This is Day Two
This creature is a(n): Burrowcoon
This is its story: The Burrowcoon is one of the native creatures to Duval. These furry little creatures with horns may look deceptively cute and cuddly to the average person, but they are very aggressive and protective of their territories, and will fiercely defend them to the point of killing themselves in the process.

The Burrowcoons are small, beaver-sized mammals from the rodent family, and live about the grassy plains in the area. While it may seem strange that a creature with such large webbed feet prefer to live on the land instead of near the waters, those feet are actually for scooping and shoveling large amounts of dirt out of their underground tunnels that they spend most of their lives digging. Their horns are excellent in levering stubborn rocks out of their way while burrowing, and their teeth are sharp for gnawing through roots. One can spot a Burrowcoon nest from the mounds of dirt piled about, and oftentimes, from the areas with dead plantations due to their diet. The Burrowcoon's diets consists mainly of new-grown roots and bulbs, and their voracious appetites often kill the plants near their nests, which sometimes become a hazardous problem for farms when large portions of their crops begin dying. The holes made by their burrowing and nests also cause horses or cattle to trip and break their legs in when they mis-step, so they are generally unwelcome to farmers and ranchers.

A typical Burrowcoon nest contains up to ten rooms, with four or five for food storage, two or three for resting, one for bodily waste (that is regularly cleaned), and the remaining as extra rooms for storage. The tunnels also have many exits to avoid and escape from predators, so they are very difficult to capture.

When their territory is challenged, a Burrowcoon would make high-pitched screeching sounds, and bare their teeth at the intruder. If the intruder does not leave, they will often charge at them with their horns lowered, and continue attacking with horns, claws, and teeth until the intruder leaves. The only exception to this is when a predator is around, in which case they will remain underground until the danger is gone. During their mating season in spring, an area populated by Burrowcoons could often see these creatures headbutting and filling the air with their shrieks as they challenge one another for the right to mate. Both female and male Burrowcoons will fight one another until a pair finds themselves satisfied with their mate.

Typical Burrowcoons can have up to six pups at a time, and both parents would take turns in feeding and raising them until the younglings have matured. The pups will not grow their horns until seven months after they are born, which signals their maturity. The parents will then cease their care for them and even attack then until they leave to find and mark their own territory.

The Burrowcoons are sometimes hunted by humans for their soft furry pelts, and their horns make for excellent spearheads and daggers. The meat is also very tender, which can be made into a variety of dishes. However, they can only be hunted during the stated hunting season, and any Burrowcoons hunted outside of the season will cost the hunter(s) to be fined a hefty sum of $10,000 - $25,000 gold per Burrowcoon.