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|creator = Coolsteph
|image = Sayront.png
|ancestor = Blubber Flapper
|habitat = Fermi Temperate Beach, Fermi Polar Beach
|size = 1.2 m long
|support = Endoskeleton (Bone)
|diet = Herbivore ([[Fermi Tuffdra]]s, [[Baebula]]s, [[Crowngea]]s, [[Pelagic Puffgrass]], [[Raft-Building Cone Puffgrass]])
|respiration = Active (Lungs)
|thermoregulation = Gigantotherm
|reproduction = Sexual, Two
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|genus = Vexillativestis
|species = ovismimis
}}
'''Sayronts''' are covered in scales, giving them an overall pine-cone-like shape. They are giganototherms roughly the size of small sheep, who live in herds of six to eight individuals.
Due to the intense competition for blackflora such as [[sunstalks]], it avoids that entirely by specializing in less-abundant but largely unexploited resources of purple flora, most notably [[Fermi Tuffdra]]s that wash ashore. They are most common outside of [[Mangrovecrystal]] groves, for Mangrovecrystals make poor habitat for them and their grey-and-black bodies are awfully conspicuous against yellow-and-green Mangrovecrystals. Still, they occasionally venture into the Mangrovecrystal groves to eat purpleflora. They do not typically swim.
Their
==Reproduction==
Sayronts make three to four young a year: more than than would be expected for something of its size and metabolism.
Along with the [[Snapjaw Sandcrock]] and [[Quadracroc]], they are the only Fermisaurs (at the time of its evolution) to use internal fertilization. It was a very useful trait to evolve, as the female lays her eggs directly into her pond chamber organ and does not secrete them outside her body. Much like a tailed frog (Ascaphus), male Sayronts fertilize the eggs using extensions of the cloaca that resemble a small tail. As the Sayronts’ environment is often cold and they are technically ectothermic, with limited ability to heat up their own, the structure is retractable and typically kept inside the body. Sayronts mate while standing rear to rear.▼
▲Along with the [[Snapjaw Sandcrock]] and [[Quadracroc]], they are the only Fermisaurs (at the time of its evolution) to use internal fertilization. It was a very useful trait to evolve, as the female lays her eggs directly into her pond chamber organ and does not secrete them outside her body. Much like a tailed frog (Ascaphus), male Sayronts fertilize the eggs using extensions of the cloaca that resemble a small tail. As the
==Predators==
Although too large and well-armored for some predators, they are appealing prey for others, especially [[Seashrog]]s. They have rich, flavorful meat that tastes of the sea, and their protective scales are no match for
The color brown makes them nervous, for it is a rare color on Fermi, found mostly on Seashrogs: one of their chief predators. In temperate areas, they are most active in the morning and evenings, just to avoid the diurnal Seashrogs.
==Other Details==
A rare mutation can color
A Sayront is surprisingly agile if there are obstacles in its path; it can still jump if needed.
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