Clawgrasp live their mature lives in colonies consisting of disconnected burrows on the forest floor. With elastic soft tissue connecting their heads to their thorax, they stretch toward small prey that wanders into the colony with raptorial appendages extended. As cooperative ambush predators, they latch onto whatever's small enough for the group to catch and hold down long enough to eat.
Barkwings are large, volant, wood-boring insects that use their posterior pincers to anchor themselves to the plants and animals they consume. With a preference for laying eggs in Weeping Palms, and eating their fruit, they're a staple food source for many around desert oases and arroyos. Smokewyrms are small amphibians common around swamps and in the underbrush of Coralwood forests. Deceptively mobile for their size and lack of hindlimbs, escapes into water or deeper cover are aided by the opaque aerosol spray produced by pores along their spine. This smoke can be released underwater along with viscous mucus to achieve the same effect and to choke the gills of predators. Drop-Strikers, named so for their arboreal ambush tactics, are land-adapted cephalopods that thrive in trees and on steep terrain overlooking water. For this reason they have a symbiotic relationship with Weeping Palms, with the plants providing perches for ambushes and the Striker defending the Palm from parasites like Barkwings. Poffs are flighty, herbivorous bipeds native to the Frigid Wastes, serving as the basis for many arctic carnivores' meals. The tufts at the end of their tails are used for communication when found in a group. Chuckals in particular take this animal often. Fortunately, Poffs are equipped with large eyes and the ability to burrow underneath the permafrost, digging foreclaws kept warmly tucked into their insulating feathers. Sidejaw Weavers earn their name for the lopsided rictus adorning their face. Their diagonal dentition affords them the opportunity to use their thin beaks as multi-tools, accessing hard-to-reach food items like insect larvae and fruits protected by tough outer casings. These pterosaurs are also known for stitching together massive communal nests in the branches of Coraltrees, using whatever materials are available to the flock. They'll defend these structures aggressively from any intruders. Shineshells are a small, opulent detritovore, diligently combing beaches and riverbanks for any nutrients that washes up. Capable of burying themselves quickly in mud or sand, their iridescent carapace makes them easy to spot while foraging. Their body is smooth and round to fend off attacks from similarly-sized threats. Mudcreeps are large fish that use modified pectoral fin spines to haul themselves across dry land for short periods of time. They spend most of their lives laying motionless in murky pools, hunting based on touch and smell, with their lure acting as a trigger for a brief lunge forward. They'll take any prey that fits into their jaws, but often attempt to swallow animals far larger than what they're able to handle. A Mudcreep preferentially lays eggs in vernal pools left by wallowing Bulbi.