Equipods

Typical Habitat
Found on the southeast landmass. Favors the dark.

Appearance
Greyish coloring, 6 black eyes & 6 legs. The middle legs act like regular legs, they don’t always look like they’re plotting your doom. Many spines along their back, which will glow when pressure is applied.

Long flexible tail, with sensitive feelers, glows with bioluminescence. Used to attract a mate, and so when mating season begins, it will change color to glow red, wheras it usually glows anywhere from green to blue.

Back legs are hinged and muscled for leaping, since they typically inhabit areas punctuated by water such as streams and lakes.

Mouth usually looks like it is smiling, this is a side effect of the large teeth they have developed, evolution hasn't quite caught up to resize the mouth yet, however since the resulting grin puts many people and animals off, it may turn out that it is a positive trait.

Southerners tend to find them disturbing, as they do much of the wildlife from up north.

Traits
Bony but strong, excellent hearing. Back legs are extremely powerful, and extremely flexible, with many joints and muscles. They can jump long distances, across streams or between rocks. They have good balance, but cannot swim.

They developed with little to no sunlight, so they have a high body temperature, their eyes are all pupil to take in a lot of light, and the 6 eyes are for more vision, since lots of creatures like to sneak up in the dark.

The 6 legs are to provide extra weight distribution, since there is a lot of rainfall, and so they need to stay up in muddy environments where they can easily sink.

Back spines help them right themselves if they fall on their backs, providing extra grip in their typical muddy environment, and they stop other creatures from jumping on their back.

Their tail has many sensitive spines along it, and it is extremely flexible. It is used to sense things behind the equipod, and it also has bioluminescent qualities, which are utilized for attracting a mate.

They make a soft cry, similar to that of a bird, but can also make a clicking sound with their mouths to warn off predators and threats. When in pain, they have a loud, low scream, which reverberates powerfully.

Appear to be constantly grinning, which can be unnerving when combined with their many eyes and legs.

Diet
They are omnivores, usually preying on small mammals and eating plant life, but if they’re really hungry, they’ll take a bite out of a person. It can be risky to take them on ships, so they mostly stay in the continent they live on.