Water Slug
Profile
Category
- Mobile Life
- Subcategory
- Foragers
- Entries in Foragers
- 17
- Words
- 158
PDA entry
- Water slug (tentatively Seaslug hydroclast). A biological enigma that converts seawater into drinkable fresh water.
- 1. Microbial fuel cell
- Removing salt from seawater is energy-intensive. Nonetheless, the water slug does it, perhaps as a byproduct of an internal microbial reactor that feeds on waste in seawater.
- 2. Fresh water reserve
- A hydrophobic plastic bulb that protects the slug from rapid dehydration by saltwater.
- 3. Plankton farm
- The slug's water bulb hosts a highly productive plankton species, turning light into food. Fresh water may be necessary for the plankton's chemistry, or it may be a prison - a way to keep the plankton from leaving.
- 4. Vampiric aura
- The water slug's developed beak has a sharp cutting surface. Possible evolutionary history as a parasite or commensal, tapping a host's blood and filtering out toxins.
- Assessment: only nearby source of drinkable water. Advise fabricator cook before drinking. In case of kidney problems, consider allowing the water slug to feed on your blood.
On the wiki
Related entries
A morph of Monopter astrapakantha which scavenges the charge crystals of dead hoverthorns.
An enormous crab (tentatively Ostrakonskelos anaktoraphore, hard-legged palace-bearer) that hides among...
Postpanoplia epicurean, the voracious unarmored armored fish.
Seaslug kleptopharos, the stolen beacon slug.
Geordie (tentatively Salpapod geordie).
Halfmoon (tentatively Moliform luna).
Hammerhead (tentatively Panoplia hammerhead).
Subspecies of the halfmoon, Moliform semiluna, with no apparent behavioral or biological distinction.
Monopter astrapakantha, the one-finned lightning thorn.
A simple animal, closely related to corals, characterized by a symmetrical body and trailing arms.
Jelly ring (tentatively Thermodont sufganiyah, heat eating jelly donut).
Jetocaris (tentatively Tripod phrontiscaris).
