Editing Primordial Evolution Game/Central Continent Desert (section)

== Sandoni ==
[[Image:Desert_SmallChart_Sandoni.png|thumb|center|Sandoni Evolution Chart]]

==== Gliding Sandoni ====
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<br />progenitor: Sandoni
<br />-> Flying Sandoni]]
Sandoni developed pits along their 'snout' that detect concentrations of CO2 to pinpoint breathing prey. They developed powerful spring like back-legs that allowed them to jump. Their front legs grew claws. With it's powerful hind-legs, it can pounce its prey from afar and kill it swiftly. Their dorsal developed into winglike appendages, allowing them to glide from dune to dune. They developed strong muscles under their proto-wings to increase hover time. The proboscis grew into a hard beak. It was effective at piercing the hard shells of the burrog. Their eyesight improved.



==== Flying Sandoni ====
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<br />progenitor: Gliding Sandoni
<br />-> Oasis Sandoni
<br />-> Swarming Sandoni]]
The Sandoni evolved for flight. They used their powerful legs to propel themselves high in the air, allowing them to easily gain air. They started hunting the social burrog herds in agile packs. They outmaneuvered and ponced their targets ripping them with their claws. They fly high to spot their prey. Many ground predators such as the sand devils have learned to follow thes flying because when they land there is bound to be food. With their acute sight, they watch out for the wespars giving them time to land and reach cover.



==== Swarming Sandoni ====
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<br />progenitor: Flying Sandoni]]
This sub species lived in large groups. They flied over the dunes in constant search for prey. They communicated trough chirps and pheromones. When one finds prey or when one dies, it starts to "scream" calling all his mates to itself. They emited a cloud of pheromones that frenzy the sandonis causing them to blindly attack the threat. The swarming rippers developed hollow armor plates that increase their survivability in their frenzied hunts. The armor's strength comes from it's honeycomb internal structure, which can absorb great blows.



==== Oasis Sandoni ====
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<br />progenitor: Flying Sandoni
<br />-> Blade Runner]]
Another subspecies emerges from the ripper sandonis. The sandonis living in the oasis lost their ability to fly, instead they grew larger almost four times as their progenitors. Their powerful jaws ripped trough the protective shells of the burrog creatures attempting to drink from the oasis. Their tongue grew longer and becomes more muscular, allowing them to grab prey easier. Their wings completely atrophied. 



==== Blade Runner ====
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<br />progenitor: Oasis Sandoni]]
These Sandoni developed longer legs. They run extremely fast in rockier environments but are ill suited for the actual desert. They grew bigger and faster but unsuited for the dunes. These creatures hunt on the arid plains surrounding the desert, and in the rocky terrain of the canyons and mountains.  The blade runners developed many sharp blade arms. They hunt by impaling their victims with their arm blades. Their wings have atrophied. The remains of their wings developed into a jointed appendages that helped the creature balanced. Their stinger developed into a long pole for balance as well. The blade runners developed additional blade arms. The tip of their tail split in two, and within tips are special veins, in which flows fluids. This organ gave the creature a heightened sense of balance.

The blade runners became more social hunting in packs, surrounding and outmaneuvering their prey, before violently cutting them open. They communicate with chirps they produced by rubbing their twin tails together. Hard and small chitin spikes developed on the inner sides of both tail tips, allowing the creatures to produce louder chirps. 

They started moving with swarming rippers. The smaller rippers fly and scout for prey, while the bigger blade runners can kill far bigger prey than their smaller cousins. Together they form a hordes of claws, teeth and chitin. When the horde attacks, the smaller rippers distract biting ankles and other soft parts. The bigger blade runners use the distraction to strike. They impale their prey to their forelimbs, while slashing them with their secondary arm blades. They use their strong beaks to crush the creatures harden armor.



==== Kaskus Sandoni ====
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<br />progenitor: Sandoni
<br />-> Army Sandoni]]
Some sandoni adapted to live near the kaskus plants. Their coloration changed to match the plant. They developed sturdier mouth parts that allowed them to feed on the plant. Their front legs became larger, and the sap glands in their legs developed to spray irritating substances towards potential threats and competitors. They developed claws to climb the Kaskus plant enabling reach softer parts of the Kaskus plant. They grew more sociable. Multiple kaskus sandonis share the same kaskus plant, and fiercely protect it against herbivores such as social burrogs. The spurs on their back developed into colored fins.



==== Army Sandoni ====
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<br />progenitor: Kaskus Sandoni
<br />-> Tank Sandoni]]
As The symbiotic relationship between the sandoni and kaskus plants died out everywhere except the most permanent oases, the sandoni were forced to adapt. The nomadic sandoni groups began to move in search of food. They used their acid sprayers to bring down prey or drive away predators. These creatures unleash massive volleys of caustic thick fluids that burn the flesh, blind the eyes and cause pain so great that it can paralyze creatures. Their mouth parts changed to suit their now omnivorous diet. These rowing bands of sandoni hunt effectively in smaller groups. When these groups gather together, they form massive armies that migrate from oasis to oasis. Their eyesight and spary accuracy developed further. Their hind legs became sturdier, in order to better handle long marches. 



==== Tank Sandoni ====
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<br />progenitor: Army Sandoni]]
A bigger verison of the Army Sandoni. The tankdoni developed even sturdier armor. Their mouth parts become more better suited for multitude of diets and their color changes to suit more rocky environments.



==== Cho Sandoni ====
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<br />progenitor: Kaskus Sandoni
<br />-> Cultivator Sandoni]]
Due to the predation of Burrogs on the Kaskus Sadoni and their homes, an offshoot of the Kaskus Sadoni evolved a new pair of forelegs. This allowed the larger existing pair of forelegs to be strengthened and used both an offensive and defensive mechanism. Also this new Sandoni offshoot leaves the sudden bustle of the oasis and begins to find homes among the Cho plants.

Their new diet and habitat caused the Cho Sandoni to change their coloration to better fit their new homes. The Sandoni's large pair of forelegs became more and more articulated and dextrous. Mostly inhabiting the larger versions of Cho, small groups lived in the same plant and protected the plant from other herbivores created a symbiotic relationship.

With the need to find water becoming a little more prevalent, a new caste developed in the original strain. The "Scout" caste developed wings in order to fly in search of water, and their bodies have been expanded to store extra water to hydrate them on their reconnaissance runs. The working class cho emerged to build and move new materials. Their claws were replaced with edged prongs for grip. They gained more muscle to carry heavier loads and developed two extra arms.



==== Cultivator Sandoni ====
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<br />progenitor: Cho Sandoni]]
The cultivator Sandoni that colonized the leaf sandoni and Titandoni did not physically changed much, though they gained a greater ability to learn and a rudemntry language. Through a series of clicks and chirps that can convey simple information. They've learned to be picky in which Titandonis they colonize, picking only the very largest and least likely to be killed by a predator. The Titandonis benefit from the extra care and aid in finding water. The cultivator sandoni introduced new strains of cho to the Titandonis' back. The most succesful colonies grew Spiked Cho for the extra defense.

==== Rockdonis ====
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<br />progenitor: Sandoni]]
Some Sandoni have became heavier in order to defend itself better. It's frontlegs were covered in chitinious material. Heavy sandonis hind legs became stronger to support itself. They became more compact in order to defend itself easier. In the desert they have constant problems with wespars so their backs have became hardened with chitinious armor against aerial attacks. Their forearms became bigger and stronger in order to be able to defend itself against everything. With the bigger body comes bigger hunger. Rockdonis no longer sustained itself with mere sap or blood. Their mouth hardened into peak to eat whole plants or carcasses. With Rockdonises center of gravity gone forward with its stomach, its hind legs have also gone lower and more forward to keep itself stable.



==== Green Sandoni ====
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<br />progenitor: Rockdoni
<br />-> Stalker Sandoni
<br />-> Left Sandoni]]
An offshoot of the Rockdonis mid-way through their development. Some Rockadonis living in the oasis adapted their colouring and body patterns to hide among the creeper cho. At the same time they developed a preferential taste for blood, becoming ambush predators. Some Leaf Sandonis have taken to the shallows of the oasis becoming Stalker Sandonis. Their legs and beak growing longer to better hunt Water Usmals.



==== Stalker Sandoni ====
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<br />progenitor: Green Sandoni]]
The stalker sandosis died out in all but the most permanent oasis. Some of them took to sand becoming Desert Stalkers, their long legs masking their presence from the sand worms. Their walking style produces minimal vibrations, thus the ever present sandworms rarely attack them. They grew in size. They moved during the night. Their proboscis developed into a sharp multi-jointed needles to pierce the bodies of their prey. They also developed long feelers to detect potential prey. They stalk their prey during the day and kill it during the night by piercing it's vital organs, such as spine or brains. They evolved vicous 4-pronged claws to attack in a more vicious manner. They hold down their sleeping prey, ripping open carapace of more heavily armored meals, and digging shallow holes to get at buried prey. By vibrating its ear bones it produces high pitched screeches to communicate over long distances. They hunted in packs.

==== Leaf Sandoni ====
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<br />progenitor: Green Sandoni
<br />-> Titandonis]]
The Sandoni that stay on the shore developed flat leaf like bodies. Their forelimbs increased in size and strength. They developed small barbs to grab prey. The largest of there kind survived over the next generation and grew large claws. The biggest development were the Cho plants on there backs, hatchlings seek out seedlings to attach their roots to their backs. The Cho plants act as lures to help the Sandoni hunt. 

The Cho Sandoni developed a symbotic relationship with the Leaf Sandoni. The leaf Sandoni developed tendrils to suck water. With hostile fauna in the desert, the Leaf Sandoni began seeking shelter near large rocks. They were capable of crossing the desert at a bounding gait.



==== Titandonis ====
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<br />progenitor: Leaf Sandoni]]
In response to predators and severe sandstorms they grew huge, now carrying several Cho plants. The Titandonis grow a conical hump, to allow more room for more Cho plants to grow. The Cho roots tap into the creatures blood stream sharing nutrients between the two. The Cho plants now provide over half of the Titandonis energy needs, allowing the creature to wander the desert in search of water for the plant. Cho photosynthetic cells now populate the Titandonis body, providing enough sustenance that they can go months without eating. This allowed them to grow throughout their lives to be truly massive. They are more prone to injury as their exoskeltons can't keep up with the weight in old age. 

When a sandstorm hits they hunker down using their legs to protect the plants on their backs. They developed an extra set of legs to gait softer making them harder for sandworms to detect. When the Eruptions happened, they caught falling ash with the Cho roots. The Titandonis developed the habit of wandering the edge of the lava flows to fertilise their Cho plants. The access to new minerals via the plants allowed the Titandonis to strengthen its exoskeleton and attain even greater size.