The long thin teeth resemble those of large piscivorous animals, so the creature's diet was likely composed of much smaller creatures than itself, as these thin teeth are poorly-suited for grasping large prey. It is likely that a crocodilian-like method of movement would have been adopted keeping the limbs to the sides of the body with lateral flexion of the tail propelling the animal forwards.
Instead, the long and flattened tail would have been used to propel the creature in water. There is little webbing between the digits, meaning that propulsion using the limbs would have been inefficient. Due to the creature's considerable bulk, however, it is unlikely that it would have hunted on land, possibly only coming ashore to rest. With their highly muscular limbs, this creature was capable on land. The Leviathan specimen's species and age is currently unknown, but to be infected with Kharaa this individual must have been active any time between 1000 years ago and now. It has been confirmed several times by developers to be dead, however. Parvan's log suggests that Fred thinks the leviathan is still alive, though Parvan expresses his disbelief in his security report. The creature is noticeably infected with Kharaa. The eyes are side-mounted and deeply recessed into the head. Another structure which is similar to these plates but smaller and pointing backwards rather than forwards is found further back on the head. Placed behind the mouth on each side is a large sickle-shaped bony plate which projects straight forwards from the head. The head is broad, relatively flat and has a wide mouth filled with thin, long teeth 34 in the lower jaw and 40 in the upper, for a total of 74. There is a small amount of webbing between the digits. Additionally, on the undersides of each forelimb are three plates resembling those seen on the back. Its four limbs are heavily muscled and each ends with a five-digited paw.
It is slightly broadened at the tip to assist with propulsion. The tail is flattened laterally, and longer than the entire body. Running from just behind the shoulders to near the end of the tail is a row of large overlapping plates which gradually decrease in size as they move towards the tail.
This species is one of the largest seen to have lived on 4546B, much like many of the other extinct Leviathans found throughout 4546B. The Frozen Leviathan is a heavily-built creature with a broad body, four limbs and a long tail.
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