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Challenging the odds since the dawn of civilization, these bulbous insectoid creatures have caused more underground cave-ins than anyone would care to record. Bomblets are rotund larval creatures whose stubby little legs clumsily propel them through their subterranean habitat, where they eat various forms of carrion and fungi to feed their intense metabolism. It is however unknown what Bomblets pupate into, because their incredibly volatile internal chemistry will eventually cause them to explode. Exposure to fire and heat, sudden physical or electrical shocks, and in come cases even subtle things like sound vibrations or sudden changes in atmospheric pressure can make these aptly named creatures detonate with a powerful blast that scatters its acidic bodily fluids across the area. Despite their tendency to, well, explode, the species still manages to survive; bomblets only start to become volatile several weeks into the larval state, at which point they will have scattered throughout the underground by genetic impetus to preserve their numbers. Bomblets lead a more or less solitary existence where possible, as explosive chain reactions amongst groups of bomblets are quite common. At this point, the fact that bomblets lack sapience is a small mercy.
Bomblets are larvae with a thin, red and yellow colored chitin shell that seems to visibly bloat from the creature's girth, suggesting its volatility. They are roughly 18 inches long, and about 15 inches tall and wide. They instinctively restrict their movement speed to prevent shocks to themselves, and often bury themselves into holes when they are not foraging for food. A newly volatile bomblet weighs approximately 15 5 to 10 pounds.
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