Bulborb larva(thanatorian)

Thanatorian bulborb larva(Thanatorian oculus bambinii) not to be confused to be Nintendo's bulborb Larva appear to be small round infant snail monsters that have a yellow face and a pale yellow behind which only has a tiny tail. on the top of their upper lip are 2 snail like eye stalks with large round blue eyes perched on them. Although originally smaller in its origins, the larva of this world are the size of a car sponge. these juvenile bulborbs belong to the Grub-dog family which are a new family found on Thanator B. Bulborb larva possess soft squishy skin and only live in caves with their queen. 1000's of this juvenile grub-dog are born every day and each can evolve into seperate variants depending on the genes that are chosen from their Queen.

## Discovery

The first Bulborb larva specimen was discovered in 2064 when human scientists discovered a cave on the MegaVine continent after a scientist found a Bulblax den where he was startled by a single larva crawling out of its den for the first time and the scientists instead of capturing it decided to watch it. the specimen they named 'Dory' crawled to an ant hill and attacked it by digging into the mound and scooping up groups of fire ants. the larva managed to take down half the anthill until it had gotten full and it crawled back into the Bulblax den where they didn't see it for a whopping 10 hours. When it came back out however they discovered it now had grown some colors on its back and grew some small 2 toed feet much like a frog. when scientists brought their findings back to earth a few people drew some suspiciously uncanny connections between the specimen they discovered and the bulborb larva from the nintendo game Pikmin 2 which actually lead some people to become suspicious of the group who found the larva despite the many pictures. This would have backed the scientists into the corner but they had a secret guest they didn't see whenever they got back home. a bulborb larva without spots had crawled into the backpack of the lead scientist who discovered the bulborb larvae on thanator B and hitched a ride to earth. the reason why it was in the bag was because he had some sugary snacks which attracted a few ants and the stowaway larva which by this time people had assumed that this was all made up and the original creator of the Pikmin games got involved but once they presented the bulborb larva everything changed. not only did this completely blow his mind but it also made scientists begin wondering how exactly bulborb larva were able to be found on Thanator B since these were just fictional creatures until this discovery.

## Hunting strategies

since they are so small, Bulborb larvae must find food in large numbers in order to block escape and consume as much as possible. their main diet are insects and occasionally will go after mice and rats if they are exposed to them. once they have their fill they will retreat to their den and go take a nap.

## Evolutions

The bulborb larvae have some of the most diverse evolution capabilities which is because at the second they are spawned by their queen their evolutionary genes are routed to a single adult version and whenever they reach maturity their spots and abilities begin to show much like a bee. the rarer transformations are another queen or a king which are known as Thanatorian emperor bulblax. they only take a month to mature into adults due to the increased oxygen levels on the continent.

## Trivia

The creator of Pikmin fainted upon contact with the bulborb larva.

Bulborb larva first appeared in the video game 'Pikmin 2' in 2004

bulborb larva squeals can alert other larvae from 1 mile of each other.