Editing Primordial Evolution Game/South Continent (section)

==Thudder Evolution==

[[Image:Thudder chart.png|thumb|center|Thudder Evolution]]

====Hammer Thudder====
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<br />'''Hammer Thudder'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: Thudder
<br />-> Burly]]

The Hammer Thudder was a species of Glundiform that had a layer of skin growing over its skeleton. Their flat faces provided a surface with which they'd headbutt each other in mating displays, as well as predators in defense.

====Burly====
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<br />'''Burly'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: Hammer Thudder
<br />-> ]]
The Burly was a muscular creature descended from the Hammer Thudder. They could momentarily hop onto just their rear legs in order to reach food that was higher up, or more impressively, punch.
Burlies mated for life.

====Smasha====
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<br />'''Thudder'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: Burly
<br />-> ]]



====River Smasha====
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<br />'''Thudder'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: Burly
<br />-> ]]





====Thumper====
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<br />'''Green Thudder'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: Thudder
<br />-> ]]

====Chompa====
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<br />'''Chomper'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: Thudder
<br />-> Cruncher
<br />-> Chompa]]

Chompers were a carnivorous species with of Thudder. With a weaker, but lighter exoskeleton and long legs, they'd chase down prey, striking it down with a bite from their powerful jaws.
Males had a horn on their head which they'd use mostly to joust in order to impress potential mates. 

====Cruncher====
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<br />'''Thudder'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: 
<br />-> ]]
Crunchers were a species that developed from the chompers, and thus, were cousins of the chompas. Unlike their cousins, the Crunchers retained their carnivorous diet, and over the generations, they became more and more better suited for it.
They started to lose their armor, as it only slowed them down. They got bigger, and faster, their jaws got stronger and they lost the remains of their face blade.

The Crunchers hunt everything in the plains, even each other, which is one of the reasons they still retain parts of their armor. It can save them from being killed by a bigger Crunchers.
The Crunchers kill their prey by crushing them between their beaked jaws. They are capable of breaking bones with their jaws.
They are solitary hunters, which run their prey down. They usually prefer to ambush their targets however.

They only tolerate each other during the mating season, when the males and the larger females gather into large groups, and the males wrestle for dominance and try to impress the females. Curiously, they do not kill each other during the mating season. Their wrestles are only to over power the opposer, not to kill him. The mating season marks a ceasefire for the otherwise non stop lethal struggle the crunchers have between each other.

====Forest Cruncha====
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<br />'''Thudder'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: 
<br />-> ]]

====Stalka====
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<br />'''Thudder'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: 
<br />-> ]]


====Chompa====
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<br />'''Chompa'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: Chomper
<br />-> Herbivore Chompa]]
Chompas were pack predators which fed mainly on Schwars. With their long claws, they'd dig up the insectoid creatures.
The males of the species produces a strong musk for marking territory and determining the pecking order in the pack. The alpha male produced the strongest musk.


====Herbivore Chompa====
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<br />'''Herbivore Chompa'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: Chomper
<br />-> Groovyhorn Chompa
<br />-> Runna]]
Contrary to their name, the Herbivore Chompa was actually an omnivorous species. While they mainly fed on grasses and shrubbery, the predatory instincts were still somewhat present in the males. This would actually tie into the mating rituals and social structure of the Chompa.
Males would present Schwars to females in order to overthrow the reigning male by showing their skill and strength. If a female accepted the offer, she would push the offered Schwar back to the male who presented it. If the female did not accept, she would smash it with her feet.

====Groovyhorn Chompa====
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<br />'''Thudder'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: Chompa
<br />-> ]]
Sexual selection would change again in Chompas, at this point being focused on the horn of the male. Males with the largest, most colorful horn on his face would attract the most mates.
The frill along the backs of their heads protected the necks of the chompas, as well as aiding in the regulation of body temperature.

Later on, the coloration would migrate from the horn to the frill instead.

====Hoofed Chompa====
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<br />'''Thudder'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: Colorhorn Chompa 
<br />-> ]]

====Spotcha====
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<br />'''Thudder'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: 
<br />-> ]]

====Cathedral Chompa====
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<br />'''Thudder'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: 
<br />-> ]]


====Runna====
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<br />'''Thudder'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: Chompa
<br />-> ]]

====Forest Runna====
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<br />'''Thudder'''
<br />Status:
<br />progenitor: Runna
<br />-> Strida]]