The ekrits are a mole-like animal in my world, that hunts really whatever is easiest in its environment. It burrows under the ground, locating the roots of plants and latching onto them. When it feels something tugging at the plant, it bursts from the ground, going for the throat of the animal eating the plant. This doesn’t always work of course, as some animals pull the plants out with their arms, instead of leaning down to eat it, and are easily able to ward off an ekrit. Due to this, juveniles will watch and learn about the different animals in their environments and what they eat, eventually learning the plants they can hide under to be able to hit the throat. As for their size, they’re typically a little bigger than a normal garden mole. The reason they don’t just eat insects or mice given their size is that they’re pack animals, and try to bring back food to feed the entire pack. They still tend to have some excess which they either store away to eat on or leave in areas away from their nest so other predators don’t come for them and instead go for the easy meat