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280 MPE

Squibises are filter-feeding wading birds descended from shorescroungers that are found in northern Serinaustra's saltswamp biome and associated coastal wetlands. They are the closest relatives of squelicans, though diverged before those birds became so aquatic: they still have long legs and prefer to walk in shallow water rather than swim. Their four tentacles lack a connecting membrane but are lined with long pecten - keratin bristles that form a sieving surface through which the squibis filters small crustaceans, fish, algae, and insect larvae from muddy water and the sediment just below it. Feeding in small flocks with a characteristic head-down posture while the tentacles move in alternating clockwise and counter-clockwise patterns, it stirs up the sand and mud to catch tiny food sources hidden within.

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Description

280 MPE

Squibises are filter-feeding wading birds descended from shorescroungers that are found in northern Serinaustra's saltswamp biome and associated coastal wetlands. They are the closest relatives of squelicans, though diverged before those birds became so aquatic: they still have long legs and prefer to walk in shallow water rather than swim. Their four tentacles lack a connecting membrane but are lined with long pecten - keratin bristles that form a sieving surface through which the squibis filters small crustaceans, fish, algae, and insect larvae from muddy water and the sediment just below it. Feeding in small flocks with a characteristic head-down posture while the tentacles move in alternating clockwise and counter-clockwise patterns, it stirs up the sand and mud to catch tiny food sources hidden within.

Full entry: sites.google.com/site/worldofs…

Serina on Patreon (they saw this in September!) www.patreon.com/sheatherius