Midworld by alan dean foster
It is herbivorous, with no natural enemies. It turns red as it fills with blood.ĭemichin Devilope (Moth) The dominant animal lifeform. It is as long as a man's hand and thick as a thumb, and transparent. The backbone allows the leech to jump at the intended host. It is related to the annelid worms, but with a cartileginous backbone. When food is directly beneath it, it drops down and smothers it, digests it, and then returns to its branch.Ĭoivet (Ulru-UjuiT) It has six legs, and is said to be ugly.Ĭorvat (Repler III) A skate-like, schooling fish.Ĭrab (Dis) Mustard-colored, with quadruple pincers.ĭangui (Horseye) A "glass leech". The bottom is camouflaged to look like the sky, the top is green and pebbled. The animal emits a humming sound, and can survive out of water for long periods of time.Ĭlouder (Midworld) This animal is shaped like a thick mattress lined with hundreds of cilia. On the tip of each limb is a glowing spot used to attract prey. Its back is camouflaged so it resembles a Tuntangcle Vine.Ĭhollakee (Midworld) Predator animal with a loud howl.Ĭhromacule (Cachalot) Nine-legged starfish with a single greenish eye in the middle of the body.
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For food they eat a finger-sized fish.Ĭhan-Nock (Midworld) Tree-climbing reptile with a flat, arrowhead-shaped skull. The fish schools in the tens of thousands. When mating, the male glows a shade of red the female glows blue. It has seven slitted, purple eyes with a tentacle behind each one. In the center of the front is a round mouth. Its lifespan is normally two days.Ĭarrion Bug (Moth) Its colors are red and blue.Ĭephalopod (Cachalot) A fist-sized fish with an ellipsoid body, and four fins at the back. It is said to be a danger to animals many times its size.Ĭarew (?) A hyperactive animal used in laboratories. It eats areal tubers.īuna Floater (Midworld) Has long, stinging tentacles, and collects hydrogen to fly.īyorlesnath (Hivehom) Animal trapped for fur.Ĭanish (Moth) A small hyperactive carnivorous animal. The pincers contain white meat prized by the natives.īrya (Midworld) A four-clawed herbivore the size of a pig. Said to smell terrible when neutered.īreeder (Midworld) About as large as a man. The dried flesh is sold.īee (Moth) The variety found on Moth is fur-covered.īourf (Tran-Ky-Ky) Possibly a farm animal. Found only in the deep waters of the Skar River. Refered to in a bit of philosophy.Īrwawl (Horseye) A whale-sized fish with rainbow-hued scales. The animal's blood is green, with brown streaks.Īrkazy (Blasusarr?) Animal probably lives in the desert. They change direction only if attacked, or if scouts find food denser in another direction. They travel in herds of thousands, eating everything in their path. The bottom and horizontal jaws each have a set of three tentacles to grip food. The horizontal teeth are square, have serrated edges, and curve back towards the throat. The vertical jaws have triangular, razor sharp teeth. The animal has a double set of jaws: one set vertical, the other horizontal. It has three sets of eyes across the head, just behind the jaws.
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A thick, flexible body with six thin, strong legs. Akadi (Midworld) About the size of a German Shepherd, it has rusty-orange fur and black legs.