Flumphs have no sense of smell and little sense of taste beyond a vague impression that a given material is nutritious, inedible, or potentially poisonous. Eating for the sake of nutrition rather than enjoyment, a flumph consumes minerals and organic matter, feeding it into a small mouth hidden among the spikes and tentacles on its ventral side. Paying close attention to its physiology and always trying to maintain a chemical balance, the flumph consumes large quantities of salts and alkaline materials to keep its acid production in check-the acid covering its tentacles and used for its noxious spray forms in a thick gland connected to its stomachs.