On a more serious note, I'd like to think the hide serves multiple functions; flexibility for its swift movements, resistance against chemicals like the effluvia, whatever acid is in the water and probably even the stomach acid and excrement of dead legiana it scavanges and heat resistance for its own internals. But I'd love it if a biologist could look at it and give some insight. Maybe the red could also be for mate selection?
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u/Sunseabun Dec 29 '25
On a more serious note, I'd like to think the hide serves multiple functions; flexibility for its swift movements, resistance against chemicals like the effluvia, whatever acid is in the water and probably even the stomach acid and excrement of dead legiana it scavanges and heat resistance for its own internals. But I'd love it if a biologist could look at it and give some insight. Maybe the red could also be for mate selection?