimentary system of communication has made the sticky-rod quite successful.
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