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Ktyposagoni sanguis
(Blood Flicking-Jaw)
Bleeding Flick-Jaw
Length: 40-50cm
Weight: 350g-1.5kg
Description:
Ktyposagonids are predominantly carnivorous Lounian Moles that behave a great deal like snakes of Earth. They are distinguished by their serpentine bodies and distinct left sided ‘double-jointed’ mouth tube that is thought to share common ancestry with the proboscis mouth tubes of the Perfoarborids. An additional distinguishing trait is that Ktyposagonids only have three digits (or sometimes even less) rather than the typical five, on their forelimbs. Two lineages (not drawn here) have notably both fused their forelimbs into their flanks and have greatly extended bodies as well. It is notable that despite their snake-like nature, the majority of known Ktyposagonids do not possess any additional vertebrae sans the two most snake-like lineages, rather Ktyposagonid vertebrae are both made of a less-dense bone structure and are proportionately longer than other Dracophodiforms. Interestingly, one of the snake-like lineages possess small beginnings of segmentation precisely in the middle of each vertebrae – this allowing for a slight degree of extra flexibility.
Ktyposagonids are almost all carnivorous and hunt using their ‘flicking-jaw’ – their sharp jointed mouth tube. They use this jaw essentially as expected – they flick it (or perhaps lunge it) forward, impaling their target before injecting digestive fluids. Typically, a single strike does enough damage to their generally very small prey to subdue the organism more than enough for them to consume it in peace. No species have thus far been found to be truly venomous but it has been observed that when attacking, Ktyposagonids appear to be able to comprehend and identify ‘weak-points’ in their targets and hit those to maximize damage.

Ktyposagoni sanguis is arguably the most well-known Ktyposagonid. The species was discovered in numbers reaching the thousands – all infesting a large lake in what is believed to be an amassing predatory response to a population-boom of a prey item. Behaviourally this species acts like piranha but only towards prey items – living large organisms apparently don’t trigger their aggression. Towards most things, Flick-Jaws are typically passive and on occasion show a degree of curiosity, often approaching close to unfamiliar stimuli such as researchers and drones.

Description

Ktyposagoni sanguis
(Blood Flicking-Jaw)
Bleeding Flick-Jaw
Length: 40-50cm
Weight: 350g-1.5kg
Description:
Ktyposagonids are predominantly carnivorous Lounian Moles that behave a great deal like snakes of Earth. They are distinguished by their serpentine bodies and distinct left sided ‘double-jointed’ mouth tube that is thought to share common ancestry with the proboscis mouth tubes of the Perfoarborids. An additional distinguishing trait is that Ktyposagonids only have three digits (or sometimes even less) rather than the typical five, on their forelimbs. Two lineages (not drawn here) have notably both fused their forelimbs into their flanks and have greatly extended bodies as well. It is notable that despite their snake-like nature, the majority of known Ktyposagonids do not possess any additional vertebrae sans the two most snake-like lineages, rather Ktyposagonid vertebrae are both made of a less-dense bone structure and are proportionately longer than other Dracophodiforms. Interestingly, one of the snake-like lineages possess small beginnings of segmentation precisely in the middle of each vertebrae – this allowing for a slight degree of extra flexibility.
Ktyposagonids are almost all carnivorous and hunt using their ‘flicking-jaw’ – their sharp jointed mouth tube. They use this jaw essentially as expected – they flick it (or perhaps lunge it) forward, impaling their target before injecting digestive fluids. Typically, a single strike does enough damage to their generally very small prey to subdue the organism more than enough for them to consume it in peace. No species have thus far been found to be truly venomous but it has been observed that when attacking, Ktyposagonids appear to be able to comprehend and identify ‘weak-points’ in their targets and hit those to maximize damage.

Ktyposagoni sanguis is arguably the most well-known Ktyposagonid. The species was discovered in numbers reaching the thousands – all infesting a large lake in what is believed to be an amassing predatory response to a population-boom of a prey item. Behaviourally this species acts like piranha but only towards prey items – living large organisms apparently don’t trigger their aggression. Towards most things, Flick-Jaws are typically passive and on occasion show a degree of curiosity, often approaching close to unfamiliar stimuli such as researchers and drones.