Lakewalker

Lakewalkers are a large, serpentine magical creature. They are semi-aquatic and live in and around bodies of still freshwater. Lakewalkers are known for their distinctive, off-putting appearance and the deep, rumbling calls that they produce both in and out of water.

Description
Lakewalkers are large, serpentine creatures. They have flat, fin-like tails and thick manes. Lakewalkers have fish-like heads with wide, blank eyes pointing forward, giving them a borderline human appearance when viewed up front, and round, lamprey-like mouths. They have four stubby six-toed legs, which are usually about a fifteenth of the body's length.

Female lakewalkers are smaller than male ones, and have a few other dimorphic differences. Females are between 2½ and 7 metres long (tail included), and weigh up to 250 kilograms. Males - when given a large enough body of water and plenty of food - can reach up to 12 metres long (tail included), and weigh up to 400 kg. Males have longer and lusher manes than females. Additionally, male lakewalkers have small fins behind their front legs.

Social structure
Lakewalkers live in small social groups of between about 4 and 8 individuals. In each group, there is only ever one male, as well as three to seven females. If a group’s male dies, one of the females will change sex and become the new male. The birth sex ratio of lakewalkers is therefore skewed towards females.

Reproduction
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Diet
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Life cycle
Lakewalkers are semi-aquatic. They live in and around bodies of freshwater, particularly in lakes and ponds. They can occasionally be found in rivers, but tend to prefer larger, still bodies of water. Any given body of water will almost always have no more than a single group of lakewalkers living in it.

Relationship with Humans
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