Fatruck

Fatruck
(Properpellis borealis)
Information
Creator	Disgustedorite Other
Week/Generation	27/166
Habitat	Ladym Ocean Subpolar Sunlight Zone, LadyM Ocean Polar Sunlight Zone, North Jujubee Ocean Subpolar Sunlight Zone, Jujubee Ocean Polar Sunlight Zone, North Sagan 4 Ice Sheet, Day Polar Coast, Day Glacial Beach, Bumpy Polar Coast, Bumpy Polar Beach, Flisch Subpolar Coast, Flisch Subpolar Beach, Darkov Subpolar Coast, Darkov Subpolar Beach, Soma Subpolar Sea, Soma Archipelago Subpolar Beaches, Soma Subpolar Beach, Dingus Subpolar Beach
Size	1.4 meters Long
Primary Mobility	Unknown
Support	Endoskeleton (Jointed Wood)
Diet	Carnivore (Common Gilltails, Miniswarmers, Islandball Gillfin, Strainerbeak, Slither Longbeak, Clamshut Waterworm, Spotted Shocker, Speckled Spinderorm, Vicious Seaswimmer, Redbone Gilltail, Sunlit Plagu, Wading Leafshell, Marine Arthrofin, Marine Shocker, Marine Gilltail, Marine Filtersquid, Marine Finworm, Marine Urpoi, Probing Gilltail, Finned Filtersquid, Hairy Slitherworm, Surge Gilltail, Globe Gilltail, Blue Gillfin, Ebony Pump Gilltail, Bleedin Waterworm, Sealid, Vicious Gilltail, Cromocanth, Arostrolarian, Protelareous, Hunting Darkswarmer, Ruberarian, Schutzhund Scylarian, Glowlight Scylarian, Maritime Shockshell Gilltail, Snappermaw Scylarian, Scavenger Scylarian, Shorthorn Scylarian, Seafin, Needlenose Scylarian, Thrashing Seaswimmer, Emperor Seaswimmer, Bejeweled Emperor Scylarian, Cornularian, juvenile and weakened Blueback Scylarian, juvenile and weakened Nonessie), Scavenger
Respiration	Active (Lungs)
Thermoregulation	Endotherm (Cotton, Blubber)
Reproduction	Sexual (Male and Female, Live Birth)
Taxonomy
Domain Superkingdom Kingdom Subkingdom Phylum Class Subclass Superorder Order Superfamily Family Genus Species	Eukaryota Viridisagania Mancerxa Phytozoa (info) Chloropodia (info) Barbellophyta Glossophores (info) Euglossophores Ovianates Carinodontoidea Properpellidae Properpellis Properpellis borealis

Ancestor:	Descendants:
Fatcoat	Diet Fatruck

The fatruck split from its ancestor and moved north. It has begun to take advantage of ice to birth its young far out of reach of most predators. It is a carnivore capable of consuming both small and large prey using two strategies, either grabbing small prey with its tongue or biting larger prey to death. It is a social creature which basks, migrates, and hunts in groups of up to 60, which are capable of collectively taking down larger prey. It will also scavenge from carcasses that wash up on the polar beaches, particularly of huge lyngbakrs.

The fatruck's ears have disappeared completely and it hears entirely using a layer of fat on top of its head and sound-conducting tissue in its skull. Its tail is permanently curved and bound by skin in such a way that its butt nostril has been placed much further up its back, also giving its wooden rod-like spine a distinctive J- or checkmark-shape when isolated from the rest of its skeleton. It is larger than its ancestor and adults are rarely able to stand upright for long, but juveniles will still do so. The fatruck has evolved to molt its coat all at once, similar to a terran seal. This discourages the growth of harmful microbes in its skin and coat and removes most types of external parasite instantly.

The fatruck travels to the ice sheets to breed many times per year, mostly in the late winter and early spring. A female will wait on the ice, watching males in the water attempting to court her. Once she has made a choice between them, she will slide into the water to mate. In about a month, she gives birth to about a dozen white fluffy rat-sized juveniles in a burrow dug in the ice with her tusks. Both parents take part in bringing them food until they are big enough to thermoregulate outside the burrow, which can take up to a month and a half. After this, they float on the water above their parents and the rest of their group until they are able to swim and dive well, which can take anywhere from a week to a few months. They grow rather quickly and reach full size in about 2 years, but don't start breeding until their third year.