animals_of_Gor

Mamba: This is a large, predatory river tharlarion from the rainforests. It has a long, log-like body with short powerful legs. It has a long snout and tail. It is similar to a crocodile.

Mindar: This bird is similar to a hummingbird. It is a short winged, yellow and red bird of the rainforests.

Monkeys: Several varieties of monkeys lives in the rainforest such as the Guernon monkeys and the nocturnal jit monkeys.

Ost: This is a venomous, brilliantly orange snake that is little more than a foot long. Its bite causes an excruciating death within seconds. A powder prepared from its venom can be put into wine. The osts of the rainforests are red with black stripes. The banded ost is yellowish orange and marked with black rings.

Panther: The jungle panther is a proud beast that does not care to be distracted when it is hunting. They hunt largely at night but are not invariably nocturnal. They will hunt when hungry or irritable.

Qualae: These are small, three toed mammals. They are dun colored with a stiff brushy mane of black hair. They travel in a scampering flock.

Slee: This is a rodent of the rainforests.

Sleen: There are several varieties of this six-legged, long bodied carnivorous mammal. It is almost like a snake. It is an efficient, tireless, almost infallible hunter. It is capable of pursuing a scent, days old, for hundreds of pasangs. Sleens in the wild are burrowing and nocturnal. They do not climb. Their preferred prey is the tabuk. Cubs are born white furred and turn darker as time goes on.

Rock Spiders: Usually brown or black and when they fold their legs beneath them, they look almost like a rock. Rock spiders can be huge, almost eight feet thick.

Tabuk: There are twenty varieties of tabuk in the rainforests.

Tarns: The jungle tarn is a rare bird, gloriously plumaged, from the tropical reaches of the Cartius.

Tarsk: This is a six-tusked wild boar, with a bristly mane running down its spine. There is a giant tarsk that stands ten hands at the shoulder. Their meat tends to be salty. They can be domesticated.

Umbrella bird: This bird lives in the rainforest.

Urts: In the rainforests there are gliding, ground, leaf and tree urts. Most urts attack in a pack and are messy and noisy when attacking.

Vart: These are blind, batlike flying rodents. They can grow to the size of a small dog. They can strip a carcass in minutes. Some are rabid and they hang upside down like bats.

Wader: This is a waterbird of the rainforests.

Zad: This is a large, broad winged, black and white bird with a long, narrow, yellowish, hooked beak.

Zeder: This is a small, sleen-like carnivore from the rainforests. It grows to two feet and weighs eight to ten pounds. It is diurnal, can swim well, and builds a stick and mud nest in tree branches where it sleeps at night.