>>5431625>>5431633>>5431668>>5431670>>5431676>>5431688>>5431690>>5431706The Flounder Feeders have managed to take a functional flipper, strip most of the blubber, and elongate what remains into a malformed, forward-facing hook of cartilage with almost no muscle or capacity for movement outside of slight twitching. It is a complete waste of calories and worse, actively damages the Flounder Feeder’s hunting success. As long as this remains, the species is far less hydrodynamic, struggles to make even the simplest turns in under half a Terran minute, and is slower in every possible respect.
On the upside, their hearts have grown some muscle mass and are now much less failure-prone. The Flounder Feeder population decreases due to a dramatically lower chance of catching the nimbler Flesh Gnawers, Veg Grinders, and Crag Hoppers, though the Growth Lumps and Stompers see little change, for their slowness and their aggression, respectively.
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