Gigginox Ecology

The Gigginox is a cave dwelling pseudo-wyvern that spends nearly its entire life in the subzero caves of the tundra. Closey related to the Khezu, the Gigginox is also a hermaphroditic wyvern, with mating ritual similar to that of a snail. (The partners partake in a ritualistic mating dance to fight over who will be male and who will be the female.) The Gigginox are highly fertile wyvern, being able to reproduce several hundred times, sometimes even creating a cavern just for this purpose. Of course not all young survive, most are eaten by Baggi which seem to enjoy them very much. This would explain why Baggi and adult Gigginox are natural enemies. The Gigginox is an ambush predator, able to wait for several weeks, even months for prey such as a Popo or Baggi to wander into its territory. It senses its prey using glowing purple heat sensing pits on its head that actually once served as eyes. Once it senses his prey it will then engulf it in its highly expandable,but jawless leech-like mouth, or attack by using its powerful venom, which can kill in a matter of hours. The Gigginox is not above scavenging either, and if a kill is made by another predator in the caves, it will lie in wait camoflauged on the ceiling until the larger predator has eaten its fill. All in all, the gigginox is one of the most intriguing (and disgusting) inhabitants of the Tundra environment.