Stubhead Bounder

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Stubhead Bounder
(Volanspedis stipulas)
Main image of Stubhead Bounder
Species is extant.
Information
CreatorWindsaver Other
Week/Generation24/153
HabitatBarlowe Tropical Rainforest
Size60 cm Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportEndoskeleton (Jointed Wood)
DietHerbivore (Tropical Carnofern, Tropical Clusterblades, Glaalgaes, Obsidibomb (chambers))
RespirationActive (Lungs)
ThermoregulationEndotherm
ReproductionSexual, Two Sexes, Live Birth
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Subclass
Superorder
Order
Suborder
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Mancerxa
Chloropodia
Pterophylla
Rostrophylla
Dromeophylla
Celerisaltores
Volanspediformes
Volanspedidae
Volanspedis
Volanspedis stipulas
Ancestor:Descendants:

The stubhead bounder split from its ancestor, the thornhead bounder. They still eat glass flora like their ancestors but have a broader diet due to the environment they live in. The large, blunt horn on the top of its head acts as a form of defence, when predators approach, groups of stubhead bounders lower their heads and point their horns towards the attacker, if the predator does not retreat they run at high speeds towards them, ramming their horns into the attacker continuously, in hopes of wounding it before running off.

They also use their horns during mating season, females fight for the affection of a larger male, once a female is victorious they use their nostrils to produce elaborate tunes to court the male. Females often looks for males with more vibrant purple spots and larger horns. Each male breeds with 5-7 females during the mating season. During the gestation period of around 7–8 months, females will continue to forage and travel with the herd, generally a female will produce between 1-3 offspring. Once born, females mate again with a different male than before.

In order to reach the chambers produced by obsidibombs, groups of stubhead bounders all ram their horns into the trunks of obsidibomb, eventually causing the chambers to detach and fall to the ground, during the mating season; males do this to display their strength and award the victorious female with the chambers before mating.