Sunflower Slime by NerdyPervBoy on DeviantArt (original) (raw)
"Some people tell that sunflower slimes always look at the Sun, what do they hide?"
Diet: fertilizers, sunlight
The most favorite: nitrogen fertilizers
Slimeology: Sunflower is one of floristic slimes, distinctive feature of them is being a symbiosis of slime and sunflower.
Flower grows in body of slime, there are two versions of plant's anatomy: roots in slime or out of slime.
In slime's mucus chlorophyll and chloroplasts are found, but it's purpose is unknown: for producing food or something else.
the reason for symbiosis that it benefits each of the members. Sunflower is in humidity and under protection, Slime gets carbs as a food. there is an ongoing research on nutrients for plant and slime that said mucus contains.
Risks: Sunflower slimes are light-hungry, they need to be kept in the most sunny place, if not - slime and plants will die. Also Also keeping this slime around herbivores and cat-like slimes are not recommended, some of its part can be eaten by others.
Plortonomics: plorts appearing is not quick, it needs some time for "ripening", usually it's 1-3 hour(s) after feeding. There's sunflower seed in the plort. It's active, mucus is a nutritious start for plant. Sunflowers from plorts grow/sprout 25% faster than their the Earth sibling, it's the reason of farmers' love.
Sunflower largos have sunflowers, it can be smaller, sometimes they can have roots
Natural habitat: sunny glades of Far, Far Range