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Habitat |
Forests, in trees
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Overview |
Forretress have shells that are steel-hard. Like Pineco, they are largely sessile, living out their lives almost entirely in a single tree. However, while Pineco prefer to live in branches, Forretress makes their homes in the nooks and crannies of tree trunks. They are insectivores, catching bugs that are attracted to the scent of Pineco resin around them. Forretress can no longer produce this rein themselves, however, so they are always found within trees of Pineco colonies. Researchers are baffled by the contents of their shells. Forretress carapaces are impenetrable even by the marvels of modern science. They only crack open just barely wide enough to catch prey, and do it so quickly that the motion is practically invisible to the naked eye. Though Forretress can still explode like Pineco, they prefer to defend themselves with Spikes. Their shells naturally chip from outside weather conditions--by periodically spinning rapidly, they can dislodge sharp, broken pieces of their shells onto the ground below to deter predators from approaching. This maneuver is in fact a defensive reflex that triggers instinctually whenever Forretress are startled.
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Evolves from Pineco at Lvl 31