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PARVU - Mountain Pygmy Possum

ANiMOZ #208

Code: PARVU

Common name: Mountain Pygmy Possum

Taxonomy: Burramys parvus

Level: OMNI | Form: FLEE

Status: HIGHLY RARE | BiOME: MOUNTAIN

Overcomes: Flood

SUPERPOWERS:

SYNCBREED:

Because PARVU needs sufficient fat reserves on her body during the hibernation period in winter, she will use her Syncbreed Power to synchronise reproduction with spring months. This means that there are enough of her primary food source available to ensure she can eat enough to sustain her and her young!

HEAT TUCK:

When temperatures are around 4-7 degrees Celsius in PARVU’s Mountain BiOME, he will sometimes awake from  his ‘torpor’ period to feed on stored food reserves, but outside of those warmer days an adult PARVU will sometimes hibernate for up to 7 months! During hibernation, he can drop his body temperature to as low as 2 degrees Celsius to limit the burning of energy and maintain fat reserves. To keep any warmth in his body though, he will make use of his Heat Tuck:  PARVU will tuck their heads into their chest to trap body heat inside, and save themselves from the freezing snow outside their nest.

WEAKNESSES:

GEOSTRICTION:

Because PARVU is only found in three separate Alpine regions, and cannot survive elsewhere, she is under increasing pressure from a changing climate and diminishing gene pool. Her geographical restriction is a real weakness to her chances of survival.

PREDATOR:

Unfortunately, due to his size, PARVU doesn’t stand a chance against hungry predators. In a Clash, he automatically loses to this species Form.

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