HARVESTER LEVIATHAN - 2020

// Taxonomy: Pristaemon serpratrix - creeping devourer
Habitat (sedentary): Asteroid belts, planetary rings.

Harvesters move very slowly, using their long bodies to navigate fields of rock like worms. This makes them quite dangerous as they can change their colour to camouflage via chromataphorical scales. They are tertiary predators and often prey on Dragonets, which (combined with their ferocious territorial qualities) makes them a creature to exercise extreme caution with…

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