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For about 2 million years, tubers have lived in relative peace. Nothing has bothered them much, save for the occasional runkey. But now, with the appearance of snatchers, Their position in the ecosystem is in danger. Tubers are slow, cumbersome, and clumsy, having none of the adaptations that other monkeys had. As such, unlike the fawnkeys which slowly adapted to predators, tubers were left vulnerable, and such had a mass dying off, with most of the normal population gone. The surivors were smaller, and could actually use their claws for burrowing in the ground. The smaller ones surived because they were a less valuable food source compared to their larger cousins, and such dug burrows and surived. With the predators everywhere on the planet, the earthmunchers have less reason to return to the surface. with burrowing, they could even reach their favourite food source, tubers, without actually going outside and getting discovered. And so, with their last reason to go back gone, earthmunchers spend 90% of their lives underground, with their juveniles days coming out occasionally to search for mates and dig new burrows. As such, subadults look quite different from their adult counterparts, with their diet and lifestyle being more generalist overall. juveniles and subadults also look much slimmer and with shorter claws. these traits all do not resurface until they are adults and find a mate, making so they have no longer need to leave, and shutting down their last roots to a land lifestyle completely. Earthmuncher species dont just consist 100% of tuber-eating species. as they spread across the world bit by bit via burrowing complex tunnels underground, some minor niche partioning has happened. Some earthmunchers supplement their diet with the various giant earthworms underground, as well as some returning to the forests to suck the roots of the banana trees. When the earthmuncher young reach a certain age, they have to become indepentdent from their parents and come out in search of a new place to live. However, they are very vulnerable and have no real way of escaping snatchers, besides small, quick bursts of speed and some camoflage, which usally isnt enough to evade the senstive noses of snatchers. as such, the reproductive rate of earthmunchers are high, those that do surivive to adulthood usually live a long life. juvenile earthmunchers dig different kinds of burrows, as do different species. Juveniles dig shallow, vertical hole. Nothing more than a quick shelter. these easy come, easy go. These holes are used by a variety of organisms outside of earthmunchers. waste gathers in these holes, attracting detrivores and arthropods that lay their eggs there in hopes of them being hidden. Juveniles of later generations also reuse these holes, as such, holes arent uncommon. but theyre just a minor nuisiance for larger monkeys. Meanwhile, earthmunchers in the forests dig horizontal , intersecting holes near the surface. Due to less snatchers in the forest because they wernet specialized to catch aboreal prey, forest earthmumchers often come out and burrow near the surface without much fear. their tunnels weave and connect, making a huge underground passageway.many arthropods hide in thes tunnels, but another thing they dont take in account is the earthmuncher will eat them if avialable. thus, these holes are home to less invertebrates than you think. Plains earthmuncher holes are the most complicated of all, with both veritcal and horizontal passage ways. The monkeys spend most of their lives here, so it has all the nessary things to sustain their lives. They spend most of their time collecting food, But they usually dont eat it right away, rather they store it in a room, where they eat it when theyre hungry. often the food spoils and attracts earthworms and the like, so they storeroom isnt actually that big or advanced, nor do the monkeys rely heavily on it. its just a convenient thing to have in case of emergency. The passageways are narrow and twisting, so no monkey bigger than it can follow, although young snatchers will go in the burrows to mess with them. earthmunchers have no breeding season, and breed all year round. twins and triplets are common, and mothers usually raise more than a few monkeys at once, so some young females stay behind and care for their siblings, leaving when theyre pregnant or old enough. Besides carnivores, they rarely interact with other monkeys, except for the occansional barkbeater which they poke fun at. Earthmunchers may be in a stable place right now, with a seemingly inpenetratable defense. but, snatchers are slowly picking up on their habits and are slowly adapting, unbeknowst to the earthmunchers...

Description
For about 2 million years, tubers have lived in relative peace. Nothing has bothered them much, save for the occasional runkey. But now, with the appearance of snatchers, Their position in the ecosystem is in danger. Tubers are slow, cumbersome, and clumsy, having none of the adaptations that other monkeys had. As such, unlike the fawnkeys which slowly adapted to predators, tubers were left vulnerable, and such had a mass dying off, with most of the normal population gone. The surivors were smaller, and could actually use their claws for burrowing in the ground. The smaller ones surived because they were a less valuable food source compared to their larger cousins, and such dug burrows and surived. With the predators everywhere on the planet, the earthmunchers have less reason to return to the surface. with burrowing, they could even reach their favourite food source, tubers, without actually going outside and getting discovered. And so, with their last reason to go back gone, earthmunchers spend 90% of their lives underground, with their juveniles days coming out occasionally to search for mates and dig new burrows. As such, subadults look quite different from their adult counterparts, with their diet and lifestyle being more generalist overall. juveniles and subadults also look much slimmer and with shorter claws. these traits all do not resurface until they are adults and find a mate, making so they have no longer need to leave, and shutting down their last roots to a land lifestyle completely. Earthmuncher species dont just consist 100% of tuber-eating species. as they spread across the world bit by bit via burrowing complex tunnels underground, some minor niche partioning has happened. Some earthmunchers supplement their diet with the various giant earthworms underground, as well as some returning to the forests to suck the roots of the banana trees. When the earthmuncher young reach a certain age, they have to become indepentdent from their parents and come out in search of a new place to live. However, they are very vulnerable and have no real way of escaping snatchers, besides small, quick bursts of speed and some camoflage, which usally isnt enough to evade the senstive noses of snatchers. as such, the reproductive rate of earthmunchers are high, those that do surivive to adulthood usually live a long life. juvenile earthmunchers dig different kinds of burrows, as do different species. Juveniles dig shallow, vertical hole. Nothing more than a quick shelter. these easy come, easy go. These holes are used by a variety of organisms outside of earthmunchers. waste gathers in these holes, attracting detrivores and arthropods that lay their eggs there in hopes of them being hidden. Juveniles of later generations also reuse these holes, as such, holes arent uncommon. but theyre just a minor nuisiance for larger monkeys. Meanwhile, earthmunchers in the forests dig horizontal , intersecting holes near the surface. Due to less snatchers in the forest because they wernet specialized to catch aboreal prey, forest earthmumchers often come out and burrow near the surface without much fear. their tunnels weave and connect, making a huge underground passageway.many arthropods hide in thes tunnels, but another thing they dont take in account is the earthmuncher will eat them if avialable. thus, these holes are home to less invertebrates than you think. Plains earthmuncher holes are the most complicated of all, with both veritcal and horizontal passage ways. The monkeys spend most of their lives here, so it has all the nessary things to sustain their lives. They spend most of their time collecting food, But they usually dont eat it right away, rather they store it in a room, where they eat it when theyre hungry. often the food spoils and attracts earthworms and the like, so they storeroom isnt actually that big or advanced, nor do the monkeys rely heavily on it. its just a convenient thing to have in case of emergency. The passageways are narrow and twisting, so no monkey bigger than it can follow, although young snatchers will go in the burrows to mess with them. earthmunchers have no breeding season, and breed all year round. twins and triplets are common, and mothers usually raise more than a few monkeys at once, so some young females stay behind and care for their siblings, leaving when theyre pregnant or old enough. Besides carnivores, they rarely interact with other monkeys, except for the occansional barkbeater which they poke fun at. Earthmunchers may be in a stable place right now, with a seemingly inpenetratable defense. but, snatchers are slowly picking up on their habits and are slowly adapting, unbeknowst to the earthmunchers...