Phase 2 Creatures ✨ (and a plant)

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Space or click to progress :) ---------- Scientific name: Snavelioslan ieiunius Alias: Swift Beaksnake Niche: Scavenger Evolved from: Basal-Eyed Beaksnake Desc: Smaller and more widespread than their relatives, these creatures have a very strong flagellum, able to move at very high speeds to get away from approaching potential predators. They will eat just about any dead creature they can find, and, very rarely, will attempt to go after severely wounded or dying creatures in swarms of up to 20 individuals. Life Cycle: Females give live birth to 1-3 larvae, which will follow their mothers until they reach maturity at one month old, spending the last year of their lives scavenging away until they die, one way or another. --- Scientific name: Gestelyko aculeatun Alias: Stingerstalk (Also occasionally called "Stinging Phantom") Niche: Producer Evolved from: Phantom Stalk Desc: A much larger relative of the Phantom Stalk, the Stingerstalk is able to fend off large herbivores with the spines at the ends of its tentacles, which contain a crude venom that attacks muscle cells, but is nonlethal to most creatures. Unlike its relative, this plant feeds on plankton. Life Cycle: During reproduction, a Stingerstalk's bulb will break off and will disintegrate in the water to release seeds, which will soon drift to the sand, and eventually grow into new plants. The bulb will grow back over the course of 5-6 months, and the plant can live for up to 3 years. --- Scientific name: Durovum fodiensa Alias: Digger Egmola Niche: Herbivore Evolved from: Egmola Desc: A very close relative of the Egmola, Digger Egmola are distinguished from their cousin by their sandy coloration. When threatened, they tend to bury their bodies in the sand, their eyes positioned close to the top of their heads to more easily see potential threats from above, as they almost never leave the sea floor. They tend to eat just about any plant matter they can find. Like the Egmola, these creatures lay hard-shelled eggs. Females have longer legs than males. Life Cycle: Digger Egmola can lay up to 15 eggs, which they promptly bury under a lump of sand to hide them. While waiting for its eggs to hatch, the mother will hide in the sand next to its eggs in case a predator comes after their precious unhatched brood, coming out of hiding only to eat, although some never come out of hiding at all. And starve to death. After hatching, Digger Egmola larvae will follow their mother everywhere, even eating the same plant as their parent does. When they reach adulthood at 5 months, since they cannot move very fast nor very far, Digger Egmola usually won't go far from where they were originally raised, most moving only due to a lack of food. If they're lucky enough to not be eaten or starve, a Digger Egmola can live for up to 1.5 years. --- Scientific name: Manusnatator cristatus harenaes ( or M. c. harenaes) Alias: Sandy Siftfin Niche: Omnivore Evolved from: Snoutfin Desc: Siftfins, as their name suggests, usually sift through the sand to hunt for food. Their snout is quite a bit shorter than their ancestor's, but they have a larger tail fin, and have a yellowish hue to blend in with the sand as they hunt. With their larger nostrils, the Siftfin has an impressive sense of smell, which they use to hunt down their prey. They most often eat smaller creatures -especially Digger Egmola, along with their eggs - but will sometimes also eat parts of large plants. They tend to accidentally swallow small amounts of sand while hunting. Life Cycle: Siftfins give live birth to 1-2 offspring, which will follow their mother, occasionally hunting small creatures if they manage to kill them, although these attempts usually end with the larvae coming up empty-finned. These creatures mature at 10 months and can live for 2 years. --- Scientific name: Veloxlitas gallus Alias: Gallus Herder Niche: Carnivore Evolved from: Snoutfin Desc: Vibrantly colored and pretty fast swimmers, Gallus Herders, as the name suggests, mainly live around Gallus Island, but can be seen near other shores as well. They live in groups, usually 10 individuals (although slightly larger groups have been seen). These speedy creatures hunt by driving other, usually slower, creatures close to the shoreline, trapping them so that they can take them down with little trouble. Life Cycle: Female Gallus Herders give life birth to one, very rarely two or even three, larvae, which usually stay very close to their mothers or other members of their group until they mature at 1 year of age. Newborn Gallus Herders will often swim under their parent's fins for protection. They can live for 5 years. --- Scientific name: Veloxlitas oram Alias: Oram Herder Niche: Carnivore Evolved from: Snoutfin Desc: The shorter sister species of the Gallus Herder Oram Herders inhabit the waters around the small islands of the Oram Archipelago. Like their relatives, these-