>>5415696An extreme scarcity of sunlight and a period of reckless overgrazing have eradicated the majority of the Growth Lump population, and those that remain are small, fragile, and dispersed throughout the ocean. Due to their raw simplicity, it’s unlikely the Growth Lumps will ever go extinct but with more sophisticated competitors picking up the slack in their absence, their position of prominence has been lost. In the interval between their decline and their rival’s emergence, the narrow band ecosystem was stripped bare by hunger and thousands of generations of famine ensued.
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