"White, James - Sector General 02 - Star Surgeon.PDB" - читать интересную книгу автора (White James) chins touch-ing the ground, and their long legs spread so as to
allow the tail to curve sharply downwards and forwards between the limbs so that the flat tip is at their center of balance. When the tail is straight-ened suddenly to full extension, it acts as a powerful third leg ca-pable of hurling the Wem forward for a distance of five or six body lengths. If the hunter does not land on top of its prey, kicking the creature senseless with the feet before disabling it with a deep bite through the cervical vertebrae and underlying nerve trunks, it piv-ots rapidly on one leg so that the flattened edge of the tail strikes its victim like a blunt, organic axe. While the tail is highly flexible where downward and forward movement is concerned, it cannot be el-evated above the horizontal line of the spinal column.The back and upper flanks are, therefore, the Wem's only body areas that are vul-nerable to attack by natural enemies, who must also possess the el-ement of surprise if they are not to become the victim. Classification:DRVJ Species:Name Unknown Individual:Doctor Yeppha Planet:Unknown A small, tripedal, fragile being. From the furry dome of its head there sprout singly and in small clusters, at least twenry eyes. Classification:DTRC Planet:Unknown Individual:Crelyarrel Flat, roughly circular beings, dark gray and wrinkled on one sur-face, and with a paler, mottled appearance on the other, smooth, surface. The beings attach to their FGHJ hosts with thick tendrils growing from the edge of the disk. The tendrils penetrate into their FGHJ hosts' spinal columns and rear craniums. The DTRCs have their own special needs that in no way resemble those of their hosts, whose animal habits and undirected behavior are highly repugnant to them. It is vital to the DTRCs continued mental well-being that the masters escape periodically from their hosts to lead their own lives~usually during the hours of darkness when the tools are no longer in use and can be quartered where they can not harm them-selves. Classification:DTSB Planet:Traltha Species:Tralthan No Individual Names Known Apparent typographical error for Classification OTSB. Classification:EGCL Planet:Duwetz Species:Dewatti |
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