Aquarius - Giant red mysid (Gnathophausia ingens)
Enigmatic and secretive; knows how to keep it bright, red, and real in the light, while also fading into darkness of the deep.

look at this creature. she's beautiful, iconic, a legend. no notes she's a wonderful creature. image credit to carnishunter113 on reddit.

its literally the san andreas bigfoot of dinosaur hunting games and i love it.

just this creature that seems to have manifested wholesale from a carnivores 2 iceberg meme that took on a life of its own that haunts the first map of the game and it will crash your game id it kills you.

anyway i learned about the delpaheus hills ghoul in carnivores 2 and how I'm obsessed.

another big concern for me is my cats. I don't want them stressing the poor thing out. that might just be a solution of keeping it on a shelf they can't easily reach and giving them ample areas to hide though.

now the simple solution is 'just keep the animal in a different room.' but here's the thing. I rent my room from my parents and my mother is very sensitive and very dramatic about anything she deems 'creepy crawly'. and i have no doubt a lizard falls in that category.

specifically a gargoyle gecko. my very initial skin deep research said they were relatively good for a first time keeper.