Snailopi (scientific name Cephaloctopi Malleatus) are animavorous man-sized nautiluses found in the arid deserts and salt flats of Sector Prime desert and temperate planets. When hungry their feeding tentacles emerge from their cone to entangle small creatures. They then absorb their prey's life force by emitting a weak osmotic field. Snailopi have four senses; they can taste and touch with their tentacles, hear through vibrations in their cones, and see through sensory nodules along the side of
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