Bapuva

(bah-puh-vah)

Biological Information

Sz: .7-1 m. | 28-39” (on four legs)
Wt: 50-170 kg. | 110-375 lbs.
Loc: Pale Shores
Tpt: Predatory
Prd: None

References

As the apex predators of Pale Shores, bapuva are generally left alone by avocs.¹ In the harshest of cold seasons, bapuva have been known to seek warmth and animals in avoc settlements.²

The origins of “bapuva” have been lost over time, as no aspect is recognizable in avoc that make sense given the animal. The species keep fish and small-mammals from overpopulating in the warm and cold seasons respectively.

The most notable feature are their four eyes, used to look for fish while the head is submerged in a river and to look into trees while they keep their nose close to the ground to pick up a scent.¹ In the warm season bapuvas live on almost entirely fish from mountain streams, but move to fat-storing mammals such as cranipxum and marnma in the cold season away from the mountains. Largely solitary creatures aside from mating, bapuvas born in a litter of entirely male cubs have been known to travel together for many years.² A female will rarely have more than two litters over a normal 20 year lifespan.