Mollotoid
A brain
(5 points, +4 above default) The Mollotoid is a social creature, hunting, foraging, and living in mobile packs of 110-140 members. They have a good memory, and use objects as tools. A very basic spoken language has begun to take form.
A basic head
(1 point - default) Semi-spherical. Looks like a mushroom with teeth.
A basic neck
(1 point - default) Short and stubby.
A basic torso
(1 point - default) Round and ball-like.
Reproductive organs
(2 points - +1 above default) Hermaphroditism, each creature is both male and female.
Heart, lungs digestive system ect
(5 point - +4 above default) Heartier and better able to maintain homeostasis. Have many means on which to survive on less water, such as uric acid excrement. Immune to ingested toxins.
Orca-sized
(4 points - +3 above default) Shamu.
Omnivore
(3 points - +2 above default) Eats both meat and plants.
Five multi-tipped tentacles
(6 points) Provide locomotion and a means to capture prey. Each tentacle ends in three smaller tentacles that have a much easier time with finer manipulation.
Exoskeleton
(4 points) Hard chitin covers its skin, providing significant protection and support. Hollow tubular construct makes it very strong and provides insulation from even extreme temperatures.
Sight
(2 points) Photo-sensitive cells in the chitin give the Mollotoid an acute vision.
Claws
(1 point) Small but sharp spurs of chitin dot the underside of each tentacle. An embrace is now quite painful, and will likely cause very minor bleeding.
Symbiotic Relationship
(1 point) Landanemones and Mollotoids live in synergistic, delicious harmony.
Hot-Blooded
(1 point) Hyperthermia in the blood stream and other bodily fluids makes it inhospitable to many diseases. Check it and see.
RNA Interference (1 point) The cells have a defensive mechanism that disrupts the replication of viral infections by interfering with the RNA translation. Viruses affected by the
RNAi are unable to do any further damage to the host.
366 Mollotoids.
Rummaging through the brush for prey and delicious greens, Mollotoids use sticks, vines and rocks as tools for digging up delectable roots and crushing the shells of potential prey. Their multi-tipped tentacles allow them to manipulate these tools with greater precision. Packs of Mollotoids dot the landscape if one keeps an eye out for them, and their rudamentry language carries a good distance. Their colors range from mottled tan to a almost-black brown, with orange flecks in their chitin. Standing about 22 feet (6.7 meters), but able to elevate themselves to a full height of over 30 feet (9.2 meters) when fully extending their 27-foot (8.2-meter) tentacles, the creature weighs, on average, three to four tons. (2700-3600 kg) Oddly shaped, though tough, they occasionally throw themselves into a surprising lunge after potential food.
Packs of Mollotoids have expressed interest in particular locations, making their home around certain flowers or prime hunting grounds. Small packs will share the same territory and rest together, often huddling together at night for warmth, tentacles intertwined. Hunting and foraging are group tasks. During mating season, they will produce rasping clicks by stridulating their tentacles. Hermaphroditic, each creature is able to produce offspring. They are adaptable to a multitude of conditions, including temperature extremes (due to an insulated exoskeleton) and drought. Their digestive system can handle most toxins. Their hyperthermic blood and RNAi makes them heartier against diseases. Quite curious creatures, they will spend time exploring and investigating things.
The Mollotoids and the Landanemones have developed a symbiotic relationship. Packs of Mollotoids, tolerant of the neurotoxin, are host to colonies of Landanemones firmly attached to the chitin exoskeleton of the body. With the chemokine attractants and the ranged neurotoxins, the combined species cooperate very well. Between the two species, a greater quantity of food is gathered.