Kouga-Koula

Kouga-Koula are large centipede-like Neopterons that are seemingly capable of creating its own traps for its own prey. Similarly to a Temnoceran, it can produce silk.

Physiology
Kouga-Koula resemble oversized centipedes with a green exoskeleton shell on a majority of its body, accompanied by another, harder shell sitting directly on top of its head, back, legs and tail. This shell's colour differs depending on the gender of the individual Kouga-Koula. Its body has eleven segments, six of these being enlarged. These specific segments of its body each possess two pairs of legs. The exoskeleton that makes its neck becomes slimmer as it reaches up to its head, which possess a pair of ultra-sensitive antennae and shell-armoured palps. Just under its head are harrowing, secluded forward-facing fangs that seem to be the creature's mouthparts. It also features a pair of large, yellow compound eyes. It has a pair of long arms underneath its body that resemble sewing needles, which also have three tiny claw-like spikes under the ends of these arms. On its rear end, it possesses two large appendages, which are armoured with its hard shell at the ends, and located in the middle is a spinneret, which is the Kouga-Koula's lifeline. Its body is stable enough to raise its frontal segments into the air, which is also where it tucks its arms when not in use.

Behavior
Out in the open, Kouga-Koula are rather docile until provoked or hungry. To get around, they always keep their entire body near the ground, only rearing up when threatened or hunting. Otherwise, it almost exclusively hides in the treetops. It is shown to have incredible intelligence for a Neopteron.

Placement In Food Chain
Kouga-Koula sit comfortably in the middle of the food chain regardless of where it is. It is strictly carnivorous yet it has a wide selection of prey and isn't picky about what it eats. However, numerous high-ranking predators can make short work of a Kouga-Koula.

Behavior Towards Other Monsters
If it isn't hunting, it will mostly ignore monsters far smaller than it, but it will quickly stand its ground if it spots a potential threat and/or predator. It will try to scare off unwanted attention by rearing the front half of its body into the air and raising its arms while also letting out a high-pitched trilling noise.

Tracks
Kouga-Koulas are rather heavy given their size, so it is rather easy for them to leave behind footprints. Due to the many legs a Kouga-Koula has by default, the tracks it leaves are often very precise. However, Kouga-Koulas travel a lot, and have no specific territory of their own.

Specific Locale Interactions
If it is in a heavily forested tropical area, the Kouga-Koula will start tweaking with the environment slightly, setting it up for a trap. If it is finished before anything arrives, it will then proceed to hide in an obscure location in the same area, either in shrubbery or in the treetops.

Specific Behaviors
After setting up one of its silk traps and a victim falls in, the Kouga-Koula will come out of hiding and proceed to bite the prisoner, injecting a kind of venom that temporarily disables the functionality of the nervous system; essentially paralysis. The Kouga-Koula will then proceed to wrap the newly-obtained prey in a crudely-make silk cocoon before devouring the prey at its leisure. It is unknown whether it begins eating after the prey dies from the bite, or it eats it alive.

Cutscenes
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Abilities
Kouga-Koula will never fight on a whim due to its lacking physical prowess, but instead relies on trapping and hindering its enemies before going in for the kill with a deadly bite. As such, it will actively create traps and nets to turn the tide of battle in its favour. Many of its attacks are telegraphed, but it moves quickly, so one must be vigilant. Older individuals have been reported that their paralyzing venom takes effect right away.

Attacks

 * Swipe - The Kouga-Koula will raise its claws into the air before swinging them vertically in an attempt to hit its target. Knocks a hunter down, but not much else.
 * Bite - The Kouga-Koula lowers its upper torso to reach down to the victim, and thrusts its head forward in an attempt to bite them. An easily avoidable move, but this does the most damage than any other move it has. Uses it more often if the target is Webbed. At G-Rank, this may inflict Paralysis.
 * Trample - The Kouga-Koula will lower its entire upper body and run forward. Knocks hunters away, but not much else.
 * Stomp - An indirect attack that has the Kouga-Koula raise its legs each in a wave-like manner and stomp. Only uses this if a hunter is attacking its legs, but doesn't do much damage.
 * Clamp - Kouga-Koula will telegraph this attack by widening the gap between the appendages on its rear end. It will then lunge backwards in an attempt to strike them. Only uses this if a hunter is behind it.
 * Net Creation (Arms) - Kouga-Koula will turn to its own tail as it produces silk before gripping them with its sewing needle-like arms, weaving through them to create a crude net.
 * Net Grasp - Pinning attack. The creature, with the silk net in its arms, will quickly move towards a hunter and use it to trap them. Pins hunters, but doesn't cause damage over time as it wraps them in a roughly-made silk cocoon. If it is successful at the end, it will use Bite.
 * Net Throw - The Kouga-Koula wraps the net into a ball and throws it. Hunters hit by this will be inflicted with Webbed.
 * Trap Set - The creature will only use this if there are no threats in the current area. Using the net it has in its grasp, it will then set up a sticky trap that trips hunters up, which also inflicts Silked. The Kouga-Koula will try to cover up the trap's location using the surrounding vegetation. It will not work if the Kouga-Koula is interrupted while creating it.
 * Reeling Silk - High-Rank only. The Kouga-Koula will weave the net in its arms to take on the shape of a rope with a sticky silk ball on the end of it. It will then throw it at a hunter, and if they are hit, it will pull them closer to it, but it leaves itself open to attacks if it misses. Inflicts Webbed.
 * Silk Pitfall Trap - High-Rank only. Kouga-Koula will only use this in an area where there are no present threats. The creature will proceed to dig a small hole before layering the top of it with silk and covering it up with pieces of vegetation. Anything that steps in it, monster or hunter, will fall in, and the Kouga-Koula will go in to finish the victim off. This will not take effect if it is interrupted, however.

Minor Moves
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Rage State
Kouga-Koula will enter this state by entering its threatened stance and letting out a high-pitched trilling sound. It will use silk-based attacks more often, and it shortens the telegraphs of its moves. Its eyes turn orange as it huffs out white smoke.

Tired State
Kouga-Koula will lower its entire body when it loses its energy, leaving its head exposed to attacks. Its eyes turn dull and will fail to use silk-based attacks. Telegraphs are slightly longer than normal.

Mounts
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Taxonomy
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Habitat Range
Kouga-Koula live almost exclusively in tropical regions. Kouga-Koulas found elsewhere are doomed to die as they aren't properly adapted to thrive elsewhere.

Ecological Niche
Kouga-Koula hunt via trapping its prey. Of course, it isn't choosy about what it eats, as long as it can bite it on the neck. However, it tends to avoid Mosswine due to the possibility of poisonous mushrooms growing on its body. Another threat to it are stronger predators such as Rathian, which could easily take out a Kouga-Koula with a backflip.

Biological Adaptations
The Kouga-Koula's exoskeleton shell is bright green in colour, which allows it to blend in with the environment, mostly giving it home turf advantage. However, its hardened brown or white shell can often give away its position. One can distinguish the gender of Kouga-Koulas by the colour of this shell; dirt brown for males, and dull white for females. The three claws on the ends of its large sewing needle-like arms are capable of closing, enabling the creature to grip small objects. It only ever uses them for weaving and hiding its traps.

Behavior
Kouga-Koulas go into hiding after setting up their traps if they are hunting. Out of hunting, they may wander about, paying no mind to any lesser, smaller fauna unless provoked or irritated, hunters included. Kouga-Koulas live solitary lives, and when two males meet, they often size each other up, threatening each other. A male that meets a female will often try to court her through dancing and gift-giving, but most attempts end in failure, which can result in serious injury or even death.