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| - Rugose Floaters are heavily wrinkled, Ocean Sunfish-like inhabitants of Darwin IV that float in the air. They feed on Aerophytes and Microflyers. During spawning season, they trail eggs behind their "fins" by filaments and reduce their crescent shape when spawning is complete. When threatened, they release a cloud of particles from their black eye-like appendages to fragment its sonar image, but this doesn't stop Skewers from attacking them. The Skewers do not feed on the Floater, but merely pierce its methane-filled bags, causing the Floater to fall to its death for sport.
- They are lazy creatures, in no particular hurry, and they fly in wide, slow circles. They are in many ways archetypal floaters, but a particularly intriguing thing is the small globules which trail their enlarged upper and lower fins; globules which are really egg masses. These light ova-globules break down and scatter on the wind, spreading the floater's tiny progeny through the planet's middle atmosphere. The slow, circular flight path affords the creatures the widest dispersal of their eggs. When spawning is complete, the floaters regain their more graceful profile, their fins being reduced to the original crescent shape.
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| - They are lazy creatures, in no particular hurry, and they fly in wide, slow circles. They are in many ways archetypal floaters, but a particularly intriguing thing is the small globules which trail their enlarged upper and lower fins; globules which are really egg masses. These light ova-globules break down and scatter on the wind, spreading the floater's tiny progeny through the planet's middle atmosphere. The slow, circular flight path affords the creatures the widest dispersal of their eggs. When spawning is complete, the floaters regain their more graceful profile, their fins being reduced to the original crescent shape. There is no external evidence of gyro-stalks and instead these floaters have internal balance organs. This would make them unique among Darwin IV's floating species. Another extraordinary feature of the rugose floater is its surprising ability to change color. This also is a unique characteristic among the creatures of Darwin IV, which are not optically equipped. It is sometimes wondered whether there might be a correlation between the floaters' color and scent, and courtship scenes seem to support this theory. Individuals sometimes float roughly five kilometers apart from one another. There can be color shifts that seem related to their growing sexual excitement. Mystery aside, the sight of these floaters changing their colors from brown to red to purple is beautiful.
- Rugose Floaters are heavily wrinkled, Ocean Sunfish-like inhabitants of Darwin IV that float in the air. They feed on Aerophytes and Microflyers. During spawning season, they trail eggs behind their "fins" by filaments and reduce their crescent shape when spawning is complete. When threatened, they release a cloud of particles from their black eye-like appendages to fragment its sonar image, but this doesn't stop Skewers from attacking them. The Skewers do not feed on the Floater, but merely pierce its methane-filled bags, causing the Floater to fall to its death for sport.
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