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podocanth, more commonly called a skin tick, are small ostoexoapo which use their spiny feet to root themselves onto their hosts and then begin drinking their blood, their shell is rather hollow compared to most ostoexoapo, and they use that extra space for their stomach to expand into as they digest blood, they usually attach themselves to a host while they are still in their larval form, relying on their proboscis to stay attached until they mature, they will fall off their host if they smell a particular chemical that [in the maschoran desert at least] only emits from ambidendroanthid seedheads, which is used to deter seelenlos from eating them, they will make their way onto the seedhead and lay eggs and mate with other podocanths if there are any, their eggs are coated in a sticky mucus like substance that keeps them attached to the seeds allowing them to spread fast and far, if you have any questions about this ostoexoapo please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer