Sprineed

Sprineed
Pronunciation	"SPRIN-eed"
Type	Battle Kreature
Rank	D-
Availability	Common
Length	20cm (8")
Weight	680g (1.5lbs)
Powers	Irritant Gas
Diet	Herbivore
Biome	Temperate forest, tropical rainforest, subterranean

This small, common Kreature is abundant in orchards and wooded areas, where it can be found hiding under debris or sucking on tree roots or rotting fruit. Thanks to its habit of laying its eggs in the soil of potted plants, feral Sprineeds have spread to every continent in Dimentiara except for Enderon and Crylona, where the climate is too cold for them to survive. Pesticides are typically used to control their numbers, but Shrewverine has a particular taste for it. When it needs to beat a hasty retreat, it'll release the pressurized irritant gas from its abdomen to shoot off like a missile. The gas alone can propel it up to 18m and its sheer momentum will carry it even further than that, but once it shoots off it can't control its descent. Though its temperament is largely inoffensive, vandals have been known to collect feral Sprineeds and fire them off on purpose; a misfired Sprineed can inflict terrible property damage, as its proboscis can punch through a plate of titanium 150mm thick as if it were tinfoil.