Day 14: Splendid Garden Eel

" Shy marine eel-like merfolk that could be found in tropical waters with sandy stretches and reefs, they live in communities or just alone buried in the sand.

These merfolks are rather shy around other merfolk species and sea creatures, they will retreat to their burrow at the slightest sign of danger unless they are familiar with another merfolk. When this happens they interact cautiously and will retreat if there is too much excitement going on. Garden Eel merfolk eat plankton raising out of their burrows to filter feed. They can live alone or in groups of up to a thousand as they quite peaceful amongst their own.

When it comes to interactions with humans it's no different, they will retreat to their burrow and not come out of it until the human is gone.

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