Southern Palmarrow
Taxonomy
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Ancestors and Descendants
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Creator: Bufforpington
Habitat: Skwidbox Temperate Beach
Size: 28 cm Tall (Gametophyte), 6 m Tall (Sporophyte)
Diet: Sanguivore (Cardstump) (Gametophyte) Photosynthesis, Detritiovre (Sporophyte)
Reproduction: Sexual, Sporophyte grows on top of female (Gametophyte) Asexual, Egg-fruits (Sporophyte)
The Palmarrows continue to travel south- now in the temperate region of the southern hemisphere, the southern palmarrow now grows in Skwidbox Temperate Beach. Not much change was needed. However, because it has returned to a temperate region, the winter becomes a threat once more. Now virtually useless, the digestive tract has been converted into a sheath that the southern palmarrow can pull its long tentacles into over the winter. It also will only produce its egg-fruits in the spring or at the very end of winter- allowing the gametophytes to have the best chance at surviving. Once more, the gametophytes have seen far more change than the sporophytes. Its two water storage sacs have internalized further- and now have the same structure of its ancestor's proto-lung. Together with the central proto-lung, the water sacs have been fully converted into lungs- allowing it to breathe on land indefinitely. These new lungs are now connected to four newly-formed nostrils, which contain its ancestors' olfactory bulbs, which now are perpetually kept moist within the nostrils. Its band of photoreceptors have also become six fully-fledged eyes- with two larger, more complex eyes located on the sides, and four simpler eyes situated on the front and back. Its legs have become even thicker and sturdier, making walking across the sand much easier- though they do have some trouble navigating through cardstump patches. To add to their increased stability, their bodies are stouter and wider, making them less prone to tipping over. Their proboscis is no longer connected to their lungs- and instead is used like an elephant's trunk combined with a syringe, stabbing cardstumps and drinking their sap- then spewing the sap out of the proboscis into their mouth. The proboscis still is connected to the reproductive system.