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Description
-The Baital or Vetala, with a body plan specially adapted for quick movement through the high canopy that mirrors Earth’s gibbons and, oddly enough, some species of Pudgebear. Though omnivorous like other basal Kobaloformes, it seems to have more of a preference for meat, and smaller arboreal creatures (or their eggs) are a regular on its diet.

It is often debated whether Vetalas evolved convergently from “gibbonoid” Pudgebears, or the latter evolved as a defense against these creatures. Indeed, both species often share the same habitats, and there seems to be a heated rivalry between each other, with clashes over food and territory not unheard of. The Kobaloformes themselves apparently enjoy taunting and tormenting their herbivorous neighbours, and in some cases even kill unguarded young with little to no reason other than toy with the lifeless carcass

-Not all Fatakobaloformes are hyperactive, bouncy little critters. The quiet, reclusive Kilmouli is a nocturnal denizen of the treetops that crawls branches with slow, curiously swaying movements and feeding only on certain plants, restricting it to only a few areas. It has little defense against predators, and spends the daytime sleeping in carefully hidden communal nests. They are surprisingly hard to remove from a branch they’ve attached to.

-Gestation in Kobaloformes is unusually short, perhaps a result of evolutionary pressures, but this pays off as their offspring are born halfway through development, almost vermiform in appearance. It takes 50 extra days (or more, depending on the species) in the genital pouch for the young to be allowed to see the world safely, but they still remain strongly dependant to their mothers and will often retreat to the safety of her first jaws when tired or frightened. Until they are released, the embryos are fed with small portions of their mother’s meals, grinded into a fine pulp.

Females will often leave their offspring in the care of other females in the group while they go search for food themselves

-The Sucker Piglet (so called for its bizarre squeal when frightened) is a hand-sized Elastozoan that can be found in many of Snaiad’s cold forests, unusual for a clade associated with arid areas. It is capable of impressive hops by violently flexing its extremely stretchy, flattened body, and can even float for a few feet if the wind is strong enough, which suggests a common ancestry with gliding slugs. It feeds through a hollow proboscis of sorts, draining non-lethal amounts of fluid from plant matter, specially of the red kind. It may also attach to larger creatures to suck precious blood from open wounds, though it is easily startled by any sudden movement of the “host”

Once mated, Sucker Piglets cling to the trees that are closest to rivers or lakes, then swell up and harden to become immobile, chrysalis-like plant parasites, continuously dropping young to the water below

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No offense to the creator of the Pudgebears, really. I just wanted to show yet another analog to apes being far more vicious and agressive than the media makes us believe

Description
-The Baital or Vetala, with a body plan specially adapted for quick movement through the high canopy that mirrors Earth’s gibbons and, oddly enough, some species of Pudgebear. Though omnivorous like other basal Kobaloformes, it seems to have more of a preference for meat, and smaller arboreal creatures (or their eggs) are a regular on its diet.

It is often debated whether Vetalas evolved convergently from “gibbonoid” Pudgebears, or the latter evolved as a defense against these creatures. Indeed, both species often share the same habitats, and there seems to be a heated rivalry between each other, with clashes over food and territory not unheard of. The Kobaloformes themselves apparently enjoy taunting and tormenting their herbivorous neighbours, and in some cases even kill unguarded young with little to no reason other than toy with the lifeless carcass

-Not all Fatakobaloformes are hyperactive, bouncy little critters. The quiet, reclusive Kilmouli is a nocturnal denizen of the treetops that crawls branches with slow, curiously swaying movements and feeding only on certain plants, restricting it to only a few areas. It has little defense against predators, and spends the daytime sleeping in carefully hidden communal nests. They are surprisingly hard to remove from a branch they’ve attached to.

-Gestation in Kobaloformes is unusually short, perhaps a result of evolutionary pressures, but this pays off as their offspring are born halfway through development, almost vermiform in appearance. It takes 50 extra days (or more, depending on the species) in the genital pouch for the young to be allowed to see the world safely, but they still remain strongly dependant to their mothers and will often retreat to the safety of her first jaws when tired or frightened. Until they are released, the embryos are fed with small portions of their mother’s meals, grinded into a fine pulp.

Females will often leave their offspring in the care of other females in the group while they go search for food themselves

-The Sucker Piglet (so called for its bizarre squeal when frightened) is a hand-sized Elastozoan that can be found in many of Snaiad’s cold forests, unusual for a clade associated with arid areas. It is capable of impressive hops by violently flexing its extremely stretchy, flattened body, and can even float for a few feet if the wind is strong enough, which suggests a common ancestry with gliding slugs. It feeds through a hollow proboscis of sorts, draining non-lethal amounts of fluid from plant matter, specially of the red kind. It may also attach to larger creatures to suck precious blood from open wounds, though it is easily startled by any sudden movement of the “host”

Once mated, Sucker Piglets cling to the trees that are closest to rivers or lakes, then swell up and harden to become immobile, chrysalis-like plant parasites, continuously dropping young to the water below

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No offense to the creator of the Pudgebears, really. I just wanted to show yet another analog to apes being far more vicious and agressive than the media makes us believe