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| rdfs:label | - Mantis Screamer
- Mantis screamer
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| rdfs:comment | - Mantis Screamers were giant winged creatures native to the desolate Dinares Sector. Amazingly, they were capable of not only atmospheric flight, but also deep-space flight as well, although the exact method(s) used to accomplish the latter feat is still poorly understood. It is apparent that they could even migrate between stars, presumably while in some kind of larval form, as proof appears as their towering spire aeries are a common sight on a variety of now-lifeless worlds. Apparently they would go through a metamorphosis at some point during their lives, changing entirely into a huge nesting form.
- The mantis screamer was a giant winged creature native to the desolate Dinares sector. They were capable of both atmospheric and deep-space travel. The latter may have been accomplished while in a larval state. Originally, the mantis screamers were born with a stinger of considerable size on their tails, but at some point in their history, glave parasites infested a rather large clutch of screamer eggs. The parasites consumed the embryos' stingers and took their place, modifying the screamer's tail accordingly.
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| abstract | - Mantis Screamers were giant winged creatures native to the desolate Dinares Sector. Amazingly, they were capable of not only atmospheric flight, but also deep-space flight as well, although the exact method(s) used to accomplish the latter feat is still poorly understood. It is apparent that they could even migrate between stars, presumably while in some kind of larval form, as proof appears as their towering spire aeries are a common sight on a variety of now-lifeless worlds. Apparently they would go through a metamorphosis at some point during their lives, changing entirely into a huge nesting form. Despite this distinct ability to travel through space, they failed to escape the Zerg Swarm, and were assimilated as a whole into their ranks, changing little from their original forms to become the Mutalisks. Their original spire architecture also formed the basis of their new form's spires. While their Mutalisk counterparts utilize Glave Wurms as a symbiotic weapon, it is not known whether or not this was formed from some symbiosis the Mantis Screamers themselves once possessed. Their nesting forms would take the form of the original Guardian and its eventual replacement, the Swarm Guardian. It is unknown if Devourers had anything to do with a basis of the Mantis Screamers or not.
- The mantis screamer was a giant winged creature native to the desolate Dinares sector. They were capable of both atmospheric and deep-space travel. The latter may have been accomplished while in a larval state. Originally, the mantis screamers were born with a stinger of considerable size on their tails, but at some point in their history, glave parasites infested a rather large clutch of screamer eggs. The parasites consumed the embryos' stingers and took their place, modifying the screamer's tail accordingly. The mantis screamer nested in towering aeries. These are common sights on lifeless worlds spread over multiple star systems. When the species was absorbed by the zerg many aeries were left abandoned. The zerg mutated the mantis screamer into the mutalisks. Their morphology changed little and the aeries formed the basis of the zerg spire. The mantis screamer's nesting form was the basis for the guardian mutation.
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