A creature created by
Piers Anthony in his
trilogy Man and Manta. They are a
lifeform which has
evolved from
fungi on another world. They have the ability to move at extremely high
speeds, have a very
sharp and precisely striking
tail, and they are highly
adaptative to their
environment.
They lack
senses as humans would define them, but instead have a single large eye
aperture which detects not only
light and
radiation, but
vibrations and
wavelengths/
frequencies assoociated with
sound,
smell, and even natural phenomena. Upon death, they have the ability to
spawn into millions of spores that may
reproduce on contact with other
spores.
They are known for their excellent skills at
fighting and their great intelligence. They developed a
method of communication with certain humans using tail
snaps.