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Other species delve in the immediate environment of the Skipper Skittler.
Our protagonist species' favored source of food is the bulky <span class="mu-s">Spin Catcher</span>. The Spin Catcher is twice the size of the Skipper Skittler and is slightly more complex. A Spin Catcher has a toothy mouth, a stomach, and unlike the Skipper Skittler, really low mobility.
Waiting where the whims of the sand tide puts it, its open mouth wait for a Spinroot. The Spinroots, first big species that colonized the planet, is a tree-like being that scions are sent romaing under the whims of the winds and the sand tide. The Spin Catcher main success is of course due to luck : being heavier, the temporary stable points it sits on inevitably attract a lone spinroot, which nutrients and moisture can sustain the Herbivore.
The lucky Skipper Skittler can stumble upon the fat and wet Spin Catcher, and feast on it for 10 local days, roughly 5 Terran ones. The unlucky one will get crushed by the Spin Catcher mouth, killing the prey becoming hunter by poisoning it with indigestible nutrients.
The Skipper Skittler has no way to store surplus nutrients or recognize regular feeding grounds. It is blind, mindless, and driven completely by impulse. For now, sheer luck have allowed the species to emerge.
