Kuku

==Appearance==
The Kuku is a tiny creature with several small proturberances on its skin. The black-brown body is round and elongated and has four small appendages seemingly growing from its back as well as a little fin-like excrescence on its hindside. The underside is a lot ligher in color, a pale orange shade contrasting with the rest of the body. Looking closer it possesses a minuscule mouth with teeth and hardly visible eyes upside down.
==Habitat and Ecology==
As an aquatic creature it is found mainly in oceans and at coasts. Kuku is known to inhabit the Frantic Bay and Submerged Boneyard where it either swims close to the sea bottom or stays hidden between rocks or in between corals. Despite its appearance the Endemic Life isn't a Mollusk but a Piscine Wyvern. As such Kuku has fins, limbs, eyes and a mouth with teeth that are only recognizable at closer inspection. It actually swims on its back meaning its limbs are on its underside like other Piscine Wyverns' limbs.
A Kuku's main food are algae and plankton which it either grazes from rocks or sucks in from the water around. As the mouth is so tiny it cannot feed on bigger food sources but as the Piscine Wyvern is able to bite and chew it can eat bigger algae and sea weed. In turn Kuku is preyed upon many predators and is also a delicacy for sea folk and other humans. Especially Lopylki are known to feed on the Piscine Wyvern when given the chance to. The tribe of Lutrini are quite fond of the taste of Kuku and eat them as a delicacy.
Only recently it was discovered that Kukus are the larvae of bigger organisms that are classified as monsters. A known connection was the growth into Kukume, small monsters mimicking certain sea anemones and corals. But due to the hidden nature of Kukume the transition to the well-known predatory Piscine Wyvern Parshamba was unknown for the longest time. Due to a huge amount of eggs released by the mother Kukus are numerous enough to withstand being preyed upon to such an extent.
==Related Creatures==
*Kukume
*Parshamba
==Notes==
*Preyed upon by: Lopylki
*Feeds on: Algae, sea weed and plankton
*Kukus flee when when a hunter or monster approaches them with running speed.
**They'll try to flee in between rocks or dig into the ground after a while being chased.
*Kukus can often be found on the back of Reef Koyuxerus.
==Obtainable Rewards and Materials==
*Rewards for capture: 15 Research Points
*Materials left behind: None