Kenotai Sauceback

The kenotai sauceback split from its ancestor the snow sauceback. It has doubled in size and only lives in Kenotai River. It has specialized in eating aquatic fauna. It has lost all its feathers on its legs so it can wade in the water without getting wet. However they now produce oils from their skin to keep the feather from getting too wet. Their neck and tusks have gotten longer in order to lunge at prey and then snap them up.

Since they cannot see they use their large ears and sensitive noses to listen and smell for prey in the water. When it's cold in the winter they will grow a thicker winter coat and can use their tusks to break open a hole in the icy river. They will stand over these ice holes and maintain them so they can keep fed all winter. Sometimes they will even hang their heads down to feel in the water with their tusks and then when something bumps into them snap it up.

They will lay their eggs in the summer. They lay 2 to 3 eggs each year, however only one offspring will reach adulthood. Their larvae has to hatch and reach adolescence before the arrival of winter so they can make ice holes of their own. While saucebacks are normally solitary they will gather in the spring to mate. Males will fight over females with their sharp mandibles and tail spikes.