Bulette The bulette ( pronounced boo - lay ) , also known as a landshark , is a particularly loathsome creature that lives in the Starwood area of the forest of Cormanthor . Feared and hated by most living creatures , bulettes are extremely dangerous , burrowing unseen beneath the soil before erupting up at an unexpected moment to seize their prey . Dwarves called the bulette a ghohlbrorn . Description . Bulettes are sometimes supposed to be a bizarre cross between an armadillo and a snapping turtle , though there is little evidence to support this theory . Bulettes are heavily armored , however , like either creature , and have a powerful jaw mechanism for snapping up their unsuspecting prey . In many cases a bulette will swallow its prey whole , consuming their victims clothing , weapons , and other equipment along with the creature itself , which the bulette can in fact digest successfully through the use of powerful stomach acid . Bulettes are covered head to toe in armor . Around the head and rear , this armor is a blue - brown color , while in - between the hue might range from gray - blue to blue - green . Areas around the eyes are slightly darkened , with the eyes themselves being a yellow color with blue - green pupils . However , while bulettes can see in perfect darkness with these eyes they are not a bulette ' s primary method of sensory perception . Instead , bulettes typically hunt through the detection of vibrations in the ground , moving towards the source of the movement when their hunger is aroused . Ecology . Behavior . The male bulette ' s mating ritual is fairly complicated , involving the killing of deer and boar s , these being placed in a wide circle . He then digs a shallow pit in the middle of the circle , and lines it with the bones of the animals he has killed . Over the course of about a week , the bulette slowly grinds the bones in the pit into a fine powder . He then digs underneath the pit and waits for the female . The female usually comes along within a month after being attracted by the odor , at which point the bulettes mate . It takes only a day and a half for the female to lay around a dozen eggs , covered in spines , and by the next morning , they have hatched . During hatching , the female bulette makes a noise like an elephant . Once hatched , the newborn bulettes immediately attack the mother , in an attempt to kill her . She fights back , and although she usually kills a few of the young , she succumbs to their attacks more often than not . For the 48 hours immediately after the hatching of the eggs , the powder in the mating pit is saturated with fluid from the eggs , making it into a very effective fertilizer . Extra . A bulette is a fearsome magical beast whose origins are unknown but has become a dangerous predator . They burrow through the soft earth , listening for potential prey and then erupting from the ground to consume their living targets . As they have a distinctive fin that cuts through the ground as it approaches , these creatures are often referred to as " land - sharks . " A bulette ' s body is covered in thick , layered plates . Its head is bullet - shaped , similar to that of a shark , with a massive mouth filled with multiple rows of razor - sharp teeth .