Little Hammerhead

Before the hole
The Little Hammerhead is a rodent like tiny animal. They can measure up to 7” in height and are quite fast, and agile, going through tiny overtures in the ground or between plants. As they are herbivores, they don’t show signs of aggressive behavior towards other species, they are more often scared by any moving sounds or visual and hide in the nearest spot they can find. For that reason they prefer forests to live, and often live in small communities, building holes on trees, or founding nests in little cavities. When they feel in danger their primary defense, besides fleeing, is to curl up into a little fluffy ball, and since they are green, they match verdant territories quite well, making up for some camouflage. When they go out for food some individuals gather plants and bring them back to their friends and family, others prepare and build up comfy nest while they are away, and some even try to scout for eventual dangers for the rest of the community. They do not function via hierarchy but rather send the ones more fitting to do a job on those task. There is rarely fights or animosity within nests, they are very peaceful and social creatures. They have a mating process similar to rabbits, leading to large populations, and when the number of specimens exceed the capacity of the group to maintain a healthy nest, they are exiled and found a new nest on their own. Communities are often between 10 and 25 of them, and rarely go further than 30. They also tend to spend a lot of time licking themselves, because their saliva erases smells they might left behind for predators.

After the hole
With the hole, Little Hammerheads are now in larger and larger communities, because over time the understanding that feeding wasn’t necessary anymore has made them rethink about the exiled ones. More and more communities merge together and create larger and larger nests, as they are a social animal, they tend to priorities spending time with others and searching for other communities together. It’s not rare to see meetings with 200 of them running around in the wilds. However they still fear other species and tend to avoid them, by hiding or running away.