Chupacabra

We ran into a lot of these while looking for the El Voladore in South America. You can always tell a chupe by the bite marks--their teeth can leave a scratch in just about anything. Keep something pointy between it and yourself. ---Agent Bingo
Named after its habit of drinking the blood of goats, the chupacabra is a cryptid seemingly native to the Americas, primarily Puerto Rico and much of South America. In Monster Hunters, they are not furless, but have spotted fur, like a hyena or African wild dog.
== Superfine Teeth ==
The teeth of a chupacabra are incredibly hard and sharp, capable of piercing around 30 points of DR! This can pierce most TL8 infantry armors and even damage the limbs of a TL9 Combat Hardsuit! They're still bites, however, which means they have limited range, and are quite vulnerable to melee and melee defenses with sharp weapons. A stop thrust might critically wound a chupacabra outright!
== Motivation ==
Chupacabras hunt in packs, often looking for food. They avoid urban areas, focusing on rural outskirts where they can find farm animals to consume. While they enjoy eating as much as any creature, they have an uncontrollable appetite for animal blood--and an even sharper desire for goat blood in particular.
They are somewhat intelligent for nonsapient pack predators, and will sometimes outsmart traps that would work on wolves and wild dogs. However, it is possible to trick a chupacabra by relying on its uncontrollable appetite--even a clever chupacabra will forsake reason when there's goat blood nearby!
== Red Herrings ==
Historically, many chupacabra sightings are simply dogs afflicted with sarcoptic mange, which causes them to lose most their fur, body fat, and sanity. These poor creatures need a veterinarian, not a monster hunter! Of course, any region that can support wild dogs can easily support chupacabras just as well--the adventurers just need to find which local creature has been feeding on blood in particular.
== References ==
* Monster Hunters 3: The Enemy, p.23