Devanu Eggstick

The devanu have learned the importance of keeping their nests well concealed and mobile. In the distant past they would lay their eggs in the branches of trees, secured firmly in place and out of reach of scavengers. This is not much use against the ingenious fubarnii, so the devanu now fashion eggsticks that they can plant in the ground or lash into the branches of trees but that they can carry with them if they need to move.

The eggs are 8 or so inches across, and are laid as a globby mess that then hardens on contact with air. That globby mass is secreted into a crude structure that has been prepared by weaving a few sticks around a branch (often using the fork in a branch to provide support). In areas where the Devanu don't have a stable and safe nest, the eggs are secreted onto sturdy sticks that can be moved around and are stuck into the ground or supported in a tree at the Devanu's nest site. A typical Devanu nest-tree is squat and gnarly. The eggs are smeared into the basket type structure, rather than being a solid egg layed into the basket - the eggs are viscous and stay together as a mass, but they initially deform to fill the shape they are placed in. Devanu eggs are also very sticky initially and cling to a branch even with minimal support.