Whales and whaling

[orchid grove]

For the meat and the fat

[lament spruce]

Either that or smaller scale living fat reservoirs such as seals. Makes arctic survival more feasible with a simpler animal and no need to code huge boats and harpoons.
Bonus: the wooden club now can have a purpose.

And they can still be made challenging to hunt.

Make them similar to pigs in that every adult will go aggro if one of the pups are attacked in the vicinity.

[orchid grove]

they SHOULD heavily expand the ocean and sailing clture of the side of the game.

big ships would be awesome

big whales too