Spec Evo Challenge: Aquatic April - Day 3 (Star)

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He´s Just a Quill Guy - The Hedgey´s

10 Million Years P.E. [The Middle Origocene]

10 Million years Into Macroterras histories an predator-prey armsrace has evolved, with an food chain having evolved, the prey animals need to evolve as well.

There Is one lineage that posses an effective defence mechanism often seen on earth, sharp quills.

Those quilled Bilbies go under the name Hedgey´s (Family Erinaceusmacrotidae).

One of the main species would be the Needle-Mane (Acusleo Sus).

While Hedgey´s are usually insectivores the Needle-Mane remained an oppurtunistic omnivore.

It´s quills are also not as impressive as In other species.

Like all Hedgey´s they posses an with quills packed tuff at the end of their tail,but along with that they posses an quill covered mane and some smaller frailer quills along their back and ears.

Their quills overall seem to be more adapted to support heat loss and protection from the sun.

This comes In clutch as they call Macroterras hot desert their home.

Needle-Manes are still very similiar to the original Bilby, which Is reflected In their nature, tough they have taken their omnivorous diet to the next level, eating whatever you can think of, grass, seeds, insects, smaller Bilbies, everything Is on the menu.

Their long tails can also store very small amounts of water, an pretty new adaption, but one that comes In clutch.

The Stubby-Tail Bugbun (Insectivoruscuniculus Aculeatus) Is an more typical member of the Hedgey family, being an insectivore and possesing though quills at their back and tuff.

The Bechidna (Tachyglossusmacrotis Acutus) Is the tropical Hedgey, using Its claws to destroy termite hills and break away rotten wood and long tongue to slurp up the insects.

Its quills cover Its entire back, even the ears and the tail are packed with quills.

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Possum Cat - Whoapossums Of The Late Origocene

20 Million Years P.E. (The Late Origocene)

The Whoapossums, an lineage of Betabies that took to the trees and became quite the skilled climbers, with an semi-opposable thumb and an flexible tail, now In the Late Origocene they have become even more skilled, with an even more flexible tail and fully opposable thumbs.

The Bright-Eyed Nightpossum (Simiadidelphidae Oculislucidis) Is an skilled nocturnal insects hunter, using Its sensitive, big eyes and ears to detect insects amongst the darkness.

An Whoapossum that went Into the different direction tho Is the Capped Fruitpossum (Fructusdidelphidae Caputgerens), an frugivore that climbs amongst the treetops In search for brightly colored fruit, which they fortunately can spot with ease, as similiar to the Monarch Pterobats the frugivorous diet of the Fruitpossums favored the developement of color vision.

But the most unique of the Whoapossums of this time would be the Fossums, the Pocket-Paw Fossum (Ungulatus Marsupialiscattus) Is one of them, while Whoapossums started to get more comfortable In the treetops, the Fossums started to settle on the ground again, they are still amazing climbers, theres no doubt In that, but they will also spend alot of time on solid floor.

Fossums are excellent small game hunters, they especially shine In hunting Pterobats, Mausbies, Scoppels and even Shrish.

As you might have noticed, the Fossums favor the similiar prey as the earthern cats and this Is not where the convergence ends.

They posses carnassial teeth as molars and retractable claws.

Their retractable claws are a life safer as they rely on them alot to catch prey and climb.

Them moving on rough surfaces could risk the claws trimming to much to be usable for their tasks.

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Cry About It - The Crybeasties

10 Million years P.E. [The Middle Origocene]

The Tearlings, an species of Bilby that has reinvented the predator-prey armsrace, as the first true predator on Macroterra, the world belonged to them, but times change and the Tearlings, like every other Bilby, evolved.

Their descendants are know as the Crybeasties, canide like predator and quite fearsome ones on top of that.

The Forest Foxstrider (Vulpesambulans Silva) Is an farelly basal Crybeastie, small game hunters akin to earthern foxes.

Their prey of choice are usually Scoppels and small Bilbeelopes, which they grapple with their sharp teeth and wait for them to bleed out.

The Break-Neck Crybeastie (Clamabestia Collumfrangens) Is quite the opposite of the Foxstriders, as they are rather big game hunters.

as the largest carnivores on Macroterra as of right know, they will go after big prey, their prey of choice are the larger plains dwelling Bilbeelope and Nomwats.

Break-Neck Crybeasties will aim for the neck, using their sharp teeth to penentrate their preys lung, quickly sufficating them.

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1 Million Years P.E. [The Early Origocene]

*Let's Split Up: Emerging Of New Species*

It's been 1 million years since the Bilbies have been left on Planet Macroterra and with the lack of predators and an almost infinite food source the Bilbies have been living an blissful live, though this was not meant to last as things quickly changed.

Eventually evolution took Its course and mutations of various kind spread through the bloodlines of the Bilbies, with these mutations some Bilbies could eventually fill new niches a lot better and an arms race soon was set loose.

Larger Bilbies could feed more effectively on grasses or other Bilbies, while smaller ones could focus on finding small bugs and seeds.

This Is the first big step In the great game of life which could soon extend to an level the lifeforms that brought them here could have never predicted.

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