They are strictly predators, requiring live prey; they have twin sets of teeth (outer for biting and inner for pulpingtheir throats are unfit for swallowing solid food) and retractable claws.
Churches within the bloc are however known to be disunited and always at each other's throats, almost foreclosing the possibility of a consensus candidate.
Stems are topped with small but showy inflorescences containing hairy sepals and lipped, funnel-shaped flowers in shades of pinkish-purple with purple-spotted white throats.