The Majestic Moa-Le

The Moa-Le is a large pachyderm that roams the dunes of the Great Desert of Eden. They were named after the famous ancient city in Solice, which has become the capital of the Solicion Republic and a popular tourist attraction, but of course, we are here to learn about the creature, not the city. The Moa-Le will occasionally dig into the sand for food and also for shelter, where they will hide when the days get longer in the summer. They only have one eye, with a thick and transparent eyelid to protect them from sandstorms, while still having some visibility. They weigh around 78,000 pounds, and the males and females have no discernable differences, other than the fact that males have longer tusks. Similar to African Bush Elephants on Earth, the Moa-Le have large tusks, but they have 2 pairs of them, and they have bulletproof, wrinkly skin that’s several inches thick. The Moa-Les have long necks and no ear flaps. The Moa-Le have an outer shell that sits on their back resembling vertebrae and ribs, with a large hard skull on the outside of their head. They have long front arms and large nails, which they use for digging burrows and searching for underground vegetation pockets, which grow around 15m deep in the sand, where there is lots of soil and water. The Moa-le typically sleeps for around 2 hours every 5~ days, but they have been said to go without sleep for up to a month. The babies are born from eggs and are able to walk as some as they hatch. They are about 10′ tall and are born in groups of 3+. They are from the genus Dente Magnum and are a distant relative of the Ram Ingens which both descended from the family, Equus Lacerti. The Moa-Le are the most common animal in the desert and are thriving in herds, safe from hunters and predators.