Floating Algae

So, giving all the flying creatures we seem to have, here is something to feed the herbivores.

Name of Race: Unnamed

Body Type: other, algae colony

Intelligence: Algae-like

Diet: Photosynthesis

Lifespan: colonies of these can live indefinitely in the right conditions.

Appearance: Initially indistinguishable from normal algae, growing in ponds, lakes, and oceans. As they get older, they form into hollow spheres, filled with hot air, and become buoyant in the air.

Physiology: As the colony grows older, the dead algae form a hollow shell around the organism, on the inside, it becomes filled with hot air, that the algae produce, thus becoming neutrally buoyant on normal air. Once it dies, its nutricious shells remain, which eventually find their way to new breeding grounds, perpetuating the species. Occasionally they clump together, and can form a sort of living, floating landmass. Like a flying island, but they are always temporary, as it will be broken up, and die eventually. These might make a perfect meal for a flying herbivore.

Origin: They evolved naturally, their floating ability grants them a far wider reproduction range than their competition, meaning they have a evolutionary advantage.

Reproduction: The dead plant, once it finds a suitable breeding ground, will break apart, and start the cycle all over again.

It was created by cyberwarrior101.