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Description
Submitted by Wolftalon9
Size: 3 meters tall
Niche: Tiger niche
Planet of origin: Fueland
Description: The sharkhounds are a large carnivore that has a bone structure made of hydrocarbon and an iron stomach with a fire inside that needs to be constantly fueled or else the flame will go out and the animal will be unable to move and will die and they also have a normal stomach for any meat it eats as normal food and not fuel, when it eats fuel the fire in the iron stomach burns it and releases large amounts of smoke out the vents on its sides, the younger members of the species are smaller faster and more agile while the adults are huge and powerful, they have highly aerobic skeletal muscles similar to kangaroos and only one leg that they hop around on, when they hop their tail swings in the opposite direction to maintain balance, the fin on their back is to keep themselves cool when overheating from the flame, their beak is made if iron that sharpens over the animals lifetime from cutting through the bones of animals and their eyes are very small and they cannot see very far but up close they are very powerful, youngsters tend to group up in small packs to hunt medium sized animals and adults are solitary and are capable of taking down massive prey.