Mogela

A likely close relative of Kinger which takes a much different route while maintaining a similar body plan, burrowing through the rock and earth with metal-plated claws and a flattened, trowel-like head. This species was actually first discovered a few years before the Transantarctic Expedition, in 1967, when an individual in Hokkaido was accidentally awoken from dormancy underneath Mount Tarumae by construction work. The creature made its way to the city of Tomakomai in search of metals, burrowing underneath the infrastructure and sinking the buildings into the ground. In Japan's second kaiju incident since Godzilla, casualties were much lower, with no recored fatalities thanks to a fast response and evacuation effort of the surrounding area by G-Force, although several city blocks were sunken into the earth. Its extremely thick metal plating could not be penetrated by most conventional artillery, and it was eventually killed when it was forced out of the ground and bombed with modified bunker busters which were able to pierce its hide. The animal later became something of an unofficial mascot among G-Force personnel as the creature caused minimal destruction compared to Godzilla and no fatalities, and led to increased support towards the military branch due to their success in eliminating Mogela. From Monarch's studies of the species in Antarctica, it appears Mogela are normally peaceful and spend their days endlessly tunnelling through walls searching for nutrient-rich ore deposits, their extremely thick armour insulating them from extreme heat or cold, but the very same tools used for digging make them very hard to put down when they are on the defensive, so few predators bar Gezora himself bother with them. The specimen which attacked Tomakomai measured at a little over fifty metres in length, but it seems this was a particularly large individual, as most Mogela seen in Antarctica range between thirty-five to forty metres. It is able to project pressurized hot air from holes at the end of the tail, which used to clear away rubble and soil from its tunnels while digging, but this is also an effective defence against cryogenic predators such as Gezora.