Editing Icelus (section)

==Magnum Nephropsal or "giant salt lobster"==

These crustaceans dwell in the vast salt flats of Icelus and as adults can measure up to several meters long with a very flat ground hugging profile. This flat profile allows them to lay flush against the ground, or dig shallow pits out, to hid in plain sight with the utmost ease. They can lay in wait for months on end as they wait, listening to vibrations in the ground for prey to come close. When they sense prey they burst forth with amazing speed to eviscerate their prey with their claws, and just about anything counts as prey. These beasts rarely need to drink and can subsist on what scant condensation and moisture from their prey they can collect.

While the flesh of the salt lobster is highly toxic for human consumption, the hepatopancreas of it (or digestive gland) can be fermented to produce a powerful stimulant. Their eggs however, are quite the delicacy if a clutch can be found... and successfully raided without either of the parents goring the would be thief.