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About Rugaru:
Rugaru are a violent, carnivorous/omnivorous species with both reptilian and mammalian qualities.
They are the only living species on their planet, however there are thousands of varieties.
Big, small, flying, aquatic, slow, fast, climbing, burrowing, fluffy, hairless, scaled, horned, venomous, glowing, slimy, spiky... The list goes on.
Adult rugaru are mostly male (about 75 to 80% male and 20% to 25% female).
Rugaru go through multiple metamorphosis-like stages throughout their lifetime.
They start off as small, genderless, grub-like larvae known as "stage 1" rugaru or rugaru larvae. They are small, weak, and sightless/deaf and therefore spend most of their time hiding and scavenging. Once they have consumed enough scavenged flesh, they will burrow deep underground where they will pupate in a hard rock-like casing made of mucus and soil. This pupation lasts for a full year, after which they will emerge as juvenile "stage 2" rugaru.
Stage 2 rugaru have developed sight and hearing, and are much more capable hunters. They will still scavenge, but also eat smaller varieties of rugaru and stage 1 larvae. They are still no match for adults, so they try to avoid them. Stage 2s have also developed variety characteristics and gender. At this stage of development, male and female rugaru are identical in appearance and are not yet sexually mature. The only difference between the two is size. Juvenile females start off being the same size as males, but will grow much larger during the last few years before their second metamorphosis. Once juveniles have consumed enough flesh once again, they find a safe place (differs depending on the variety) and they change once more. Males take another full year, whereas females require 3 years.
Once they emerge as stage 3 adults, males will seek out other males of their variety and form small "packs" of 3-5 individuals. Stage 3 females are much larger and deadlier than males and remain strictly solitary. Once a year, females will go into ovulation. During this time, males will 'hunt' females as a group in order to successfully copulate. Only one male in the pack will successfully mate with the female each time. Many will be injured or even die in the attempt.
Once ovulation is complete, the female will lay a large clutch of 30 or so soft shelled eggs in a large dirt mound.
Female rugaru exhibit superfecundation. Meaning, rather than all offspring from the same clutch sharing the same father, each clutch will be made up of offspring from many different males. In other words, every clutch of eggs is likely to produce some number of offspring from every male that successfully copulated with the female during ovulation.
The female rugaru will guard her nest mound with her life, attempting to kill anything that comes too close.
Once the eggs hatch however, her job is done. She will leave the newborn larvae to survive on their own.
Only 8 or 9 out of the 30 or so larvae will make it to full adulthood.KNOWN VARIETIES:
Rainforest, Woodland, Grassland, Tundra, Mountain, Coastal, Sea, Deep Sea, Coral, Lake, River, Swamp, Flying, Gliding, Volcanic, Burrowing, Nectar, Insectile, Savannah, Desert, Nocturne, Colossal, Pygmy, Tropical, Venomous, Cave, Mossy, Lumin, Barbed, Armored, Crystal, Leafy, Slime, Skeletal
(used rainforest variety rugaru for this example.)
Note: This is the average size of rugarus, however, there are many exceptions (such as pygmy, colossal, nectar, insectile, etc).
However, regardless of their size in comparison to humans, their size in relation to each other (male/female/grub/egg/etc) will always remain the same.
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