Swooperbean
| Swooperbean | ||
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| (Dixonivolantus nueve) | ||
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| 21/?, unknown cause | ||
| Information | ||
| Creator | Maineiac Other | |
| Week/Generation | 19/127 | |
| Habitat | Ninth Bay, Ninth Bay Beach | |
| Size | 16 cm Long | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Unknown | |
| Diet | Carnivore (Surface Saltswarmer, Mudsucker), Photosynthesis | |
| Respiration | Unknown | |
| Thermoregulation | Heterotherm (Basking, Muscle-Generated Heat) | |
| Reproduction | Sexual, Lays soft-shelled eggs in nest, Two Sexes | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Superorder Order Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Mancerxa Phylloichthyia Cycloptifabae Volantifabamorpha Volantifabae Dixonivolantidae Dixonivolantus Dixonivolantus nueve | |
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The swooperbean split from its ancestor. When some cloud swarmers flew down too far near Ninth Bay, they had to adapt to the change they came to, and evolved. With the abundance of their "swarmer" cousins in the bay, they decided to prey upon them. As a result, they doubled in size and grew stronger wing muscles with broader wings to catch more sunlight. Their undersides became blue to fool swarmers, who look above all the time, into thinking that above the water is just sky. As a result, their undersides lost the ability to photosynthesize, but this is fine since the swooperbean doesn't fly on it's back midair.
To catch and eat their prey, swooperbeans have developed a mouth out of a thick layer of cellulose that acts similar to cartilage, which can stretch out to catch prey while dive-bombing the surface. it's wooden teeth may not be strong, but can still puncture the weak membrane of swarmers. It does not eat the bigger swarmers in the bay, due to their size. If it gets stuck in the water, it will use it's wings in an awkward rowing fashion.
The swooperbean has also become much more social than it's simple ancestors. To communicate, they have developed primitive ears similar to plent ears, and has developed a hollow organ near it's tail. This organ has several thin membranes inside which can vibrate at will, making sound through several slit-holes that goes "vmmmm vmm vmm vmmmm!" They mate on the beach, with little lumps beneath it's hollow organ supporting themselves while mating. The males impress the females through displaying their undersides, in which the younger or healthier, the brighter. The older or weaker, the duller. The females are picky, and choose the brightest colored males for healthier offspring. They then lay soft-shelled eggs in freshly dug nests made with their heads decorated with beachballs (to fool ovivores that the eggs are beachballs, and take them instead.) Each parent takes turn protecting their young, while the other goes out to hunt. The young are taught how to swim, hunt and to fly. Once fledged, they hunt out in the open waters. If a swooperbean is too far from its nest, it will nest on any ninth shrubite that sticks out of the water with it's wings, until revived enough to return to its nest. These creatures soar above water in massive flocks, but work individually when hunting.
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