MACROFORM: Attracted to filthy, briny water rich in biological matter, the macroscopic Foulmonella uses its hollow, spiny central stalk to intake food, whether raw sewage or cadaverous juices, and enjoys soaking deep in rancid materials. When threatened, it delivers a paralyzing electrical shock with its barbed antennae, and its filthy pincers easily inflict septic wounds on paralyzed prey. Many Foulmonella may work together to drag an immobilized animal to a watery grave, enriching their stagnant environment with more decomposing material. Out of water, Foulmonella employ their feeding trunk as a third walking appendage. MICROFORM: A Foulmonella's microbial stage usually reproduces in waterlogged carrion or beached sea life, but infection of a living host may occur as a defensive maneuver