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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5546835" data-attributes="member: 57383">Hmm, I think their underslung jaws are probably hidden beneath their body so oughtn't to be in the description. They also aren't that big compared to the size of the animal.The &quot;Wiwaxia are primarily scavengers, but capture smaller prey if given the chance.&quot; doesn't jibe very well with &quot;Wiwaxia is a simple predator, crawling toward prey and biting with its large jaws.&quot;It also wouldn't hurt to say what shape it is...This three-foot creature has a square-sided elliptical body covered in hard, scaly plates.&nbsp; Seven&nbsp; pairs of long, bladelike spines run down each side of its body. It oozes along like a slug.&nbsp;Wiwaxia is a primitive marine vermin. It spends most of its time&nbsp; crawling across the muddy ocean floor looking for food.Wiwaxia are&nbsp; primarily scavengers, but devour live prey if given the chance.&nbsp; Wiwaxia have a backwards-slanted mouth hidden beneath their body, just in&nbsp; front of their slug-like foot. Folded inside this mouth are two or three flexible rows of conical teeth, the wiwaxia can push these jaws out of its mouth to scrape away food.&nbsp;A wiwaxia is 3 feet long and weighs 50 pounds or more.&nbsp;COMBAT&nbsp;Wiwaxia crawl toward anything that smells edible and then bites with powerful snaps of its tooth-rows.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 5546835, member: 57383"] Hmm, I think their underslung jaws are probably hidden beneath their body so oughtn't to be in the description. They also aren't that big compared to the size of the animal. The "Wiwaxia are primarily scavengers, but capture smaller prey if given the chance." doesn't jibe very well with "Wiwaxia is a simple predator, crawling toward prey and biting with its large jaws." It also wouldn't hurt to say what shape it is... [I]This three-foot creature has a square-sided elliptical body covered in hard, scaly plates. Seven pairs of long, bladelike spines run down each side of its body. It oozes along like a slug.[/I] Wiwaxia is a primitive marine vermin. It spends most of its time crawling across the muddy ocean floor looking for food. Wiwaxia are primarily scavengers, but devour live prey if given the chance. Wiwaxia have a backwards-slanted mouth hidden beneath their body, just in front of their slug-like foot. Folded inside this mouth are two or three flexible rows of conical teeth, the wiwaxia can push these jaws out of its mouth to scrape away food. A wiwaxia is 3 feet long and weighs 50 pounds or more. COMBAT Wiwaxia crawl toward anything that smells edible and then bites with powerful snaps of its tooth-rows. [/QUOTE]

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