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I missed yesterday.  so, have some scratchy creature doodles based on some old concepts of Hup's Humbahmbah creature.  Still under the works with these guys... they are big ambush predators that live in water channels of the jungles and wet-lands given the space.  They normally hang out in the water, wither floating around with plants and mosses and algae growing on their backs, or sliding around on the banks of their territories. It's most common to see the juveniles, which are smaller and able to scamper around between water banks with longer legs and leaner builds.  Once they get big, they don't migrate much and the most one might see of them is a giant mass sleeping on the bank to soak up a little sun.  Most of the large ones are around the size of a rhino, getting bigger gets cumbersome, although, in a larger territory with plentiful food some gargantuan individuals can exist.  Once they reach maturity, they become unpalatable to most animals, and the only true threat to its well-being tends to be another Humbahmbah.
These things are very snappy, and tend to lunge at most things.  Orekroarks living near them often invent games around them... approach it while it sleeps, sit on its head and tickle its whiskers.  It will usually open its mouth so violently that it will send the orekroark flying very far into the air.  The bigger the Humbah, the farther you go.
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So, it's sort of a Hup Hippo, but less mobile and more lazy. 

I can see bits of Giant Salamander and Catfish in there. I like him.