Esselt
Esselt | |
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Homeworld: |
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Habitat: |
Open ocean |
Length: |
Up to 1.6m |
Diet: |
Smaller animals, shellfish |
motile IV | |
Social Unit: |
Pods |
Intelligence: |
Semi-sapient |
Esselts are a type of aquatic animal native to Unda.
Physiology
1.5m long, an Esselt has a single, yellow eye at the end of its reptilian snout. It has many banana-like teeth, useful for grabbing and slicing into prey.
It has two arms, tipped with webbed fingers, and its tail has merged with its hindlimbs to increase in size.
Their skin is pale blue for camouflage, and slightly slimy. Gills are present to supply the creature with oxygen, and are constantly undulated.
Reproduction
Sexual animals, Esselt mate with the male above the female. Gestation takes 3 months, then 3-6 eggs are laid in a crack in the rocks or coral-beds.
Diet
Esselts are carnivores, eating the smaller animals of the ocean.
Intelligence
These animals are reasonably intelligent, needing the ability to escape predators such as Krakens and Squorg. They travel in groups of five to twelve.
Their manipulators allow them to use tools made from coral or stone. These are used for digging and breaking flesh.