Roadrash Flatbun

Due to the lack of competition on Huggs Island, it didn't take long for the island to play host to its first large predator. Though the roadrash flatbun primarily lives in the waters of the beach surrounding Huggs Island, it has developed a tolerance for freshwater and brackish water, with some populations occasionally making forays into the watershed to feast on the relatively unsuspecting bounty of warmbuns. They have developed the ability to quickly swim using their anal arm, occasionally forming short-lived groups of up to ten individuals. The roadrash flatbun has also become amphibious, dragging itself along on dry land using its counter-arms, the hooks on these arms assisting in this venture. They can remain on land for up to ten minutes before having to retreat back into the water.

Though their method of feeding in the water has been relatively unchanged when compared to their ancestor, they employ a new method of feeding when out of the water. If a roadrash flatbun happens upon smaller prey out of the water, it will snag its prey using the hooks on the underside of its counter-arms. Afterwards, it will retreat back into the water, as it is unable to move food into their mouths while on land. However, if it happens upon something that is especially large, they employ a different feeding strategy. They will latch one of their counter-arms onto the prey and drag their arm across their prey item, tearing off edible bits with the smaller hooks. It will do this twice for both arms before retreating back into the water. Wounds left behind on larger prey items from these feedings look similar to road rash, which is what gives the roadrash flatbun its name.

Despite these new behaviors and adaptations, the roadrash flatbun is relatively unchanged when compared to its ancestor. Its method of reproduction is also unchanged, though they are incapable of reproducing in freshwater and brackish water.