Farcipomus (Sausage Fruit)

## **Basic Summary**

   A sausage over the initial pitfall trap attracts a carnivore. The pressure is felt on the flaps as well as on the sensory root system, and the flaps open, causing the carnivore to fall into a very slick mucus-y pit. The trapdoors close, and the hole is filled with digestive enzymes. The carnivore drowns, gets broken down and the enzymes turn all the meat into this pinkish paste, leaving the bones behind. The paste is drained into a valve, while the bones are filtered through a small-intestine like organ, breaking them down further into nutrients. The paste, now inside a different tube, is injected with small, tough seeds. The paste is moved upward, eventually getting wrapped in a thin cellulose casing periodically, giving the appearance of hotdogs or sausages. the sausages are moved upward, and out through a tube, to attract carnivores to spread its seed. The plant also has a large trunk with a spiral leaf, which is it's main source of energy.

## **Trunk**

   The trunk of the tree is thick, evolved to protect against any creature trying to break through but also to bear the weight of the photosynthesizing portion of the tree. It is hollow to allow the circulation of the dogs through the trunk, allowing them emerge through the chute on one of two ends. On the end labled "Safe," a pitfall trap is not present, and carnivores can eat the meat fruit in relative safety. On the "Trap" end, the pitfall is present, as well as a large pore that is capable of growing fruit evolved to attract herbivores, in the event that the plant has no more means to produce meat fruit.

## **Acidic Vat**

   Just below the trap door, the vat awaits, the whole chamber lined with a slick mucus that both protects the plant and keeps the prey trapped. The vat is filled with digestive enzymes evolved to turn all soft tissues into a putty, while keeping solid material (bones, teeth, large hairs, etc.) whole. The meat putty is then taken little by little into a chamber where the digestive enzymes are separated from the paste. After the separation is complete, the second main chamber is opened, and the pure meat paste is then carried upwards towards the cellulose-based casings. The second chamber, found closer to the bottom of the vat, is where the now decesed prey's bones are deposited. The bones enter this intestine-like organ after all of the digestive enzymes are drained. The bones then travel through this organ while the plant takes all the nutrients it can until there is nothing left.

### Packing

Found just after the seed depository is the cellulous casing organ of the plant. The organ itself is much like a spiders spinnerette, with hotdog fruit getting squeezed through a tight hole before the organ pinches the fruit off, creating the hotdog shape it is named for.

## **Seed production**

Seeds of this plant are inserted into the meat paste, which get eaten by carnivores and are transported great distances. The actual seeds are very small and hard, allowing them to pass through the intense environment of the carnivores digestive system. The fruiting body contains the same seeds, and basic compound composition. The seeds have a peppery taste

## **Root System**

    The Root System of this plant is composed of two different types of roots: Structural and Sensing. Structural roots (6a in diagram) are more widespread in area, better at transporting neutrients, and better at supporting the plant structurally. Sensing roots (6b in diagram) are primarily grown much closer to the surface, are much more thin and only grown around the trap door of the pitfall. This acts as an early warning defence for the plant, sensing the weight of an incoming creature and givingthe plant time to fill the vat with digestive enzymes before the creature falls into it.