A furious beast scouring bogs and marshes in search for something to prey on. The fact its sight may turn anything looking into its eyes to stone is useful for defending itself from predators and hunters yet is very annoying when it’s hungry, for it cannot feed on boulders. It makes the creature prey with its eyes shut or at least covered with nictitating membranes relying mostly on smell, taste and touch. Its claws and saliva are poisonous so it usually doesn’t try to kill its prey at once, only to scratch or peck it deeply. Then the basilisk may follow the poisoned for days all in wait until it becomes weak and helpless. Once got into the prey’s blood system, the poison changes the body smell, then the basilisk may sense it for miles away. The problem is, other creatures of the species may smell it too. If some competitor appears in hope for free dinner, the starving creatures strike for it to the last and often, blinded by fury, they forget to keep their sights away from the prey which bring them another stone figurine instead of precious food.