Editing Primordial Evolution Game/Central Continent Desert (section)

== Usmal ==
[[Image:Desert_SmallChart_Usmal.png|thumb|center|Usmal Evolution Chart]]

==== Sandcoral Usmal ====
[[Image:Sandcoral_Usmal.png|thumb|upright|right|top|
<br />progenitor: Usmal]]
Some of Usmal diverged to secrete a watery mucus which quickly dries sand into a hard material. Tall stalks can be found where they dig into the sand to make their homes. When Oasises disappeared during the dry seasons these sandcorals remained marking where the Oasis would return. In response to shifting sands, the muscus became stronger to support tall sand towers. Abandoned usmal tunnels made excellent shelter for other creatures while still young. Their bodies have became streamlined with a thinner body and eye-stalks which protrude forward. Their tendrils became dry and grew hair. By rubbing the them together, they create a high-pitch chirping noise, which is used for echolocation, in addition to a mating call. 

They developed a gland in their mouths that squirts their mucus. When their mucus contacts the air it quickly hardens to a flying pin. They fired these pins to deter predators. Their digestive acids mixed with these pins to irritate targets. In preparation to the mating season, Sandcoral usmals undergo a metamorphosis where they gain a pair of wings. They fly across the desert to find mates and a suitable location to lay their eggs. Every four months, the skies are filled with these them. They are nocturnal.

==== Sandfish Usmal ====
[[Image:Sandfish_Usmal.png|thumb|upright|left|top|
<br />progenitor: Usmal]]
Some Usmal surivied a long time sucking nutrients from the deepest Cho roots; these Usmal resurfaced. Their stalked eyes sunk to for low light levels of the underground. To shield their sensitive eyes, the sub-usmal's eyes shrank and their brow protruded into a visor. Their legs multiplied and bent backward. They became struts for body-length fins, letting them glide trough the sand like water. Their tail extended under it. They lost most of their pigment. Their skin darkens. Their mouth developed rough edges and became suckers to gnaw on the base of plants.



==== Amber Usmal ====
[[Image:Amber_Usmal.png|thumb|upright|right|top|
<br />progenitor: Usmal
<br />-> Ambush Usmal
<br />-> Aquatic Usmal]]
In response to increased predation from Wespars, Sand Devils and Spade Burrogs. The Usmal developed a novel strategy, taste terrible. Usmal blood became incredibly disgusting. Their legs divided into subgroups for a new method of locomotion. Later on the Amber Usmal's legs merged completely and grew long fingers to hop on the sand. Their toes also became longer to balance their weight easier. Their eyes grew wider to enhance peripheral vision. Their body became slimmer and legs longer to run even faster. Their color changes to yellow to hide better during the day. The amber usmals developed a leathery sail on their back to regulate heat. Their mouths also grew thinner and could be sealed against the sand. 



==== Pusmal ====
[[Image:Pusmal.png|thumb|upright|left|top|
<br />progenitor: Usmal
<br />-> Rusmal
<br />-> Tusmal]]
Some of the usmal became scavengers in the harsh desert and changed their color. They developed thicker legs to walk the sands. Their upper bodies grew shoulders and heads to watch for flying predators. To survive during the dry season, they developed water storing humps. Unforunately, these humps made they attractive targets for predators. They evolved facial mouths and teeth to better scavenge corpus. Usmal reproduction became controled by the Pusmal Queens. In time the Queens produced serveral sub-specsis by bio-engineering their own unborn. They evolved a pair of arms for their own advantage. They built walls to protect the nest from magma.



==== Aquatic Usmal ====
[[Image:Aquatic_Usmal.png|thumb|upright|left|top|
<br />progenitor: Amber Usmal]]
Webbed membranes grew between Usmal toes to facilitate swiming in safe waters from predators. The Aquatic Usmal developed back fins increased the length of their legs. In response to the dry season, they spun themselves into cocoons of saliva and mud until the oasis returns. They hibernate centimetres beneath the dry bottom. These cocoons remain up to a year with the Usmal completely helpless. To comsume more Kaskus flowers, they developed iron-reinforced claws, and barbs on their fore-feeders. The Usmal secrete a sticky copper based resin used to weigh down the hollow bulbs of the Cho. They hide in the Cho bulb during Wespar raids. They form social groups due to several living in the same plant. They developed a small chest which flushes when the Usmal senses a threat, sending others into the Cho bulb. The Usmal secreted a sticky, copper-based resin that they use to weigh down the large, hollow bulbs of a new type of Cho.



==== Ambush Usmal ====
[[Image:Ambush_Usmal.png|thumb|upright|right|top|
<br />progenitor: Amber Usmal]]
Some of Usmal developed natural cloaking. There bodies become more agile to help them hunt. Due to seasonal oasises drying up, they wander the deserts at night. They became fearsome predators hunting in packs. They gained markings unique to each pack. To regulate heat, they grew thick scales along their body. They grew poisonious fangs that stun their targets. Their mouths grew wider. Their feelers were replaced with whiskers to detect vibrations. They developed hyper sensitive ears to allow echolocation.



==== Frilled Ambush Usmal ====
[[Image:Frilled_Ambush_Usmal.png|thumb|upright|left|top|
<br />progenitor: Ambush Usmal]]
The Usmal evolved a frill like a satellite dish letting them hear long distances. It amplified their echolocation. The frills flex up and down. This emits sonic pluses blocking out heat and sound they produce. They grew bigger and slowed down their movement speed. They grew strong legs and backs. They started walking a on two legs. They use subsonic rattles to communicate over long distances. They began to live in tight packs that hunt and raise young together.

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