Identification: there aren't many interesting lifeforms in the ecosystem, and in the end it turns out all of them are developmental stages of this one species
Variants: the cute little alien mascot whose lifecycle has whatever features are needed in this episode
Also Known As: Wufflings, Newt‐People, or Skullbursters, depending on the phase of the moon
Origin: Fluctua VII±I, a place with an excitingly syncopated calendar
LOOKS: | they never look like much | C− |
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BRAINS: | surprise, surprise, they're sophonts! More or less… | 85 |
LETHALITY: | if you can avoid the phase with all the teeth, the rest are a pushover | 0.07 |
CULTURE: | a lifestyle founded on the fundamental principle of never telling outsiders the first thing they need to know | 44 |
HARDNESS: | biopuzzle plots are clearly science‐based, even if it is a “squishy” science | 6½ |
TOKENISM: | alternate between being proscribed vermin and a protected species | 33 |
Religion: Hinduism, though their understanding of reincarnation is a bit muddled
Evolves Into: Shoebox → Mudkip → Lemon Meringue Pie
Affiliated With: the Conciliary Ententicles (intermittently)
To Be Confused With: the Pseudomorphoids
Natural Predators: other Enigmoids