>>5418891The Stomper undergoes an evolutionary speed that would be frightening if the Flounder Feeders weren’t swimming a safe distance over them. They’ve grown a crude but strong filter organ below their first stomach chamber, superficially similar to the Flounder Feeder’s, but processing heavy metals straight into their waste rather than into its flesh. While this doesn’t improve their durability, it is a more efficient counter to heavy metal poisoning at less nutritional cost, and one adapted in less time. This on its own would be cause for concern but the Stompers have gone further and grown a thick layer of cartilage on the bottoms of their limbs, rendering them functionally immune to damage from the hooks of Flesh Gnawers and the trichomes of the Growth Strands. The Stompers have resumed grazing Growth Strands, though they are careful to crush them into a harmless mush first. Both combined have caused the Stomper population to explode. If they continue to grow at this rate, the balance of the narrow band ecosystem may be at risk. The Flounder Feeders are getting by at a steady pace.
>How should the Flounder Feeders evolve?>2/2 