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The Itorilleta looks like a cross between a dinosaur, spider and a scorpion of old [[Earth | The Itorilleta looks like a cross between a dinosaur, spider and a scorpion of old [[Earth]]. It's crowned with a waving mass of sensitive tentacles. The twenty-meter tall beast lives in the jungle of Biggs Colony, [[Altair]]. There it patiently waits for prey. It has eight legs the size of small trees with a giant misshapen belly that's ten meters off the ground. It is supported on limbs which appear spindly compared to the bulk above. The head peers myopically down at the jungle floor while the ring of sensory tentacles above its head and neck probes for situational awareness.<ref name=":0">The Fiercest Creature on Altair, [http://www.dream-ware.co.uk/frontier/books/stories-of-life-on-the-frontier/ Stories Of Life On The Frontier] by David Massey</ref> | ||
A thin tentacle, barely a decimeter in diameter, can shoot out from under the eye ring, spearing towards prey. The creature can lift prey from the jungle floor high into the air and sweep it to the creature's twin mouthed jaws. It carries two additional limbs which jut from the body just behind the neck.<ref name=":0" /> | A thin tentacle, barely a decimeter in diameter, can shoot out from under the eye ring, spearing towards prey. The creature can lift prey from the jungle floor high into the air and sweep it to the creature's twin mouthed jaws. It carries two additional limbs which jut from the body just behind the neck.<ref name=":0" /> | ||