Slartisnapper

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Slartisnapper
(Laridrakon ochelmelah)
Artwork of Slartisnapper
Species is extant.
Creator Elerd Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Superclass
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Carpozoa
Spondylozoa
Anisoscelida
Dakoptera
Alatidracones
Laridrakonidae
Laridrakon
Laridrakon ochelmelah
Week/Generation 22/143
Habitat Slarti Salt Flats , Slarti Salt Lake
Size 50 cm Wingspan
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Endoskeleton (Hollow Bone)
Diet Carnivore (Slarti Cloudswarmer, Thermoworm, Ocean Tristage, Swamp Douostage)
Respiration Active (Lungs)
Thermoregulation Endotherm (Downy Feathers)
Reproduction Sexual, Lays Hard-Shelled Eggs, Two Sex

The slartisnapper split from its ancestor and took to the Slarti Salt Flats and Slarti Salt Lake. It shrunk to half its ancestor's size, which enables its body to retain more moisture in its body while hunting in the Flats.

Its yearly cycle is now separated into two periods. The warm months see it as a lake-side carnivore, fishing with its enormous beak the ocean tristage and the swamp douostage which are abundant in the area. The colder part of the year sees it flying above the Slarti Salt Flats, hunting if it may the fast moving slarti cloudswarmer and the scavenging thermoworms it can spot.