0.00-1.20s: The elongated salt clump pulls its trailing r...

0.00-1.20s: The elongated salt clump pulls its trailing right mass inward toward its center, contracting horizontally and thickening vertically. 1.20-2.30s: The body rounds into a smooth compact dome as it lifts gently upward from the base, consolidating mass into a smaller volume. 2.30-3.00s: The creature smoothly settles into its compact, rounded dome shape centered slightly higher, coming to rest in the exact form of Picture 2.