Cloud Swarmer

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Cloud Swarmer
(Volaticus nimbuhabito)
Main image of Cloud Swarmer
Species is extant.
Information
CreatorClarke Other
Week/Generation19/126
HabitatAtmosphere (Troposphere)
Size8 cm Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietPhotosynthesis, Filter-Feeder (Volucris Teproutine, Dirtsident, Nimbus Cloud, Sailcell, Stratonimbus, Nimbuchaos)
RespirationUnknown
ThermoregulationHeterotherm (Basking, Muscle-Generated Heat)
ReproductionSexual, Spawning, Two Sexes
Taxonomy
Domain
Superkingdom
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Superorder
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Viridisagania
Mancerxa
Phytozoa (info)
Phylloichthyia (info)
Cycloptifabae
Volantifabamorpha
Volantifabae
Volatidae
Volaticus
Volaticus nimbuhabito
Ancestor:Descendants:

The cloud swarmer has split from its ancestor. It moved into the atmosphere, and began living in clouds. The swarmers will filter feed on the abundance of microbes and water inside the clouds at night, then glide on top of the clouds photosynthesizing during the day. They will use the clouds as carriers of reproductive material, allowing rain to carry it down onto other cloud swarmers. They have evolved bigger wings, and have doubled in size. The gills around their mouths have gotten larger, and have spread down the neck to help it absorb the thin air of the atmosphere. The only time a cloud swarmer will leave the atmosphere is when it is struck by lightning, which happens often.