Creature:The Frogmouth

The Frogmouth is a large, three-headed amphibious species originally found on the remote planet of CR-217. An incredibly hungry species, mixed with it's sudden change in mood make The Frogmouth a dangerous creature to interact with. Caution is advised.

Physical Appearance
A couple physical aspects of this creature immediately catch the eye, the first of these features is The Frogmouth's three heads. Each head has a mind of it's own and carries a single, separate personality from the other heads. The most common personalities the heads of this creature exhibit are: loneliness, friendliness, and aggressiveness. These heads also may carry some form of offensive or defensive appendage depending on the personality of the head. Aggressive heads have a long sharp horn to pierce enemies with, lonely heads may shoot poisons that inflict misery at their enemies, and friendly heads come with a graceful mane to lure others to it.

The second feature of The Frogmouth is it's noticeably large belly. The obvious result of having three independent heads vying for food of their own, this creature is capable of consuming thrice its body weight each day. This has led to a bit of a negative reputation for this creature. When several mated pairs of this creature snuck aboard a research vessel studying the planet, and traveled to an inhabited planet unknowing to the research team, these creatures broke loose and began causing an agricultural nightmare for the populace.

Personality
Personality is a mixed bag when concerning The Frogmouth, as its three heads are always battling over control of the creature. As stated above, the three most common personalities a Frogmouth may exhibit are loneliness,, aggressiveness, and friendliness. These heads are able to change at a moments notice, an example would be that its very hostile and chasing down a sapient one minute, and when this sapient is cornered The Frogmouth may change personality and become very friendly to it.

Because of it's unstable emotional nature, local sapients are advised to avoid getting close to The Frogmouth.

Habitat
Being amphibious, The Frogmouth is able to survive both on land and under water, but requires some static source of water to survive. Frogmouth are most commonly found in moist climates and watery environments, as long as plenty of food is also available. The Frogmouth is also omnivorous, capabile of consuming both plants and other animals. These creatures are known for the wide variety in their diets and are able to eat anything, even creatures bigger then themselves if the need arises. The secret of this is that their bodies are extremely flexible and can expand to great sizes to consume and digest prey.

Recently, The Frogmouth have escaped their natural world and have made their ways onto many planets, most of which are inhabited by sapient beings. These worlds are advantageous to The Frogmouth, as these worlds contain an abundance of food and water to ensure their survival. This has led The Frogmouth to be classified as an agricultural hazard.

Sapient Usage
Sapients have found little usage in The Frogmouth species, but have found a good market in selling these creatures off as exotic pets. This practice is however, illegal and the creature itself makes for a bad pet. Hard to domesticate, violent mood changes, and its insatiable appetite has led governments to ban the contact, poaching, and selling of this creature.