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Hey there, this is a request by jorre1 for some sort of “hive creature”. I hope it is satisfactory.

Gachuwits: The planet Delougod supports a thriving biosphere which has been progressing for several billion years now. Among its more complex inhabitants are the gachuwits, native to the seasonal climates of the southeastern section of the world’s single supercontinent. The “vertebrate” analogs of this world exhibit an extreme form of sexual dimorphism. Almost all large body forms are males, while females exist as relatively tiny, worm-like creatures which thrive in numbers and densities similar to Earth’s nematode worms. The family that includes the gachuwits is known for having developed a social system similar to ants. Females gather in masses to create a “hive nest”, which the males take to guarding and providing for. There are two basic types of males; a worker class with narrow beaks for nimble work in construction and care for the nest, and a soldier class with stronger bodies and heavily serrated beaks for defending and attacking. Like other vertebrates of Delougod, they are tripedal, possess several ganglion-brains, and sense their cloudy, dim world mostly through a super sense of smell with their antennae. New males of the same colony are gestated within the underground network of the nest, being brought to the surface birthing pods once they are ready. The females encased within the network will accept sperm from rarely produced kings, which are much smaller than the other male casts. The kings live only to deliver sperm to the females in other nests, which will be stored to supply the colony with plenty of new males.

Description

Hey there, this is a request by jorre1 for some sort of “hive creature”. I hope it is satisfactory.

Gachuwits: The planet Delougod supports a thriving biosphere which has been progressing for several billion years now. Among its more complex inhabitants are the gachuwits, native to the seasonal climates of the southeastern section of the world’s single supercontinent. The “vertebrate” analogs of this world exhibit an extreme form of sexual dimorphism. Almost all large body forms are males, while females exist as relatively tiny, worm-like creatures which thrive in numbers and densities similar to Earth’s nematode worms. The family that includes the gachuwits is known for having developed a social system similar to ants. Females gather in masses to create a “hive nest”, which the males take to guarding and providing for. There are two basic types of males; a worker class with narrow beaks for nimble work in construction and care for the nest, and a soldier class with stronger bodies and heavily serrated beaks for defending and attacking. Like other vertebrates of Delougod, they are tripedal, possess several ganglion-brains, and sense their cloudy, dim world mostly through a super sense of smell with their antennae. New males of the same colony are gestated within the underground network of the nest, being brought to the surface birthing pods once they are ready. The females encased within the network will accept sperm from rarely produced kings, which are much smaller than the other male casts. The kings live only to deliver sperm to the females in other nests, which will be stored to supply the colony with plenty of new males.