Ophiotaurus

**Ophiotauri** are magical creatures that originated from Greece, however, they now have spread around the world.

## Appearance

Ophiotauri are beasts that basically have the front halves of bulls/cows, heads, fur, hooves, etc., and the back halves of sea serpents, scales, fins, etc. However, they also have sea serpent fangs and forked tongue as well. Also, ophiotaurus eyes are like a combination of a snake's eyes, and a cow's eyes, and have fins on their ankles.

## Behavior

Ophiotauri are a peaceful species, tending to live in small groups of up to seven males, their mates, and their calves. Ophiotauri mate once a year, and the eggs tend to look like skate eggs. Until the eggs hatch, the eggs tend to be wrapped on the mother's tail, and will hatch after a few weeks. Omnivorous by nature, ophiotauri will eat both sea plants, and some fish, if they can catch it.

## Powers

* **Enhanced agility:** Ophiotauri are able to go from one movement to another, effectively allowing them to dodge attacks, do backflips, and numerous other athletic, gymnastic, and martial implements with ease.
* **Enhanced bite:** Ophiotauri. due to their snake-like fangs, and their combined snake/bovine jaw strength, possess powerful bites.
* **Enhanced durability:** Ophiotauri are able to sustain numerous blows of internal or external assaults.
* **Enhanced endurance:** Ophiotauri are able to survive with little-to-no energy for an extended amount of time.
* **Enhanced flexibility:** Ophiotauri, due to their serpentine bodies, are able to effortlessly bend and twist their bodies past mortal limits.
* **Enhanced hearing:** Ophiotauri possess ears that are able to pick up sounds with amazing clarity, distance, and sometimes at frequencies that mortals cannot hear.
* **Enhanced smell:** Ophiotauri are able to detect specific persons, beasts, places, substances, objects, etc., locate their origins, and even track, using just their bovine noses and bovine/sea serpent senses of smell.
* **Enhanced stealth:** Ophiotauri possess innate, extraordinarily skillful expertise in the various ways and techniques of stealth.
* **Enhanced strength:** Ophiotauri are able to exert a great amount of strength from their muscles.
* **Horns:** Ophiotauri (well, the males, anyway) are able to use their horns as devastating weapons.
* **Hooves:** Ophiotauri are able to use their hooves as devastating weapons.
* **Charging:** Ophiotauri are able to charge in a linear direction with immense destructive force.
* **Thermal vision:** Ophiotauri are able to see others, even in complete darkness, by sensing their bodily heat.
* **Seismic sense:** Ophiotauri are able to sense and detect the vibrations in the earth.
* **Water sense:** Ophiotauri are able to sense the movement of/on a body of water with extreme accuracy, and determine where threats/prey are located in aquatic environments and water sources.
* **Constriction:** Ophiotauri are able to constrict their prey/enemies with their powerful bodies/tails.
* **Elastic jaws:** Ophiotauri are able to open their snake-like jaws inhumanly wide.
* **Speed swimming:** Ophiotauri are able to swim at extraordinary speed, ignoring water resistance.
* **Pressure resistance:** Ophiotauri are able to resist the effects of extreme water pressure, such as at the bottom of the ocean.
* **Cold immunity:** Ophiotauri are innately immune to the effects of extreme cold, especially at the bottom of the sea.
* **Amphibious respiration:** Ophiotauri are able to breathe both underwater and in the air.
* **Immortal imprisonment granting:** Ophiotauri, allegedly, are able to grant the ability to overthrow and imprison the Immortals by burning the entrails of one as a burnt sacrifice. However, only the Immortals know if this is true or not, and, obviously, aren't willing to divulge that kind of information.