Creature:Crystanik

A peculiar organism native to the crystal moon of Zuun, it, like the organisms native to the world, are crystal-based. Found on the planets smallest continent, it lives within the massive crystal caverns that are located just beneath the surface.

Biology
An rather peculiar form of life, the Crystanik tends to live within the crystal caverns of Tandoa. Composed of crystals itself, this silicon-based life form shares the crystal-based anatomy, with various different minerals composing their solid organs. Its rather large gem-like eye is capable of seeing ultraviolet light, a trait it shares with many of the other life forms on the planet, and something it uses to its advantage as it hunts down smaller species. After killing its prey, it devours it for its crystalline content so that it can gain nutrients from the fast growing photosynthetic crystals that they eat. Though considered intelligent, they are not, however, yet capable of using tools, though they do form packs and use various social abilities.

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 * Genus: Minutos
 * Species: Minutos venias