>>5404162Possibly in some part due to their evolutionary success, the Flounder Feeder population has stumbled into a shared, mostly negative mutation. The pheromone gland by the base of their tail, usually only releasing friendly and reproductive pheromones, has started to occasionally spew a wide and dizzying variety of scents. Some indicating that it’s not prey, others that it’s ready to mate, and rarely even that it’s food, but a few are unusual in that the Flounder Feeders have no instinctive context for them or idea of how to react, usually defaulting to aggression. This has slightly disrupted pack dynamics and somewhat lowered the population growth. On the upside, accidental cannibalism ensures the remaining majority are better fed, and semi-random pheromone release is largely confined to adults, as the young don't yet have a complex enough gland to release the mating scent.
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