Fan:Lungfimon (Northern Digirealm)

Lungfimon may wait underground for a long time until water body that is its home fills with water again. It is able to sense drought beforehand and fattens up till hibernation. But as long as its water hole is in not in danger Lungfimon is all lazy and mild-mannered. It has originated in the Northern Digirealm.

Inspiration/Appearance
Lungfimon has been based on lungfish and, possibly, snakeheads. It has darker, ground-toned skin, showing that it's partial to dwell on the bottom levels of water bodies or even outside them. It has a developed mouth but with nubby teeth, showing that it is possibly omnivorous, but isn't a great hunter or specialized grazer. It has a large fin around its lower body and tail which may partially continue fulfilling the yolk-sack's function of providing Lungiform with nutrients in case of famine. Lungfimon seems to have developed eyes and is likely keen to observe surroundings from its hiding spot and even learn from what it has seen. Finally, it has two chin whiskers with whom Lungfimon can smell food, detect water vibrations and sense odor of water from within underground.

Personality
Lungfimon is very patient and takes measures to avoid collapsing into stress, for it may quickly burn its health and body reserves in times when renewing them is costly. It is accustomed to water disappearing, simply taking action to bury itself. It is also sometimes gluttonous which is crucial to its survival if a drought or possible decline of food (data) is expected. Lungfimon will show extreme stress, though, if the water hole experiences danger like a large, outside predator, tropical storms or sudden dangers like that. During such dangers it is important that those are over quickly, so the stressed out Lungfimon could come out of its hiding and renew its body reserves in time.

Survival strategy
Lungfimon is a typical aestivator, digimon who enters dormancy upon drought. It wriggles into the still moist ground to reach the ground level which is comparatively moist and cool. During wriggling it is reasonably more energic but still very focused and calm-minded. Once underground, Lungfimon expels a layer of goop around itself to protect itself for the entirety of the dry period. Lungfimon knows when the dry period is over when it senses data of the water over its ground level, presumably by measuring the surrounding air with its chin whiskers. Lungfimon also tries to swim or crawl away from predators first but once it gets to its usual hiding spots or simply far enough it will become very quiet and immobile. When in danger, from which it cannot escape in time, Lungfimon will use Sand Toss which amounts to tossing large amounts of mud or sand in the direction of the attacker.

Habitat
Lungfimon has three habitats it is familiar with: Underwater, underground and outside water. The last one is the most puzzling one, seeing as being outside water puts it in disadvantage. But some reason could be applied to this, seeing as much later the digivolutions of Lungfimon will be Digimon more adapted to land life. Also having quite the good sight, Lungfimon can tell whether there is an important food source outside the water or whether predator is arriving. Lungfimon seems to occasionally have some small parasite Digimon crawl onto its skin and coming out of the water, exposes these aquatic, goopy parasites to the dry surface and the sun, which causes them to release Lungfimon.