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Monster Monday: Volcanopod
Volcanopods are gigantic land snails, which grow to be the size of large dogs. Like all decomposers, they live on the dirt and bits in the soil around the volcanoes they call home. As they graze, they consume many rocks, and other things that they cannot actually eat.
A Volcanopod’s shell grows continuously throughout its life, and as it is constantly oozing molten minerals, these snails are traveling with a tiny functional volcano of their own along their back.
They are not social animals, but they do tend to share territory with other Volcanopods, and will often follow each other's trails. In places where they live, snail highways build up from the lava-like residue they leave behind, creating ridges along the ground.