Pliken: Semiaquatic Carnivores

I thought my first post here should be of my favorite creatures I’ve made in game. This is a remake of the creatures I made back in 2014, who were for whatever reason forgotten by the sporpedia. These are the Pliken, from the planet Hondrador.

While there’s no way to reflect my head canon in game, I imagine that they evolved for a semiaquatic lifestyle, specifically they evolved into the niche of hunting giant clams, crabs, and other large armored marine life. Pliken would build their nests under trees or in brush close to the shore. They spend up to an hour at a time under water, searching the shallows for prey. Their strong primary arms can easily pry open giant clams, allowing the more nimble secondary arms to grab meat from inside the shell.