Creature:Evil Worm (Pure Life)

Higuratius Malefisangus

This little fiend will suck anything it can find, even penetrating the hide of the Hunting Boar.

Name
This name was originally used by Porkius settlers around 19000 before the Crasm of Direanitone. After many of the settlers died shortly after claiming to be bitten by a 'blood-sucking worm with the eyes of a snail', they discovered this being to be extremely foul-looking. Lacking creativity, they called them evil worms.

Description
Covered in tiny spikes and an assortment of rotting matter resembling plants, this thin worm sports a large spine on the back of its tail. Its flower-shaped mouth possesses five large teeth, for latching on to the victim, and a many layer of smaller teeth within to puncture the skin.

Diet
These leech-like worms can only find the needed nutrients in blood, of many types. Depending on the habitat, they can either hunt alone (such as the mountain subspecies) or in potent pack (such as the marsh worms, forming schools of up to fifty individuals) which drink their target 'till it has no blood remaining. They may even drink the blood of others of its species if necessary.

Relationship with Porkius
The Porkius are a hominid species present on the same planet as the Evil. They are very powerful, though not very technologically advanced. The only alien contact was brought to them, for they possess no ships. (see Creature:Porkius, coming soon) The Porkius employ the Evil Worm's fierce venom for many assortments of poisons, acids and such. They also sometimes breed them to use in forms of pit battles, pitting one worm against another. These battles encourage gambling, leaving many Porkius destitute.

Predators
The only being immune to the Evil Worm's poisons is the blarkbird (see Creature:Blarkbird, coming soon). They eat them in large quantities, their tough tongues resisting the spines.

Taxonomy
Animalia

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Higuratius

Higuratius Malefisangus