Camraconda

Description
A Camraconda is about the size of an adult dog and resembles a snake. Its main body is made of thick cables woven together to resemble muscles. Its spine is lined with several red LED lights. A camraconda has cables wrapped around an old security camera with thick lens for a head, with a mouth below the camera. Its teeth are described to be as big as an adult's finger.

Abilities
The camraconda is able to prevent any opponent that is within the visual range of its camera from moving, regardless of speed or momentum. This affects even biological functions like breathing, although conscious thought can continue, and the lack of breathing does not appear to harm the victim. The stasis is therefore not directly harmful, but renders the target helpless against being otherwise attacked.

The camraconda's body is fairly powerful, as one was able to roll backwards and slam James into the ground. It is also very durable; it took several knee drops from James without flinching, and combined hits from Alanna's hammer and Anesh's spear could not destroy it. It only died when its camera head was destroyed.

The main limitation of the camraconda's freezing stare is that it can only affect one target at a time, and the paralysis ends immediately when the camraconda looks away or has its line of sight disrupted. As such, it is highly dangerous to individuals but a manageable opponent for a group.

Behavior
The camraconda's main form of hunting seems to be to freeze its prey from above before dropping onto it. Its behavior is similar to that of a snake's, including hissing and lunging. The camraconda has also shown some degree of intelligence, as it is able to identify the biggest threats to freeze.

It later becomes apparent that camracondas (and possibly all green-orb Life) are under the direct control of the dungeon. When liberated from this control, they prove to be of comparable sapience to humans, capable of peaceful coexistence, cooperation, even culture and religion.

Trivia

 * The camraconda was first referred to as a basilisk, until Anesh gave it the name in chapter 42.
 * The camraconda drops a size 2 green orb.
 * The camraconda first appears in chapter 34.