the majestic devil fish

Birna nodded her understanding and moved a bit farther upstream to lay in wait. She settled, limbs coiled tight beneath her. She could jump and turn like few could. She was built for leaping up rocky craigs and maneuvering after mountain ibex. The males went in first, herding the rays toward them. The maned wolf jumped in next, snagging a ray's wings but she was quickly being dragged into the water. Birna leapt forward, jaws latching onto the ray where the same wing connected to its body. She pulled back with her hind legs and core while her front limbs, with claws unsheathed, lacerated the gills on the underside of the rays body, bathing them in bloody water. The struggle continued at first but the rapid blood loss soon enabled the hunters to drag their prey on shore.

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