Leaping Bear

Leaping Bears

“Naturally inclined to do harm. - Mayor Rudy Juliani”

Summary
Having evolved to hunt the megafauna of the tundra and savannah, packs of up to five leaping bears prowl within their territory for whatever prey may mistakenly find themselves in. They leap forth from heavy snow banks and talls grasses to ambush their prey to bring them to a swift end with a heavy bite to the neck. Leaping Bears due to their large size and predatory nature tend to range across many hundreds of square kilometers.

Basic Description
Leaping Bears as a whole tend to vary in length from twelve to even sixteen feet in length, sporting impressive claws made to rend and rip armored scales and tough hide from their prey. However they possess larger claws on their back feet, as well as stronger muscles in their back legs, to assist them in propelling themselves forward to pounce and ambush their prey. Leaping bears can bound at forty meters per second with two bounds before having to rest due to the stain put upon their powerful muscles. Due to this, this leads them to be cunning ambush hunters, quietly prowling to surround and finish a kill with their powerful bone-crushing jaws.

Rarity: Uncommon

Location:
All forms of the bears dig burrows and sleep in them in familial groups. These burrows can be hundreds of meters in depth - many bears will drag their prey and other objects of note into the burrow for storage and consumption. In the Sangreal, they typically can be found within Graeswange, and the Goedwig Gogleddol.

Properties:

• They are similar to massive ferrets in a sense, appearing to be clumsy and maybe even goofy at a walking pace.
  
• The front claws of the leaping bears tend to be between two and four inches in length, with the back claws being from three and six inches in length.
  

Special Properties:

• The furs of the Leaping Bears can be used as proper camouflage for the climate  that they were hunted in. The Savannahs for the short-haired Leaping Bear, and the frozen Tundra for the long-haired Leaping Bear.
  
• The unique ligaments within the spine of the Leaping Bears could be made into impressive bow-strings, if properly lubricated.