Walking Tetsudo

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Walking Tetsudo
(Acropodiferratus auripedus)
Main image of Walking Tetsudo
Species is extinct.
22/?, unknown cause
Information
CreatorHydromancerx Other
Week/Generation20/132
HabitatBarlowe Desert, Barlowe Savanna, North Barlowe Scrub
Size86 cm Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietLithovore (Iron), Herbivore (Irontangle, Vandriswoop, Woodenberry, Spiked Woodenberry, Shieldberry, Voltflora, Rust Boosh)
RespirationUnknown
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionAsexual, Sexual, Hermaphrodite, Iron Eggs
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Subclass
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Siderobiota
Ferrovermes
Siderostegae
Ferrochelatomorpha
Siderohyiformes
Siderohyidae
Acropodiferratus
Acropodiferratus auripedus
Ancestor:Descendants:


The walking tetsudo replaced its ancestor, the crawling testudo. Its 4 back flippers have become thick supporting legs. Its front 2 flippers have become sound sensing "ears". The bristles on them detect primitive sounds. Enough to know when something is nearby. Its 3 nostrils have become a bulge on the top of the head to help smell out iron and flora. Its large mandibles both help dig up iron from the ground but slice off flora.

Since it grew it needed to breathe more it has developed breathing holes on the outer edge of it shell. Like its ancestor its thick iron shell is rough like sandpaper. The same holes now double as reproductive holes. They now have developed sexual reproduction, however they are hermaphrodites. They no longer bud off but grow iron eggs. These eggs are very small and have an iron shell. If they do mate they will stand next to each other and blow genetic material out of their breathing holes while the other breaths in. Not all makes it into the holes of the mate. The iron eggs are laid in dirt mound nests. Once buried under the soil the parent leaves and they must grow up on their own.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)
  • Gushitos (subclass Ferrochelatomorpha)