Climbing Nipple-Legs

Climbing Nipple-Legs
Creator	D̜͙̟͉ìn̨̹o̬̗C̼̮̣͡óaͅt͜
Information
Status	Extant
Common Name(s)	Climbing Nipple-Legs
Zones	K, L
Roles	Base-consumer
Classification
Genus	Thiliprootha
Species	Thiliprootha arborothilia
Evolution
Date	July 19th, 2019
Ancestor	Nipple Legs
Descendants	No results

Descended from Thiliprootha peothilia, Thiliprootha arborothilia has developed the capacity to climb cocktrees (Microcaulifolium distatptera) through one edited feature; the claws have grown curves, allowing them to dig into the stems of cocktrees to provide a safe space to sleep without worrying about competition. The stems of cocktrees also provide it safety from Blattealimax panivore, who may opportunistically prey on it if given the chance. For this reason, they typically climb up thirty centimeters to fifty centimeters (30-50 cm) before finally resting.

Climbing Nipple-Legs has become nocturnal to have a higher chance of avoiding encounters with predatory wyverns such as Draconiraptor kokovajilotus, and climbs down from its sleeping place to consume Aruraherba caesicoles, Aruraherba wetrilli, and Aruraherba haberefortis before climbing back up at dawn. Thiliprootha arborothilia feels the surrounding heat to determine the time of day, and a sudden drop in temperature signals that it is nighttime, while a rise in temperature signals that the sun is rising, telling it to climb up the nearest cocktree for rest. They are dormant in the day, not making clicks or movements to be less noticeable to their predators.

Like its ancestor, Thiliprootha arborothilia grows to twenty centimeters (20 cm) in length and matures in five (5) weeks. Adults will mate whenever they come across their own kind, and successful matings result in the female laying up to twenty-five (25) eggs on the ground. Many of these will be eaten or preyed on before adulthood, but a few offspring survive to reproduce and make their own.