Walking Fruit

Walking Fruit
Creator	Squidy
Information
Status	Extant
Common Name(s)	Walking Fruit
Zones	F
Roles	Base-consumer
Classification
Genus	Helix
Species	Helix pessulus
Evolution
Date	December 30th, 2018
Ancestor	Walking Bubble
Descendants	Aranelix grallaeus Filtering Helix Grasper Helix Plort Toppler Potamihelix epipedikochyli Scavenging Floating Fruit Steel-Toe Helix

As the population of H. bullous increases, food scarcity rises. H. pessulus has adapted to this situation with small black claws that allow it to climb up the vines of P. forensus and consume seeds directly off of the plant. They can be seen hanging like bunches of fruit off of P. forensus vines in dense clusters.

This lifestyle has been made more feasible with the help of O. laspimorphus, which forms patches on their shells and helps hold in moisture. Some specimens will rarely return to the water, taking advantage of the moist jungle environment and their superior moisture retention to survive. Living together in clusters also helps retain moisture and encourage the spread of O. laspimorphus as it fragments and piles up on nearby pessulus. The clusters can sometimes appear as giant blobs algae with no pessulus immediately visible.