Tree Racer 

By now the Terra Squids seem to be showing off as they go were no Mollusk has gone before

Clambering among the many trees of the coastal forests' open woodlands is one of the most peculiar Tera Squid. Hugging the side of the tree its skin blends in with the mottled dark brown bark.

It’s only when hunting that this odd descendant of the Tree’s Bane pulls its main party trick. 

The smallest Neck Snare is no bigger than a small cat like its ancestor it is a hunter of small animals pursuing them through the canopy. 

Much of its prey is fast-moving and good a leaping between trees' small animals like the Furred Squid and Hoppers that can survive falls from heights. 

It is here that Tree Racer reveals its adaptation peeling away from the branch it spreads its legs and enters a domain no Mollusk or Spirallian have ever gone before. The air. 

The front two limbs the longest of any Tera Squid by body size support a membrane of skin that forms a lifting surface that allows the Tree Racer to glide for a distance of over 500 meters easily enough to keep pace with its faster prey.

 By folding its arms it can quickly descend to catch prey that fails to make a leap and falls to the ground the pointed beaks of their ancestor make for swift kills.

However, the animals that they hunt are adapting back to this gliding menace. Hoppers are beginning to develop faster escape methods or better defense's some Furred Squid are also growing larger well others have developed a spur on their feet acting like a second claw for better climbing abilities. 

It is clear that an arms race is shaping up between the forest climbers and their new predator leading them all down new evolutionary paths