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“its cellulase bite can be used like venom to assist in killing plent prey”

How would it have cellulase at that level without it digesting itself?

I mean, its ancestors ate cellulosebanes. I assume they have some immunity.

This post has been edited by Disgustedorite: Mar 5 2021, 07:21 PM

I see you browsing Nergali's, Coolsteph; I actually started working on this before he started on his, back when it was assumed there would only be one survivor population.

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I see you browsing Nergali's, Coolsteph; I actually started working on this before he started on his, back when it was assumed there would only be one survivor population.

(I had actually spotted a typo and decided to point it out.)

Darn it. I wanted to make my own few Tuskents. Ah, well, I can always revise the concepts to be descendants of this or the other Tuskent next Generation.

It's a lovely submission. I like the shading and shape. It's interesting to contrast with its relative, the Snowstalker Tuskent, which has a similar shape and almost identical coloration.

I look forward to seeing your tuskents, Coolsteph. And ya, there are similarities due to their habitats.

And yes, they have immunity to the cellulosebane. The enzymes that arose to denature the toxic chemicals evolved in the ancestor of the Genteel Tuskent, originally as an adaptation to survive the deadly airborne spores that led to the unintended side-effect of allowing them to exploit cellulosebanes.