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The '''Songsauce Piper''' has split from its ancestor, decreasing in stature and adapting to its aerial life by evolving a stockier fusiform like body. Like its ancestor, it is an omnivore, foraging on the ground for small animals, seeds and fruit, though they will occasionally be lucky and catch a young phlyer. It prefers warmer climate and will spread out it's territory seasonally around the continent. Like it's ~~sausophrey~~ cousin, it has fused the four micro-lungs it has on each side, but unlike it's cousin, the resulting through lungs maintain four distinct chambers providing continuous pumping from one chamber to the next. While the spiracles of the first back plate inhale air in and lead straight to the first lung chamber, the other 3 back plates are directly connected to one another, forming their own continuous sound chamber as air is exhaled from the last lung chamber. As each plate has its own spiracles and is shaped to potentially cover the spiracles of the plate behind it depending on the curve of the back, the spiracles act as the keys on a literal flute, and inspiring its common name.

The '''Songsauce Piper''' has split from its ancestor, decreasing in stature and adapting to its aerial life by evolving a stockier fusiform like body. Like its ancestor, it is an omnivore, foraging on the ground for small animals, seeds and fruit, though they will occasionally be lucky and catch a young phlyer. It prefers warmer climate and will spread out it's territory seasonally around the continent. Like it's [[Sausophrey]] cousin, it has fused the four micro-lungs it has on each side, but unlike it's cousin, the resulting through lungs maintain four distinct chambers providing continuous pumping from one chamber to the next. While the spiracles of the first back plate inhale air in and lead straight to the first lung chamber, the other 3 back plates are directly connected to one another, forming their own continuous sound chamber as air is exhaled from the last lung chamber. As each plate has its own spiracles and is shaped to potentially cover the spiracles of the plate behind it depending on the curve of the back, the spiracles act as the keys on a literal flute, and inspiring its common name.

They use their distinct musical calls to compete for mating rights, declare territory, guide juveniles and warn of incoming danger, forming a wide social network, a gala of Songsauce Pipers. While by no means a language, the musical calls are able to convey rich emotional overtones that would be instinctively understood, as well as provide identifying markers for both individuals and for the entire gala nesting together. Stranger still, the identifying markers seem to provide descriptive information matching with the unique fingerprint like pattern each individual has on its tail, suggesting some sort of consistent synesthesia in the way they process their sensory information, matching auditory and visual patterns. Along with social singing, they have also developed acute hearing, with ears that are extremely sensitive to vibrations on the ground or branch. The underside of their "neck" curves inwards around the base of the tongue, funneling sounds from bellow directly under their ears, much like the owl of another time and place. This in turn has increased the utility of their echolocation, which they will use not only to navigate but also to find small prey hiding under the ground or beneath the tree litter.

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-The '''Songsauce Piper''' has split from its ancestor, decreasing in stature and adapting to its aerial life by evolving a stockier fusiform like body. Like its ancestor, it is an omnivore, foraging on the ground for small animals, seeds and fruit, though they will occasionally be lucky and catch a young phlyer. It prefers warmer climate and will spread out it's territory seasonally around the continent. Like it's sausophrey cousin, it has fused the four micro-lungs it has on each side, but unlike it's cousin, the resulting through lungs maintain four distinct chambers providing continuous pumping from one chamber to the next. While the spiracles of the first back plate inhale air in and lead straight to the first lung chamber, the other 3 back plates are directly connected to one another, forming their own continuous sound chamber as air is exhaled from the last lung chamber. As each plate has its own spiracles and is shaped to potentially cover the spiracles of the plate behind it depending on the curve of the back, the spiracles act as the keys on a literal flute, and inspiring its common name.
+The '''Songsauce Piper''' has split from its ancestor, decreasing in stature and adapting to its aerial life by evolving a stockier fusiform like body. Like its ancestor, it is an omnivore, foraging on the ground for small animals, seeds and fruit, though they will occasionally be lucky and catch a young phlyer. It prefers warmer climate and will spread out it's territory seasonally around the continent. Like it's [[Sausophrey]] cousin, it has fused the four micro-lungs it has on each side, but unlike it's cousin, the resulting through lungs maintain four distinct chambers providing continuous pumping from one chamber to the next. While the spiracles of the first back plate inhale air in and lead straight to the first lung chamber, the other 3 back plates are directly connected to one another, forming their own continuous sound chamber as air is exhaled from the last lung chamber. As each plate has its own spiracles and is shaped to potentially cover the spiracles of the plate behind it depending on the curve of the back, the spiracles act as the keys on a literal flute, and inspiring its common name.
 They use their distinct musical calls to compete for mating rights, declare territory, guide juveniles and warn of incoming danger, forming a wide social network, a gala of Songsauce Pipers. While by no means a language, the musical calls are able to convey rich emotional overtones that would be instinctively understood, as well as provide identifying markers for both individuals and for the entire gala nesting together. Stranger still, the identifying markers seem to provide descriptive information matching with the unique fingerprint like pattern each individual has on its tail, suggesting some sort of consistent synesthesia in the way they process their sensory information, matching auditory and visual patterns. Along with social singing, they have also developed acute hearing, with ears that are extremely sensitive to vibrations on the ground or branch. The underside of their "neck" curves inwards around the base of the tongue, funneling sounds from bellow directly under their ears, much like the owl of another time and place. This in turn has increased the utility of their echolocation, which they will use not only to navigate but also to find small prey hiding under the ground or beneath the tree litter.

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