>>5396080The Flounder Feeder’s primary competition are two predators, the Double Mouther and the Shuffler. The Double Mouther is mobile above the rocks, much like the Flounder Feeder, but is twice the size and has taken a bold strategy. It has two tails and two separate mouths for twice as much movement and twice the chance of latching onto food. Even more dangerously, each of the Double Mouther’s mouths has a slim, weak tongue that can grasp onto prey to ease the consumption process. The Double Mouther is the current apex predator. It consumes the Lump Grazers, Flounder Feeders, and Shufflers without discrimination, and it is a menace. Once one of its mouths has sensed the vibrations of a Flounder Feeder, if the tide isn’t at its tail there is no escape.
The Shuffler is much simpler. It resembles a longer, wider Lump Grazer but is in fact a predator which uses a similar grip muscle to move on the rocks. Its muscle is stronger and makes a different kind of vibration, and its mouth is deadly, with a weak muscle that can clamp down onto a Lump Grazer and pull it inside instead of swallowing and hoping for the best. Occasionally, a Flounder Feeder mistakes a Shuffler for a Lump Grazer and attempts to swallow it, resulting in a dangerous struggle that the Shuffler wins more often than it loses. Both the Double Mouther and the Shuffler are more efficient than the Flounder Feeder and could become a terrible danger in the future.
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