Fushigibana

Name:  Fushigibana
Binomial Nomenclature:  [i]Sperma lacerta[/i] (Seed Lizard)
Average Height:  Juvenile:  2 feet 4 inches/0.7 meters'Teenager':  3 feet 3 inches/1 meterAdult:  6 feet 7 inches/2 meters
Average Weight:  Juvenile:  15.2 pounds/6.9 kilograms'Teenager':  28.7 pounds/13 kilogramsAdult:  220.5 pounds/100 kilograms
Average Length:  Juvenile:  3 feet
Notes:  Members of this species enjoy an endosymbiotic relationship with a very large type of flower.  The flower reeks of death, the fumes can even be toxic and keeps large predators and competition away;  however it attracts insects which brings food for the young juveniles.
Though, like younger members of the species, adults are insectivores, they use their relationship with the symbiotic plant on their backs to produce a solar based source of food.  The plant exchanges some of the food it produces through photosynthesis into the body of the Fushigibana in exchange for a mobile platform that helps the species spread as well as protection from other animals that would otherwise eat the plant.
Though uncomformed, it is suspected Preserver action has something to do with why Fushigibana are found on so many different worlds.
Category:Species