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Demodon — Description

A massive beast that shambles through hair fields, the Demodon is one of the major grazers of these lands. Its mouth parts are designed to comb through clumps of hair and strain off oils, loose keratin, eggs and growths. Demodon move slowly through the fields, looking for patches with heavy growths to comb and clean for sustenance. Due to their large size, they spend most of their time awake grazing and then long periods of sleeping. Their diet isn't the most nutritious, so they move slowly to conserve energy.
Their size and soft flesh makes for tempting targets, and Demodons have to worry about predators. To help protect themselves, their backs are covered in stiff sharp hairs along with rows of larger barbed keratin spikes. These are meant to keep larger predators from taking a bite from above, and smaller ones from hopping atop where the Demodon can't reach. To go with this defense, their long fleshy tail sports even more keratin spikes to thrash foes with. By whipping these spiny clubs about, they can maul or skewer predators, making them difficult to approach if the Demodon is alert.
Regardless of these defenses, Demodon are still targeted by carnivores, but also by humans. Their size means plenty of meat to be harvested from a kill, and their slow nature can easily to exploited during a hunt. Their sharp spikes can be fashioned into spears which, in a twist of fate, are often used to hunt down even more Demodon. One of the main warnings that come from hunting these beasts is that a game plan must be thoroughly thought out on how the victor will haul the spoils once the deed is done. A dead beast of this size is a feast for any creature, and the smell that comes from their death will alert predators and scavengers for miles around. Hunters must be prepared and fast when it comes to field dressing the carcass and hauling out all the parts they want, as it won't be long before a feeding frenzy arrives. A good chunk of injuries and deaths that come from these hunts are the result of hunters becoming collateral damage when a wave of hungry maws crash upon the carcass, devouring everything that doesn't run fast enough.
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Another short entry, sorry folks! There are some critters that kinda just....exist. Not too much crazy stuff going on with em, but I think they are neat!