Belabra

Belabra, also known as tanglers, were a solitary creature that inhabited temperate forests of Faerûn.

Description
The Belabra were distiguished by a hemispherical shell that was roughly two feet in diameter. The shell was black or dark grey in appearance. The Belabra's barbed tentacles extended from the underside of the shell. They had 12 tenticles in total. Under the shell, it also had a grey beak and a white underbelly. Four eyes extended above the shell on short eye stalks.

Combat
The Belabra uses it shell as a shield, and will constantly move to position it in a defensive posture. When it attacks, it will either lunge at its target and use their shell as a ram, or will entangle the target with its tenticles and will then use its sharp beak to tear flesh. When it lunges, it can glide up to 60 yards.

If injured, the Belabra's gray-white blood acts as a poison. It can cause partial blindness or constant sneezing upon contact.

Ecology
The Belabra, when at rest, will retreat into its shell and remain still. It is often mistaken as a boulder or large rock when it's resting. It uses its sense of sight and smell to hunt.

They only have one sex, although they are not asexual, as two Belabra are needed to reproduce. The young begin as buds on the inner wall of the parents stomach. Gestation lasts from six to ten months. After gestation, the young are ejected.

Domestication
If a Belabra is captued at a young enough age, it may be domesticated. It can be trained to obey simple commands and can be used as a guard or a hunter. A trained Belabra can capture and hold prey without killing. It forms a bond with its trainer, and can distinguish them from prey during combat. Training takes a number of weeks and only a skilled instructor should make the attempt. A captured Belabra could fetch 1,500 gold pieces at a market.