Sludge-cat - What Kind Of Animal Is This

musings watcher got too much pigment. their sibling didnt get enough

chaos reigns 

me too

i like rainworl

vulture ontogeny and sexual dimorphism

when I get srs plush I'll stop being so depressed

Why do animals suffer

I really knew that I was guilty before her, before everyone. I'm really ashamed, but I can't apologize.

I'm sorry

today

this guy

How do you think the rot lizards came to be? /genq

Rot uses existing lizards as hosts, creating the partially infected lizards that still have the uniquely colored heads. These probably work in a commensalism fashion, with the rot keeping the lizard body intact, but also using it primarily to protect itself and get more food this way.

The rot gains from the relationship, but the lizard doesn't gain or lose anything really

After absorbing so much information about lizards, eventually the rot starts to make its OWN version that sprout from cysts, and create the "fully infected" lizards

I believe this primarily because rot loaches have an entirely separate code and are a different creature from typical loaches, and spawn in a place they hadn't before, making me believe that this can happen to other creatures as well