#mmmmmight come up with one more drake subspecies (got three right now. coastal river and the more land adapted unnamed one) that-- | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

beeapocalypse · 7 months ago

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okay maybe coastal drakes range one part in tidepools (warmer waters + no predators) and one part further out into the ocean (more food in both wild animals + farmed kelp+other plants). basking in the sun like sea lions in order to raise body heat and conserve energy. idk

#akin to marine iguanas which dive for the algae that makes up the majority of its diet and then basks in the sun. since amphibians are--#--also coldblooded #settling on the idea of river drakes having evolved as ambush predators relying upon animals coming to get a drink shifting to--#--largely farming plants + flightless birds on the lands around rivers as their structures expand+frighten off their previous prey #mmmmmight come up with one more drake subspecies (got three right now. coastal river and the more land adapted unnamed one) that--#--lives primarily in ve-corpsis' canopy layer. having the best of both ideas by having the land-adapted drakes sailing in from--#--Another more isolated island and having all the minutiae that come from that (island gigantism. fulfilled the niche of primary--#--predator there. sense of entitlement+superiority from previous lack of competition) to the larger+more biodiverse ve-corpsis and--#--colonizing it a thousand years or so pre contact with other sophonts #alamanni info

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