Spotted Shocker
| Spotted Shocker | ||
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| (Tonitrodon cutemaculosa) | ||
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| Information | ||
| Creator | Bardic Other | |
| Week/Generation | 23/147 | |
| Habitat | Jujubee Temperate Ocean (Sunlight Zone), North Jujubee Polar Ocean (Sunlight Zone), South Jujubee Polar Ocean (Sunlight Zone), Nergali Polar Coast, Oz Temperate Coast, Wolfgang Temperate Coast, Arctic Polar Sea, Colddigger Polar Bay, Elerd Temperate Coast, Darkov Temperate Coast, Bumpy Polar Coast | |
| Size | 40 cm Long | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Unknown | |
| Diet | Carnivore (Islandball Gillfin, Gillrom) | |
| Respiration | Active (Book Gills in Jaws) | |
| Thermoregulation | Ectotherm | |
| Reproduction | Sexual, Two Sexes, Live Birth | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Superkingdom Kingdom Subkingdom Phylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Viridisagania Mancerxa Phytozoa (info) Phylloichthyia (info) Brontognatha Eubrontognatha Fulminatores Tonitrodontidae Tonitrodon Tonitrodon cutemaculosa | |
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The spotted shocker split from its ancestor, the marine shocker and moved throughout the Jujubee Polar Ocean. It now hunts the few species that live in and around the island colonialballs exclusively, lurking around the large 'floating forests' that crop up throughout the ocean. To better adapt to this, it has become smaller, to better hide itself within the colonialballs, and has kept its ancestors purple coloration but added blue spots to simulate the colour of the sky that peeks in through cracks in the colonialball mass. Its two tails have fused into a single one to help it become more streamlined, and its three-pronged jaw has gained a semi-prehensile quality, like that of its cousin, the hammerhead shocker. Its breathing hole has moved with the fusion of the tails into a different position: the end of its tail. It lurks around the surface of the water, amidst the colonialballs, and waits for prey. When it sees a suitable fauna, it lunges out, rapidly opening and closing its jaws to suck the unlucky creature into its electric jaw, where its prey is then paralysed by a powerful shock.
The spotted shocker has also gained a new ability: communication. By transmitting different (but small) amounts of electricity between each other, they can send primitive signals, mostly along the lines of: 'Prey Here,' 'Danger,' or 'Mate.' They retain the mating ritual of their ancestors, but have refined the electric signals sent in it. Spotted shockers also have close-knit family structures, often hunting in pairs to 'corral' prey.