Crawlung
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Creator: Skwidbox
Size: 5 meters long, 1 wide
Diet: Opportunistic (Anything edible, really)
Reproduction: Sexual, live birth into tide pools
The Crawlung has made long strides in the way of terrestrial survival. It's water sacs have grown to tremendous size, and as such their entire body has scaled up. They no longer require frequent trips to beaches to refill, instead they take a large gulp of water and let it sit for a few days within these sacs, meanwhile bacteria inside keeps infection at bay. Another adaptation is their saliva. The frothy liquid is extremely salty, almost caustic, the reason for which is actually quite necessary to their life processes. All the water they gain from food is usually enriched with salt, as most animals on Vailnoffia are aquatic to some extent - the saliva acts as a way to remove this salt and keep their electrolytes in check. Without this adaptation, many would die from bone crystallization or worse.