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	Perhaps one of the oddest creatures in Majik, this small reptile is more like a beach ball with a head than anything else. It is about that size -- about 30 cm in diameter at the abdomen, almost a perfect sphere. Scaly and brown, are the words most often used to describe it, and this is true, as its entire is body is covered with brown scales. From the round abdomen come four rather long, flexible legs (30 cm), which are extremely strong with a sticky foot at the end of each leg, with which they can climb vertical surfaces if they are rough enough (wood for instance). However, it is notoriously slow. The small (5 cm) head is also round shaped and has two large eyes, which are adept for looking in many directions at once. Like most reptiles, they have no ears but have holes, which allow some basic hearing. Extruding from their face are two rounded-off horns which are used for digging in the ground, and a very weak defense. One note is that they have no genders, but instead are both male and female at the same time. Another Eru fertilizes the eggs outside the body.
	
	With this rather unshapely body and slow movement, the Eru might long have been extinct, save for one thing: the fact that all Erus lay large eggs which, if harvested early (before fertilization) they can be eaten and taste ?like poached chicken eggs and crab cakes? and are extremely nutritious. For this reason, they are bred by farmers everywhere, and can be quite profitable as the eggs are often in high demand.
	
	The Eru, with its sluggish speed, is rather sedentary, and may move very little for days on end. When it does move, it is only to eat or lay an egg, and the most common food is grain and seeds.
	
	Erus were once much smaller and quicker before they were captured and domesticated, and, although rare, can still be at times seen in the wild, scampering up trees. The eggs of these wild Erus are difficult to find, yet are considered far superior to those of the domesticated kind.
	
	SUMMARY:
	
	CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Forests wild, farms domesticated
	
	FREQUENCY: rare in the wild, common on farms
	
	ORGANIZATION: flocks
	
	ACTIVITY CYCLE: diurnal
	
	WORLD VIEW: the prey
	
	COMPETITORS/ PREDATORS: not much competition domesticated, in the wild any berry or seed eating animal
	
	--sweatshop