Creature:Hiiv

= Information = The Hiiv are apex predators upon their home planet.

Perhaps luckily for the Hiiv, they are not considered violent enough to rack up a large price on the black market for coliseums, and are therefore only rarely captured by space pirates, typically as a "budget monster".

Statistics
Species Type: Warm-Blooded Quadrupedal Organism Lifestyle: Solitary Predators Hunt/Forage Success Rate: Unspecified Defenses: Unspecified Weapons: Unspecified Tools: Hiivs cannot manipulate objects, as all four limbs have evolved into legs, while no alternate evolutions have led to manipulatory adaptations. Method of Eating: Unspecified Reproductive Rate: Unspecified Gestation: Unspecified Offspring Incubation: Offspring are birthed alive as small larvae, which remain attached to the tail of both mother and father (who share the larvae with each other before finally going their separate ways) during the earliest stages of their development. Tail segments allow for several nooks for larvae to remain safe. Number of Offspring: Unspecified Offspring Survival Rate (before age of maturity): Unspecified Singular/Plural/Possessive: Hiiv/Hiivs/Hiivan

= Physiology =

A Tale of Two Mouths
A unique evolution of the Hiiv and other related species from their homeworld is "dual mouths". The primary "mouth" is in fact nothing more than a pair of large fangs, used in extracting pre-digested creature mush. The secondary mouth, however, is a lot more vicious, appearing as a razor-filled gullet along their throat.

Eyes
Hiiv possess a grand total of 11 eyes; three which are located on the head, while the other 8 surround the throat-mouth.