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== Screech (Creature) Physiology & Ecology ==
 
== Screech (Creature) Physiology & Ecology ==
The Screech (Chicacenmiztli) evolved on Zhdant as carnivore/pouncers until the primitive Zhodani took notice of the "Miztli" and began to domesticate them around -40,000, which culminated in a fully domesticable breed by around -30,000. Miztli are handy companion-animals for the Zhodani and often clean pest out of Zhodani homes and starships.
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The Screech (Chicacenmiztli) evolved on Zhdant as carnivore/pouncers until the primitive Zhodani took notice of the "Miztli" and began to domesticate them around -40,000, which culminated in a fully domesticated breed by around -30,000. Miztli are handy companion-animals for the Zhodani and often clean pest out of Zhodani homes and starships.
  
 
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Revision as of 01:58, 5 March 2015

Screech
Base Information
Classification Carnivore/pouncer
Terrain {{{terrain}}}
Locomotion Walker
Size Small
Speed Unknown
Strength Unknown
Social Structure Unknown
Weapons Claws + Bite
Armor {{{armor}}}
Body Structure
Symmetry Bilateral
Head/Torso Head with brain & senses
Limbs & Manipulators Six set of legs
Tail Yes
Skeleton Bony interior
Internal Fluids Blood
Skin Fur
Natural Weapons Claws + Bite
Body Shape
Size Small
Stance Horizontal
Length/Height Unknown
Body Profile Thin, light
Weight Unknown
Details
Edibility Yes
Training Difficulty Formidable
Source
Homeworld Zhodane (Zhodane 2719)
Multi-world Yes
Canon No
Reference GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 1

Screech (Creature) Synopsis

The "Screech," as they are commonly known in Imperial space, are small, hexapodal (six-legged) comfort animals, bearing a superficial resemblance to the Solomani Terran cat, originating from Zhdant, and are commonly kept as pets through Zhodani space and exported elsewhere.

Screech (Creature) Physiology & Ecology

The Screech (Chicacenmiztli) evolved on Zhdant as carnivore/pouncers until the primitive Zhodani took notice of the "Miztli" and began to domesticate them around -40,000, which culminated in a fully domesticated breed by around -30,000. Miztli are handy companion-animals for the Zhodani and often clean pest out of Zhodani homes and starships.

Screech (Creature) Diet & Trophics

Screech eat almost any variety of small animals or raw meat.

Screech (Creature) History & Background

The common "Screech" derives it's Human name from the peculiar noises it makes and is known as the "Chicacenmiztli" in the Zhodani tongue, which means "Six-cat." The Zhodani sometimes call "Chicacenmiztli" "Miztli" for short.

Screech (Creature) TAS Advisory

The common Screech is a friendly creature well-suited to adoption as a pet and companion animal.

Screech (Creature) References & Contributors

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.