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"Miss they may seem harmless at first, playful, heck sometimes cute even, so much that you end up building a false sense of security amongst them and may even try to touch or get in the water with them, its then that you're suddenly reminded why they've got such a name when they snap their many pointy teeth and at you and tear off your pretty little face."
- Frontiersman Dean Johnson to famous writer and naturalist Lilian P.Sturmvögel.

"Family: Flappers,Billseals,Snappers and allies (Polycotylidae)
Scientific name: Eupolycotylus appalachiensis
Diet:Carnivore
Area of occurence: All across the bayous of southern appalachia and the Devil thorn's peninsula, up to some rivers of the heartland and even as far as some lakes of the great western lake system.
Size: Can grow to 3 meters long, with males being typically larger, and most females reaching up to 2.2 to 2.5m

Of all creatures one can meet in the bayou, few are as charismatic yet as dangerous as the swamp snapper. A close relative of many well known marine Polycotylids from the Western and Hudson seaways, the swamp snapper is a common sight troughout the continent's swampy waterways and large rivers, where they are easily spotted by their acrobatic jumps and pirouettes along the river surface.
The plentiful rivers of appalachia are home to many different kinds of fish, many of it comercially valued, which leads to fishing being quite the lucrative business around the south, however, the crafty snappers more often than not make the life of fishermen a living hell as they learned to steal fish out of fishing hooks and snap off fishing nets for an easy meal, ruining the profit of most comercial ships who work on snapper infested waters. They are mischievous and curious creatures who will come close to human habitations or follow the trail of boats in order to look around, however, do not ever get fooled by their apparent joyful and playful disposition, these creatures are just as dangerous as they are curious, and getting too close will often mean the loss of a limb, or maybe worse. One tourist from Laramidia once decided to join these creatures for a swim and the only thing i can say is, it took the police a while to recognize the body...

Swamps Snappers however, are not man eaters, and their attacks on humans are something more out of curiosity than hunger, as they always leave a body behind, no matter in how bad state, like a shark that uses his mouth to "explore" his surroundings. Their primary prey is the garpike (lepisosteidae), but they feed on a large variety of aquatic animals, from crustaceans to small reptiles and even the occasional bird or pterosaur, their crooked, sharp, pointy teeth are perfect for holding slippery prey along the murky waters of the swamps and rivers they inhabit.

Tough dangerous and crafty, Snappers are amazing creatures, that have managed to thrive even in the face of heavy human exploitation of their native habitat, they may have a bad fame that is sometimes well deserved, they are further proof that this is a dangerous world, and that even tough we modify the enviroment as heavily as we do, life, as they said in old times, will always find a way."
-From the Field Guide of Appalachian Wildlife by Lilian P.Sturmvögel

(If you're curious about this Lilian Sturmvögel lady who's been featuring heavily in this project so far, don't worry, we'll be hearing more about her soon, aswell as about a few other colorfull characters from this universe.)

Description
"Miss they may seem harmless at first, playful, heck sometimes cute even, so much that you end up building a false sense of security amongst them and may even try to touch or get in the water with them, its then that you're suddenly reminded why they've got such a name when they snap their many pointy teeth and at you and tear off your pretty little face."
- Frontiersman Dean Johnson to famous writer and naturalist Lilian P.Sturmvögel.

"Family: Flappers,Billseals,Snappers and allies (Polycotylidae)
Scientific name: Eupolycotylus appalachiensis
Diet:Carnivore
Area of occurence: All across the bayous of southern appalachia and the Devil thorn's peninsula, up to some rivers of the heartland and even as far as some lakes of the great western lake system.
Size: Can grow to 3 meters long, with males being typically larger, and most females reaching up to 2.2 to 2.5m

Of all creatures one can meet in the bayou, few are as charismatic yet as dangerous as the swamp snapper. A close relative of many well known marine Polycotylids from the Western and Hudson seaways, the swamp snapper is a common sight troughout the continent's swampy waterways and large rivers, where they are easily spotted by their acrobatic jumps and pirouettes along the river surface.
The plentiful rivers of appalachia are home to many different kinds of fish, many of it comercially valued, which leads to fishing being quite the lucrative business around the south, however, the crafty snappers more often than not make the life of fishermen a living hell as they learned to steal fish out of fishing hooks and snap off fishing nets for an easy meal, ruining the profit of most comercial ships who work on snapper infested waters. They are mischievous and curious creatures who will come close to human habitations or follow the trail of boats in order to look around, however, do not ever get fooled by their apparent joyful and playful disposition, these creatures are just as dangerous as they are curious, and getting too close will often mean the loss of a limb, or maybe worse. One tourist from Laramidia once decided to join these creatures for a swim and the only thing i can say is, it took the police a while to recognize the body...

Swamps Snappers however, are not man eaters, and their attacks on humans are something more out of curiosity than hunger, as they always leave a body behind, no matter in how bad state, like a shark that uses his mouth to "explore" his surroundings. Their primary prey is the garpike (lepisosteidae), but they feed on a large variety of aquatic animals, from crustaceans to small reptiles and even the occasional bird or pterosaur, their crooked, sharp, pointy teeth are perfect for holding slippery prey along the murky waters of the swamps and rivers they inhabit.

Tough dangerous and crafty, Snappers are amazing creatures, that have managed to thrive even in the face of heavy human exploitation of their native habitat, they may have a bad fame that is sometimes well deserved, they are further proof that this is a dangerous world, and that even tough we modify the enviroment as heavily as we do, life, as they said in old times, will always find a way."
-From the Field Guide of Appalachian Wildlife by Lilian P.Sturmvögel

(If you're curious about this Lilian Sturmvögel lady who's been featuring heavily in this project so far, don't worry, we'll be hearing more about her soon, aswell as about a few other colorfull characters from this universe.)