Peppermint

Peppermint is proof that you can be 90% mouth and still be adorable. She’s an ambush predator who takes her job very seriously. She spends her days half-buried and motionless, waiting for something edible to wander past. There is no hesitation in Peppermint’s world, only food and things that haven’t been identified as food yet. Her favorite meal is a juicy hornworm.

Pacman frogs (Ceratophrys cranwelli) come from the seasonal grasslands and forests of South America. They earned their nickname honestly: a round body, an enormous mouth stretching nearly half their width, and an appetite straight out of the arcade game. In the wild they’ll tackle insects, other frogs, and even small rodents, sometimes attempting prey nearly their own size. Females grow considerably bigger than males, and with good care they can live 10 to 15 years.

Fun fact: unlike most frogs, Pacman frogs have real teeth, plus two bony fang-like spikes on the lower jaw, and they’re not shy about using them. Herpetologists rank their bite among the strongest of any frog, comparable to a reptile many times their size. It’s why Peppermint, like Dumpling, is a look-don’t-touch resident: to a Pacman frog, wiggling fingers are just hornworms with bad disguises.