Divalve 1.0 (OLD)

THIS IS OLD PLEASE REFER TO THE NEW REF SHEET dragimal.deviantart.com/art/Di…

this is my first open species/adoptable thing, so hopefully I'm doing this right, aha. based off of this guy, Risk dragimal.deviantart.com/art/Ri… , I submitted to a character contest a while back (he doesn't completely fit the species description, since I updated it while I was making it, so base species stuff off of this, and not him)

if ya want to use this species to make new characters and such, all ya have to do is give me proper credit for creating the species (yes, u can even sell adoptables, if u want, just, again, remember the credit to me). in any of these instances, plz link me to the characters/adoptables so I can see them cus' I'd love to see them!! OvO

extra species info-
-diet- omnivorous scavenger. they basically eat anything that's dead and/or dying (such as a rotting tree). the prehensile tongue is used to help tear apart their meals
-senses-
~sight- more heat-oriented than light-oriented. mostly see the world as colorful splotches of temperature-varied forms (before anyone asks, they differentiate paint colors by how they interact w/ light rays and gain heat. IE- black is hotter than white)
~smell- very sensitive. olfactory sensors found within the ridges of the mouth/throat.
~hearing- varies among individuals.
~touch- they feel very little when it comes to pressure (and, as such, have a high pain tolerance when it comes to bodily damage along these lines), but are extremely sensitive to temperature changes. temperature preferences vary among individuals, and their physical/emotional pleasures revolves heavily around their temperature preferences (basically, if u know what temp. a Divalve likes, and u can provide them w/ that temp., they're your new best friend)
~taste- not very strong, and only actually useful in relation to scent.
-hermaphroditic in that they carry both eggs and sperm. around mating season, the Divalves gather and each make a temporary nest where they lay a clutch of around 4-5 small eggs (about the size of that main Divalve's eye-holes, up there, in comparison to the body). these eggs are soft and pliable, so the Divalves must be very careful and delicate w/ them. once the eggs are secure, the Divalves wander around the different nests, evaluating each nest of eggs, and deciding which one(s) they might like to raise. they usually choose one or two (though, they may not even choose any, and just leave after they contribute their batch of eggs), then proceed to gently tear a small hole in the egg's covering and insert their sperm. the unfertilized eggs that aren't chosen are simply left to scavengers (so, considering they're scavengers, they often eat their own unfertilized eggs). young are then raised by a single parent
-on that above hermaphroditic note, the great majority consider their gender neutral or non, though some who have interacted w/ other species who have multiple sexes may have other gender expressions (such as Risk up there)
-about the size of a medium-sized dog (can vary to large-sized or semi-small)
-exothermic, yet their survival/metabolism does not hinge upon body temp. in the same way it does for other animals (they kinda break the laws of physics, here). depending on their preferences, they will choose environments that suit their pleasures (whether it be a hot, cold, or varying temp. environments). their fins help in regulating their body temp.