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Centuries after most of life forms from the [[Ferret Limestone Caves]] being vanquished due to the last disasters, some [[Smaraslim Bubblehorn|smaraslim bubblehorns]] started to live more in the cave ground, where they had no risk of dying by falling from the ceiling. However some of them continue climbing on the walls and reaching the ceiling as they did before, since a new predator evolved in the caves.
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Staying underwater, they will hold and absorb part of the minerals dissolved on it; making the body parts in contact with water to become encrusted with minerals and heavier than before. An interesting feature in this creature is the ability of absorb nutrients and small microbes through the porous skin on the horns. They will absorb most of the nutrients required and, while filtering, they also will absorb some minerals. These minerals will adhere to the skin cells, making them mineralized and thus promoting other cells to grow over those mineralized ones. When growing around other cells, the new cells will increase the area in contact with water and thus improve the ability to absorb nutrients from water, creating channels where the nutrients will flow, being these transported to the main body of the ylbershpelle. The core of the horns will always remain soft, while the external layer, in contact with water, will grow slowly and make them heavier over the time. These creatures have a calm life, being able to live for more than 50 years. In some cases, where the creature is very old or has huge filtering horns, the legs will be no more able to support the creature weight; consequently they will detach from the rocky surface and the creature will sink to the bottom.
Living in this way, the creature was able to spread to several locations along the limestone rock layer, being found in water tables and caves on Glicker continent, where they have a water source to reproduce and live and a rocky surface to grow and stay out of water. In all these places, it is common to find delicate structures similar to corals adhered to the rocks or in the bottom of water pools, being these formed by mineral deposits accumulated on the bodies of ylbershpelles over the time. When the creature body disappears, the mineral structures will remain almost intact and can act like a home for tiny creatures, able to live inside of what once was a bubblehorn horn.
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