"So this is my first time playing Spore and I got to creature phase. My problem comes from the fact that I can't walk on any large bodies of land (i.e. a continent) without some weird creature leaping up through the sand and eating me. That happens the moment MY particular creature steps foot on the beach, although my fellow species are running around much higher on land.

Everytime this happens, the game says "Dangerous creatures lurk in the deep. Don't stray too far from the shore!" even though I'm...on the shore...and following my fellow species through it. Only my particular creature gets eaten.

I'm carniverous if that somehow makes a difference. But I can't see how to progress any further when I need to interact with species that I can't even make it to, and the only thing I'm really able to do is wait around hoping that my enemies attack me. Those attacks seem few and far between. Did I do something wrong, is the game screwing up, or something else?"