A tree-resembling creature that uses grows a fruit in its tail in order to lure prey close enough for it to eat it. It hides its face under the ground, so that only the teeth of the lower jaw are on surface. Touching the teeth triggers it to bite.

Carnivore

Variates from differents shades of black and brown.

Looks like a human without legs.

About a size of an average birch.

Easy to tell apart from the actual trees by its lack of leaves and lonely, large fruit.
While visible, the creature has big white eyes and huge lower jaw.

The skin is rough and remainds bark. It's easy to break.

Doesn't attack without touching either the fruit or the teeth.

Lures the prey in and then strikes from below. The jaws are powerful enough to usually kill the prey, which it devours in one piece.

Its fruit grows larger the more hungry the creature is.

It digs itself underground, safe from any harms.

Can move fast underground, but not on the surface.

Strong jaws.

Can't move on the surface.
Lacks brains.

Silent creature, known only to rasp quietly while on surface.

The fruits it bears are nutrious, and it's skin is good fire fuel.

Forests or edges of the fields.

It hunts other monsters.

These creatures are known to travel a lot, swithing places quickly. When they aren't on a hunt, they aren't visible.

Angler trees move in groups of five to ten monsters. They have no ranking system, their instincts just keep them together.

Angler fish, human

Mating system.