Creature:Gorgops

Gorgops is a representative member of the hemiinsectans, a group of strange vertebrates with insect-like exoskeletal armor. The gorgops, like its cousin the carnifex, is primarily a carnivore, though it can subsist on fruits when prey is scarce.

The gorgops received its name, “gorgon eyes,” due to the fact that its five eyes have blood-red pupils.

The gorgops' body form is rather catlike. It hunts prey by running it down, then savaging it with its teeth and claws. Despite its five eyes, a gorgops' vision isn't especially good, so it instead uses its senses of hearing and smell to locate prey. Its curled, featherlike antennae are particularly sensitive.

Gorgopses sometimes hunt in packs to bring down large prey animals, though when prey is scarce they do not tolerate the presence of other gorgopses.

Gorgopses come from the plains and scrublands of a planet on the outer reaches of the galaxy. The planet orbits a red dwarf star.

Pictures of Gorgops