>>6141203As with several of their extinct cousins, this lineage of beakalope has learned that increasingly-dangerous predators sometimes necessitate speedy escape. Though rear-mounted spines are a good last ditch effort, the best defense is push air and/or water out of their rear-mounted breathing ports and into the face of an offending animal, while the extra propulsion and rapid evacuation of their innards helps speed their getaway sprint.
