TIL that there is a type of water demon in Japanese folklore called a Kappa that bears a striking resemblance to someone we met recently… : r/AnimalCrossing
Kappa Monster Crouching Drawing, Art Print | Barewalls Posters & Prints | bwc47705938
Kappa and Japanese Folklore | Japan Experience
The adorable frog-alligator-platypus tetranodon is a mix of a kappa, a water dwelling yokai, and a sumo wrestler. It even eats cucumber-like slugs (on the monster hunter twitter), much like the kappa. :
Kappa - The Kappapedia: cucumbers | Japanese folklore, Mythological creatures, Japanese art
Kappa | Scary For Kids
Folktale Friday: How to Defeat a Kappa – Am I Reading Too Much into This?