The Tavloc is a cousin to the Revloc. Though, the two species differ a lot from each other.
First off the Tavloc is an omnivore and not a herbivore like it’s cousin. The Tavloc’s favorite food is an underwater moss called Nephton moss, and they also enjoy a fish called Deepwater prill. These fish only exist in caves with pools and underwater tunnel systems connecting several caves to each other, so they cant be found in any lakes or sea.
The Tavloc lives in caves and need moisture to be happy. They are great swimmers and will usually stick to one cave throughout their life. The caves they pick, however, need to have water so the Tavloc can find food and swim, which they love doing. They are very agile with a flexible spine and webbed feet. However, their feet make walking and especially running difficult, so the Tavloc rarely steps food outside their cave and thus rarely encounter troubles where they need to flee on foot. Should a threat enter their cave they can instead slip into the water and swim through the underwater tunnels to another cave, as many caves are connected by these natural, underwater tunnel systems.
The Tavloc is a very gentle beast and can tolerate other species in it’s presence, but if a strange Tavloc or other species comes too close the Tavloc will express anxiety and give warnings through body language. On the back and sides of it’s neck the Tavloc has horns with a thin layer of skin between. The horns are not a part of the Tavlocs skull and instead they are held in place by muscles that theTavloc can control. When it wants to signal to anyone to stop and be warned that they are overstepping their boundaries, the Tavloc can flex these muscles and make the horns stand up and spread, making it looks bigger and more threatening. It is important to pay attention to hese signs as Tavlocs are very quiet creatures and communicate mainly with bodylanguage. They do, however, communicate with low wailing and sounds from deep within their throat. The sounds are smooth and long, quite like a whale’s call. The Tavloc dont open it’s mouth to “talk”.
Tavloc are considered very intelligent and himan-like in the sense that their family life varies. Depending on the Tavloc’s personality it can either be a loner, or someone who sticks to their mate and cubs for the rest of their life. Some Tavlocs are believed to simply choose not to mate and instead lead a solitary life, some males only stick to one female while others switch partners. It has baffled researchers who try to figure out the Tavloc’s behaviour and instinct when it comes to reproduction, but so far a lot of it is still a mystery.
Like Revlocs the Tavloc female lays eggs. Either one oron rare occasions two. She lays her eggs in the water and tucks the egg into a crease in the rock, where she leaves it until it hatches. She often visits it to make sure the egg is safe. Once the egg hatches the cub struggle to get used to it’s tail and feet as it desperately begins to paddle toward the surface. It only takes a day for the baby to get used to swimming, and after that it sticks to it’s mother until its two or three years old.
