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Description
Scanderopod: Climbing FootTime Period: Early Allocene
Size: 65 cm to 1.5 m
Habitat: Arborphylus Forests, Titanophylus Rainforests, Astoradice Mangroves
Diet: Omnivore/ Herbivore
This clade of Perforobrachid has become arboreal specialists, living in any ecosystem with plenty of tall, sturdy foliage. Most species feed on the nutrient rich pods at the tops of the vegetation, and the leaves. However, a handful of Mangrove species have been observed leaping from Astoradicians into the water and grabbing small aquatic animals and plants. Due to their lifestyle, the use their strong, sturdy claws and beak like jaws to tear a hole into the plant they have marked as theirs, and lay their ootheca inside the hole.