Pearl-eyed Boar
The Pearl-eyed Boar is only found in the voiceless waste on Lafliuton. These mammals are about the size of a piglet. They have four legs with no tail. The front feet are split into three and have large claws that they use for digging for food and burrows. The hind legs have hoofs. They have strong scaly skin. The look of which most refer to as dry and cracked mud. The color ranges from pink, tan to dark brown with lighter strips or cracks. Each Pearl-eyed Boar has a different pattern unique to them. They have a small heads with their eyes set forward. They look to have no ears and a short snout. Their eyes have a pearl shine to them hence their name. The cause of the pearl shine is a membrane that protects their exceptional eyesight from the harshness of the Voiceless waste. They also are omnivores. They rely on sight and smell to hunt and find food. They have very poor hearing due to the nature of their environment of the Voiceless waste. They are venomous creatures. They have two sharp teeth that are hollow allowing the venom to be released when they latch onto their prey. They mostly eat other small animals and what little vegetation that grows there. Their only predator is the Voless which also resides in the Voiceless waste.
The Pear-eyed Boar mates early in the fall so that the younglings are strong enough to live through the heat of the dry season. They have two to three mates throughout their lives, which is around 50 years. The males which are slightly bigger than the females attract females by building burrows. They are known to even decorate the outside of these with shinny reflective rocks. Once a female approaches the den the male will then push his scent out. If the female likes the scent and burrow she will mate with him. If not at worse she will destroy the burrow at best she will just leave. Once they mate the pair will stay together for 15 to 20 mating cycles. It really depends on the female, when a female is done with the male she will kick him out of the burrow shortly after the younglings are gone, and then proceed to destroy it. She will then be on to the next while the male must also look for a new mate. There have been the odd pairing that has mated for life, the female never kicking the male out. Once the female is pregnant she stays in the burrow while the male finds the food and brings it back for her. She gives birth to two to three younglings about when winter sets in. These then grow fast as both parents will take turns feeding, tending, and teaching them to hunt. Once the dry season arrives they kick them out on their own.
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