Serina: Snurtle (Sketch)
Added 2023-02-04 07:22:08 +0000 UTCA large, terrestrial gup descended from the sandlubber. It has re-evolved a hard, spiny shell to deter predation and is one of the largest terrestrial snarks to ever live thanks to its incredibly sturdy external and internal bony supports. Unlike real turtles, its limbs cannot retract, but they are covered in thick scutes that make them too tough for most predators to handle anyway.
Because it is too slow to catch most animals, it is primarily herbivorous, grazing continuously and indiscriminately on low-growing vegetation, but it will also consume small invertebrates and scavenge whenever possible to supplement its low-nutrient diet, including cannibalizing smaller snurtles. Although the body is slow, it can eject an elastic feeding proboscis with lightning speed at surprising distance to catch small animals unaware.
Comments
Wow, imagine these guys becoming secondarily aquatic!
Oliver Hill
2023-02-04 11:54:22 +0000 UTC
