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Name: Broken Heart (Lypimenos katakarda)
Creator: HethrJarrod
Ancestor: Wading Heart
Habitat: Dorite Subtropical Bay, Chum Subtropical Coast, Ofan Tropical Coast, Gec Swamp, Ichthy Swamp, Biocat Bayou, Glicker Bayou, Gec Tropical Mudflat, Biocat Subtropical Mudflat, Glicker Subtropical Mudflat, Glicker Subtropical Mangal, Chum Subtropical Mangal, Ofan Tropical Mangal, BioCat Subtropical Riparian, Huggs Subtropical Riparian, Gec Tropical Riparian, Glicker Subtropical Riparian
Size: 1 m long
Support: Endoskeleton (Chitin)
Diet: Carnivore (Common Oceanscooter, Finback, Ichthypede, Salt Bog Bowlwhorl, Bog Echofin, Naked Fraboo, Incomplete Talúnuisce, Common Fraboo, Clickworm, Pewpa, Gallratworm, Belumbia, Ichthy River Netwhorl, Ichthy Gilltail, Hitchhiker Scuttler, Onamor, Diamond Pumpgill, Sucker Swarmer, Nerius, Rugged Scuttler, Flat Swarmer, Left-Right Scalucker, Floating Pumpgill, Larvaback, Scuttlers, Frabukis, Krillpedes, Miniswarmers, Marine Urpoi, Chum Gilltail, Elegant Emperor Phibisian young, Twinkiiro Gilltail, Spineless Toadtuga, River Hikahoe, Spinemander young, Scuttleball Gillfin, Diamond Pumpgill, Gulperpump, Thornback Waterworm), Scavenger
Respiration: Active (Microungs)
Thermoregulation: Endotherm (Downy Feathers)
Reproduction: Sexual, Two Sexes, Lays Hard-shelled Eggs

The broken heart has split from its ancestor in its habitat. It is very much like its ancestor, the Wading heart. Its mandibles have become scooplike, which is perfect for scooping up prey with a mouthful of water. Gaps between the teeth of the mandibles allow water to escape when the Broken heart lifts its mouth out of the water.

The broken hearted form small flocks of mating pairs. These flocks of Broken Heart are usually found near groups of heartsnappers. Like the wading heart, they make their nests in hollowed out logs or a tightly wound ball of river grasses. It is the victim of brood parasitism by the heartsnapper, which lives nearby. The heartsnapper does not make its own nests, but lays its eggs in the nest of the Broken heart. If the heartsnapper egg is rejected from the nest, it will come back and destroy the eggs of the Broken heart. However, as long as the Broken heart keeps the heartsnapper egg in their nest, their nest could not be better protected. This protection allows them to go hunting without having to worry about the nest.

When the heartsnapper egg hatches, it is fed along with the rest of the hatchlings. Heartsnappers that grew up in broken heart nests do not seem to be minded as much by the broken hearts, and they seem to recognize them.

On occasion, due to their close proximity, an unlikely pairing of heartsnapper and broken heart can occur, but no offspring ever result.

This post has been edited by HethrJarrod: May 29 2023, 03:13 PM

Expanded the description a little bit.

I know that sometimes organism submissions have sketch lines still visible, but the sketch lines in this one are numerous and obvious. There are also some unfilled areas on the underside of the tail, by the foot, and the end of the tail, as well as stray lines on the back of the head, below the foot, and the underside of the neck. I am not sure whether the inner thigh area of its legs is colored differently (that is, white) than the outer end, or whether it’s white. Since the background is white, though, it looks conspicuously unfilled. This might have happened because of a break in the lines I that area.

There is other feedback I’ll have to give later.

added binomial name.