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>In the eerie light of The Crack, an Under Hunter pack is roaming between two cliffs, at around a fourth of the planet's gaping wound height.
>All hell broke lose when an ambushing Fourbeak let itself drop from above, in the midst of the pack. Some Under hunter are splitted in two by the beast's might. A couple tumble down, going to feed the Crawlers.
>A small Under Hunter flees. The Fourbeak's mighty limb snaps toward its rear, grasping a leg. It will remain in its tentacle's beak as the small furry creature limps upward, leveraging its better mobility.
>Limb bones and rib cage
Not only some ribs armor the side of the <span class="mu-s">Under Hunter</span>, but its whole internal cartilage made a step forward. An harder tissue, giving anchor to the muscles, supporting the flesh of the Under Hunter.
This bone system allows the Under Hunter to exert more strength, holds it in rest position, and comes with a free limb articulation for even more mobility.
The cat sized creature have now real potential for more growth.
>Environmental Threat :
Such growth might be desirable, with the surge in size of the three most efficient predator of the Under Hunter : Both Tripods, Fourbeaks and Meaty Fatty grew enough to dwarf the humble Under Hunter, despite gravity, thanks to the overwhelming amount of food available after the end of last volcanic episode.
>Fourbeak mutation :
Speaking of the fourbeak, they took the next step to climb the death gauntlet dangerosity ladder.
The namesake beaks have harden tremendously, to the point of being able to crush even rocks - rocks which contain metals, that are metabolized by the Fourbeak. With beaks strong enough to pierce the hard shell of the tripod, the limb-removal mechanism is a godsend for the Under Hunter.
The strength developed in addition to the new bone structure is enough to win some confrontation harmless instead of arm-less. This, in turn, reveal another weakness of your species : Fangs of the older Under Hunter get frailer, and break.
Issues :
- Predation from Tripods
- Predation from Four-Beaks
- No pain sense to capitalize on removable limbs
- Sometimes losing confrontations from Meaty Fatties
- Sometimes losing confrontation with Scissor Hunter
- Too many limb loss to move (201 days)
- Fang erosion (202 days)
- Still not mobile enough to leave the Crack
>How should the Under Hunter evolve?
