>>5421148After numberless epochs of inefficiency, the Sulfur Clumps have finally refined their chemotrophic process and shrunk. Despite each initial Sulfur Clump being less nutritious than before, they are now quicker to replicate and require less sulfur to survive, leading to a net gain of biomass. This is only marginal but the narrow band ecosystem as a whole benefits, in particular the Lump Grazers, who have an easier time swallowing and then digesting them. If the Stompers continue to grow at their current rate, that may be largely irrelevant. The Flounder Feeders have had an entire world of perception opened to them but their longest-lasting rival has grown to dangerous prominence, and the near-future of the narrow band ecosystem is unclear.
>How should the Flounder Feeders evolve?>3/3 