#district four

EVERY District has at least a few Capitol Muttations that have made their home in their wilds and maybe even in their main living spaces (bc the Districts are massive but only a fraction of that is actually inhabited). Be it squirrel mutts in D7 (not those mutts, RIP Ampert) that work in massive teams to down a tree in a day so they can burrow under where it falls, wild dogs mutts in D10 similar who try to herd any and everything, including people to sometimes violent results, or weird fluorescent fish mutts in D4 whose blood can be used as a short-term fuel for a lantern, etc.

D4, however, is the only District that figured out how to weaponize the mutts. Not against the Capitol, mind you, to make their lives marginally easier. They have a massive lion fish muttation that incredible skilled fishers can use the quills of to stab a shark. So long as they can track said shark, they'll have a guaranteed and safe source of shark fin (which the Capitol always takes), hide, and steaks (the Capitol gets the best cuts if they report the catch) to feed their families. Whales beach themselves in their dying moments, sadly often, bc there are so many muttations that poison, hunt, or otherwise disorient them, meaning D4 gets lots of whale meat, blubber for lamp oil, etc. They don't get any more or less from the Capitol than most other Districts, arguably get ripped off a lot more than some, but they make use with the Capitol 'refuse' to prosper.