Mire Squid

''Being the closest exisiting to the myth of the Kraken, the mire squid is an enormous cephalopod inhabiting The Ark's rivers and lakes. To make do with the limited living space, the body is flattened and elongated and bears a muscular seam on the underside that resembles the seam of the flamboyant cuttlefish and serves a similar purpose. Mire squids are known to leave the water during the rain season and crawl to new bodies of water, where the seams are used like a pair of legs to support the body and aid the arms in moving it along.''

'' They are highly intelligent ambush predators that will usually wait for prey to pass by, but will sometimes help it along by laying out bait or using the tentacle tips to mimic smaller animals. They are also known to twirl the arms in a way that creates a vortex to prevent fast-swimming prey from escaping. When threatened themselves, they will release a cloud of noxious ink which causes a burning sensation on the skin and can lead to blisters if exposed long enough, which led to the myth that the ink is boiling hot.''

'' Mire squids are also remarkable as they are the only known cephalopod able to live in freshwater. It is hypothesized that after a few more million years in the island's mutation-facilitating environment its descendants might become land dwellers.''