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Yes, another Soriparasite! Love these little guys!

So how does it interact with other Soriparasites? Does it mainly feed on Sauceback blood and Shrew blood in areas where they live alongside their ancestor?

What sorts of oil, microbes, and irritants? I'm not sure if things like greasy hair would really threaten a flea, or things with different integument. Is its skin really sensitive?
...even these bizarre mammaloids have a cloaca. Sagan 4 is the cloaca planet, apparently. I don't think any alternatives would make Sagan 4 look good on Google, but it's still odd.
How intensive is their nutrient draw from their mother? Do the infants hijack the mother's metabolism, a la humans? Does the placental thread allow the offspring to chemically interact with the mother in some significant way?
I wonder if this is the first Carpozoan to give up having six eyes. It's very unusual. Is that conspicuous dark-blue dot next to its eyes all that remains of one of its pairs of eyes?

O, wondrous flea of lizard frog.

QUOTE (Coolsteph @ Nov 12 2021, 10:27 AM)

What sorts of oil, microbes, and irritants? I'm not sure if things like greasy hair would really threaten a flea, or things with different integument. Is its skin really sensitive?

Newborn shrews breathe through their skin. Imagine if you inhaled skin oils. Fleas, meanwhile, have full body armor.

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...even these bizarre mammaloids have a cloaca. Sagan 4 is the cloaca planet, apparently. I don't think any alternatives would make Sagan 4 look good on Google, but it's still odd.

All non-placental mammals on Earth have cloacas. A lack of one is a weird placental mammal thing. Same with shrews, only modern fuzzy ones (estimated to be Velishroot and onwards) lack a cloaca. I can see where the confusion might come from though; certain wacky reproductive features of kangaroos and opossums are well-known trivia that seems to contradict them having a cloaca, when in reality it's just inside the cloaca.

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How intensive is their nutrient draw from their mother? Do the infants hijack the mother's metabolism, a la humans? Does the placental thread allow the offspring to chemically interact with the mother in some significant way?

It's based on bandicoots, so it's however it works in them I guess. It's weirdly difficult to Google.

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I wonder if this is the first Carpozoan to give up having six eyes. It's very unusual. Is that conspicuous dark-blue dot next to its eyes all that remains of one of its pairs of eyes?

No to both

Mammal flea. wow.

I wonder what just a few more generations could do to this? maybe a smaller number of longer teeth would be better for puncturing skin eventually.

QUOTE (OviraptorFan @ Nov 12 2021, 11:20 AM)

Yes, another Soriparasite! Love these little guys! So how does it interact with other Soriparasites? Does it mainly feed on Sauceback blood and Shrew blood in areas where they live alongside their ancestor?

So uh, is this going to be addressed?

It's too small to be much of a competitor to the others

Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?: Longer hind legs, smaller foreclaws,, loss of toe pads, more permanent host residency, method of obtaining host, more nipples, birthing method, developed a pouch
External?: Y
Internal?: Y
Behavioral/Mental?: Y
Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: Y, done

Habitat:
Type?: 2
Flavor?: 3?
Connected?: Y
Wildcard?: ...

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: N
Exception?: Y, obligate parasitism can lead to rapid size changes as it becomes a powerful selective pressure.

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: It's good that bone was added as an internal skeleton, but listing what the bones is made of would be nice

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Transition Rule?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?:na

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Na
Other?: Na

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Adding host body heat is good

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Umbilical cord is interesting

Description:
Length?: Decent
Capitalized correctly?: Y
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Split
Other?:

Opinion: Approved