>>5397013>>5397014>>5397018>>5397020>Beneath the searing radiation from above, the Flounder Feeder tumbles forward almost unharmed. Its latest adaption, a layer of cartilage the width of a human finger, shields it from the consequences of immediate exposure. While many species are wracked with cancer, its damage is limited to two flecks in its hide. They will kill it, eventually, but by then it will have spread its genetic material and kept its species from extinction.The Flounder Feeder has managed to develop rudimentary anti-radiation shielding. This is a stopgap measure but it is something where many more species have nothing. The handful of local days its layer buys are more than worth its weight in nutrients. It is weak, delicate, easily broken by stones. It is also far less critical to the Flounder Feeder’s continued survival than its even softer tail and fragile stomach. Thanks to it, the Flounder Feeder population has stayed stable despite the increased radiation.
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