Sammakkoivet

The sammakkoivet replaced its ancestor in Bone Marsh and Bone River. The sammakkoivet has developed a strategy to help catch and kill the fauna of Bone River and Bone Marsh. When it kills an animal, rather than disposing of the body right away, it will hold it in its jaws and send strong electrical pulses through the corpse. This will cause the corpse to dance and flail around, attracting predators and curious fauna. When this animal comes close enough, the sammakkoivet will quickly jump towards it and latch on to its neck or other vulnerable area, and send strong electrical pulses through its soon to be prey. The sammakkoivets jaws have become extremely strong, and are thus very hard to remove after they have attached themselves to the prey. The sammakkoivet has also changed color to mimic the gold of the sand. When it performs this ritual, it will often bury itself under the sand a bit, so that when the while prey sees the corpse flailing around, it will not see the sammakkoivet. It has lost its dorsal fin for the same reason. Their massive size also aides in the killing, for it will often overwhelm the prey. The only animals the sammakkoivet has trouble consuming are adult dreadsnappers and omnisaw armorsnappers. In fights that include these creatures, usually none will win, rather both animals will be left mortally wounded. There is no mating season for the sammakkoivets. Rather, when two adults of opposite sexes meet, they will enter a mating ritual in which they bite and electrify each other. The electricity stimulates them and thus prepares them for the actual mating. A few months after the female is fertilized, she will give live birth to younglings. The younglings will stay with their mother until they are mature. Because the younglings are usually are not strong enough to kill their own prey, the father will instead bring dead animals to the nest which the family will proceed to eat together. When the younglings do reach maturity, they will leave the nest and proceed to live a life of their own. The mother and father will stay together for life, and make new younglings every time the previous group leaves the nest.