Pancake Bronisław

Reproduction: Sexual with external fertilization. Due to them now depending on camouflage, females now don’t go for the males with bigger and shinier horn, but for the smaller and duller ones, since these offer better camouflage. Similarly to its ancestor, they form lines of males to display their heads, but they do this on deeper waters of zone C1 to avoid being attacked by A. lutosquama during mating. Just like its ancestor, pairs mate for life and take care of their young.

Food/sustenance: The parts of Taxonomum sp. from zone C1 closer to the ground. Feeding on the bottom parts of the polyphs allows them to eat while staying covered in the muddy bottom, only raising their heads without exposing the rest of their bodies. They still poses the teeth of its ancestor to munch on the polyphs.

Predators: A. lutosquama and X. quadrambiguus (the latter just preys on juveniles) prey on it occasionally due to them being hidden a lot of the time, the other Thalassiosthalassas are more common and easier to spot prey.

Adaptations: T. planocorpus has evolved to stay camouflaged in zone C1’s muddy bottom. The grey and bluish colour of T. epipediceratos has turned into different shades of brown to simulate the colour of the mud from the bottom. Their bodies have flattened and they have developed skin flaps sideways to make the curve less noticeable and their horns and golden head have become duller. To enhance this camouflage, T. planocorpus partially bury themselves in the mud and cover their body and flat head with it too, but leaving the eyes above the mud. They advance slowly, moving mud to the sides with their heads and front limbs, making it look like it's swimming through mud. To not leave a visible trail, the back appendages and tail flatten the mud to make it look like it wasn’t moved.