Bestiary
Friendly trees were so named by British explorer Patrick Burlingame because they are one of the few organisms on Venus sluggish enough to permit one to rest in their branches. It takes several hours for a Friendly tree to fasten its tendrils and sucking cups on its prey.
Jack-ketch trees use long, leathery branches, shaped with a hole like nooses, to strangle and kill their prey. They are black, for they have no need for photosynthesis, and obtain all their sustenance from the creatures they catch. For the origin of the name, see Jack Ketch.
Pharisee trees look just like Friendly trees, a resemblance they use to lure prey within their reach. They are much quicker than Friendly trees, though, stabbing their prey with sharp spikes. For the origin of the name, see Pharisee.
A uniped is a kangaroolike animal that travels by leaping on a single massive leg. It uses its ten-foot beak to spear its prey.
Triops noctivians is a three-eyed monstrosity that feeds upon anything it can find—it lives on the night side of Venus.
Doughpots are a huge collection of protoplasm that absorbs everything in its path.
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