Stiltsnapper

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Stiltsnapper
(Grallacarpus heronmimus)
Artwork of Stiltsnapper
Species is extinct.
19/125, ice comet impact event
Creator Hydromancerx Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Superclass
Class
Order
Family
Subfamily
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Carpozoa
Spondylozoa
Anisoscelida
Dakoptera
Tectopteriformes
Insulasauridae
Grallacarpinae
Grallacarpus
Grallacarpus heronmimus
Week/Generation 18/122
Habitat Ovi Island Beach, Ovi Coast
Size 170 cm Tall
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Endoskeleton (Hollow Bone)
Diet Carnivore (Spiral Urchip, Armored Trapinfilter, Urstar, Rusty Urchip, Rolling Foi, Cleaner Crastrum, Doubletube Trapin, Sail Gillfin)
Respiration Active (Lungs)
Thermoregulation Endotherm (Downy Feathers)
Reproduction Sexual, Hard-Shelled Eggs, Two Sexes


The stiltspanpper replaced its ancestor the stilt-leg islesnapper. It has specialized in eating the many small shelled fauna in Ovi Coast. Its front limbs have gotten even longer so it can wade into the surf to pick them out. Its neck and beak have also grown longer so it can spa them up quickly like a harpoon. It uses its back legs to crack open the hard shells such as with the urchips. They will sometimes even use rocks to check them open.

They are still warm-blooded and are covered with feathers. Its legs no longer have downy feathers since its in the water all the time and its body have lots of shaggy feathers to keep it warm in the winter. During the summer they will molt and loose their thicker feathers. Their eye stalk eyes have evolved a fuzzy antenna around them. This allows them to have primitive hearing similar to moths.

The stiltsnapper lives in a matriarchal pack, which means the female is in control and other females have higher ranks than males within the group. These packs consist of 10 members, of which 5-6 adults go "fishing" and the rest guard the eggs. When groups get too large, the lowest adult members of the pack are exiled and sent out to make a new pack. During mating season, the females do various dances, which include puffing up their feathers and even making whooping sounds. Each member of the pack lays 2-3 eggs in the spring.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)
  • Nectarsnapper (class Dakoptera)