Armored Predatory Eel

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Extinct (May 2nd, 2020): Outcompeted by D. caranaga

Evolved from M. armorgedonensis, They have developed more armor plates because their plates grew larger and divided and sharp teeth for tear flesh and cracking shells.

Growing up to 3.1 feet they are found in zone 9. They feed on Gigoslontus gigas, Metatestudius universaoculusii and N. aldankmemesteinii (they are protected by their armored plate and sharp teeth able to break through the hard shell). They live solitarily but each territory have at least a pair (however hunts solitarily only when breeding they will get together). Males and females will fight each other in territorial battles biting their armored plates cracking it. However the armor plate will grow back and repair itself in couple of months. They hunt in open water by charging at their prey gripping their prey with their jaws and thrashing it around brutally until its able to swallow it. They breed during autumn to winter (only breed once or rarely twice every season) the pair gathers to see if they are worth to breed if they are not they will have a territorial battle but if both accepts its mate they will dig a nest. The burrow would then be a large nest as the pair mates and lay their eggs(50-100 eggs but only 1-10 survive) and burry them. Once the eggs hatch they are left underground to dig. Once the babies reach the surface they will feed on A. redensis and S. stringiensis,. Once they are juvenile they will form packs and hunt invertebrates like N. spinoyonxii and small young or subadult Nataresukus. When they turn subadult they will chase each other and the pack spreads out living solitarily feeding on what the adults eat.

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