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The '''mammoth starpod''' is an enormous creature with dozens of long white tentacles. It inhabits large asteroids or other bodies of rock, making its home there and using its tentacles to snare food. ItIts givesappearance theresembles appearancethat of a giant flower. Each arm has feeler tubes on it, which they use can grab food. It eats mostly minerals and space matter. It is not good at identifying objects, and sometimes will not realize that it has grabbed something it doesn’t want to eat until it’s already in its mouth. Mammoth starpods go through a molting season, and are particularly hungry as the molting season approaches.{{book ref|sf1|15}}
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The '''mammoth starpod''' is an enormous creature with dozens of long white tentacles. It inhabits large asteroids or other bodies of rock, making its home there and using its tentacles to snare food. It gives the appearance of a giant flower. Each arm has feeler tubes on it, which they use can grab food. It eats mostly minerals and space matter. It is not good at identifying objects, and sometimes will not realize that it has grabbed something it doesn’t want to eat until it’s already in its mouth. Mammoth starpods go through a molting season, and are particularly hungry as the molting season approaches.{{book ref|sf1|15}}
 
The starpod’s tentacles are several kilometers long and several wingspans wide. The tentacles are whitish in color, with smaller purplish stalks growing up the middle of each one. The starpod’s mouth has rowsthousands of long ivory protrusionstongues juttingarranged fromin circles around its centermouth. They arelook like teeth, but are flexible and wavy. It hasuses thousands of tongues arranged in circles around its mouththese to help pull its prey in.{{book ref|sf1|15}}
 
The [[Superiority]] is interested in mammoth starpods, and has set up [[Sunreach (station)|a research station]] to study at least one of them.{{book ref|sf1|15}}
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