Creature:Proco

Cell Stage
On the comet Sisnik-4 there was a vast pool of water enclosed in rock and crystal. The comet crashed down to planet Procis, the chemicals inside having already mixed into cells. The cells evolved very slowly, soon giving rise to Proono. It was an herbivore feeding on the first plants and preyed upon by Goldy and Chomper. Eventually the Proono evolved two spikes near it's rear and adopted a predatory diet. Steadily they were evolving larger and had begun eating Shyster and now dwarfed enemy Goldy. Massive Booster preyed upon it now.

Proono continued growing, eventually evolving some more flagella and electric glands. Long eye stalks aloud them to see enemies more easily. By this time it had begun eating Maa, a vulnerable target. Eventually through pores on it's sides Proono could breathe air and the creatures crawled up onto the land, evolving legs. It was reclassified as Procinus Proco.

Creature Stage
Proco was arguably the most intelligent creature of the Terracadet Period of the geology of planet Procis. They used their jaw to scoop up sand, dirt, and stones to form colonies based on a nest. The jaw began to evolve into a mouth, which soon did occur. The unique bark of a Proco was a complex communication system meaning things such as "I found food!" "Help me, please!" or even "This nest is getting overcrowded. Let's band and make a new one."

The complex communication aloud Proco to spread with ease. The intelligent beasts grew a network of nests that spanned much of the continent of Frya. They were still bound to the seas since they laid aquatic eggs. The aquatic Proco larvae was simple. It had a toothless mouth with tiny eye stalks and swum like an eel. Most larvae didn't reach adulthood due to monsters underwater.

On land, Proco had few predators to worry about. The worst predator was Timitadi an herbivorous but territorial amphibian with a sharp turtle-like beak. Proco themselves mostly ripped through foliage to find small meaty animals and large insects. Occasionally they would group into a pair and tackle large game such as venomous land fish. These couldn't kill Proco as their poison was designed for smaller game but it can be threatening.

40 million years after this, Proco was now a rough skinned creature with a brownish tint for camouflage. They needed to worry about their old enemies, the Timitadi, which had evolved into Intimantado. Intimantado grouped into packs of 3 or four and ambushed lone Proco, killing and eating them. Proco now ate massive Flying Terrafish, descended from venomous land fish. The massive winged fish opened large fin like wings and glided. Proco would strike them down when they landed onto the forest floor to look for their insect food.

The Proco lived in large nests, using sticks as clubs to beat any rebels to the pecking order. Eventually the pecking order formed a tribal caste system and social hierarchy. A gifted Proco of lowest caste, the nest-cleaning slaves, invented an extremely complex communication, a language of 250 words. This helped communicate warnings, messages, and other information. Most importantly, intelligence could be shared. These steps led up to nomadic tribes, a proto-civilization.