Leshee

== Description ==
The Leshees are an amphibious species who are often looked down upon as contaminated due to their need for water absorption through their skinhttps://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/wiki/series/the_nature_of_predators. Most Federation species rule them unfit for military service due to their water intake needs. The Leshees also are fully aquatic in their tadpole stage, until they’re fully grown and able to move to land. The younglings are often kept in pools or containment tanks.
Similar to the Tilfish, the Leshee can lay a staggering number of eggs at once; however, limited food and sensitive temperature requisites lead very few to survive. Parents don’t interact with their young much until they reach maturity. Their appearance can be a range of colors and patterns, but almost all Leshees have bulbous, colorful eyes like the Kolshians. Their splayed toes are very flexible.
There are rumors that brightly colored Leshees, a mutated genome that’s seen in one specific region, used to be able to spit poison, though the main consensus is that that’s an exaggerated tale derived from feelings of powerlessness against predators. The Leshee Junta have some of the strictest laws in the Federation, with the leading party punishing predator disease and anti-herd mentality severely. They claim they have to be harsh to survive, since they are not well-liked on most Federation worlds.
—SpacePaladin15
The Leshee are not well liked in the Federation and are viewed unfavorably because their tadpoles require waterhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/nature-of-6-6-93462693. They are govered by the Leshee Junta.
== References ==
Category:Species