Cactus. Desert Full Season. Zouadouans (large cacti) that can live for up to two hundred garalel and grow to be anywhere from four to twenty five tessadren tall. They are very wide like trees at the base and taper as they go up and branch outward. Most have a humanoid configuration of trunk and branches. Crayribbins are mostly non-flowering zouaduons. Like all zouadouans, the spines are large (up to one ten long), barbed, and non-regenerating. These plants can hold vast amounts of water in an otherwise harsh and inhospitable desert. The largest Crayribbins, at about twenty five tessadren tall, hold roughly one juka. Crayribbins continue to efficiently hold water once they are dead, but do not replenish. The replenish rate on a Crayribbin is roughly one jug per season. Only the rare, long-beaked Jebafays can penetrate the armor-like skin of the Crayribbin. The tough, grayish green hide of the Crayribbin is made up of three layers. The outermost flesh is a grayish-green plate armor tightly jointed over the whole surface. Where the seams meet protrude the ominous barbs. The next layer in is a waxy, semi-solid wood which is about one ten thick. The last and innermost layer is a sort of waterproof jelly membrane which locks in the water. It allows water to come in from the outside, but not back out. The Crayribbin, like all zouads and zouaduons, are guartenbias, or root-spreaders, which means they distribute their seeds along their root systems. But due to their size and strength, growth competition is fierce and population is very sparse. Crayribbins are extremely important to desert peoples, and are usually hidden and almost always fiercely guarded. Most are familiars and named. They are sometimes decorated to enhance their humanoid appearance. Dead Crayribbins are mourned more intensely than deaths of people. The light but powerful barbed spines are valued as darts used in blowguns and other weapons. The needles are also used for sewing and other tools. Dead Crayribbins are carefully removed from the ground so that new ones may take its place, but the carcass of the zouadouan is a valuable storage container. They are even sometimes used as coffins for Waiake royalty or other peoples bordering the desert. They have also been used as boats. The flesh of a Crayribbin is also used by some as armor. Varieties: Common Crayribbin, One Arm Cray, Short Cray, King Crayribbin