Gruut

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Gruut
Base Information
Classification Herbivore/Intermittent
Terrain {{{terrain}}}
Locomotion Walk
Size Large
Speed Extra Slow
Strength Standard
Social Structure Pair
Weapons None
Armor {{{armor}}}
Body Structure
Symmetry Bilateral
Head/Torso Head with brain/senses
Limbs & Manipulators 2 fore limbs with grippers, 2 rear legs
Tail none
Skeleton Bony interior
Internal Fluids Blood
Skin fine scales
Natural Weapons None
Body Shape
Size Large
Stance horizontal
Length/Height 1.2m
Body Profile thin
Weight 20kg
Details
Edibility No
Training Difficulty No
Source
Homeworld Oihoiei (Reaver's Deep 0230)
Multi-world Yes
Canon No
Reference Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 16

The Imperial name for a small (20 kg), herbivore found on the Aslan-inhabited worlds of Oihoiei (Reaver's Deep 0230), Khyaleiftaoher (Reaver's Deep 0332), Hrike (Reaver's Deep 0530), and Hrealeiwea' (Reaver's Deep 0531).

The female gruut lays up to eight eggs per season - but subsequently eats one or more eggs herself (an unusual instinct-driven reaction, apparently to keep the gruut population from exceeding the local area's ability to support it). The mother places the remaining eggs in two large hip pouches where they remain until they hatch. Once they hatch, the mother cares for the offspring until they are old enough to fend for themselves (about 60 standard days). Nocturnal by nature, gruuts mostly eat water fgrasses and some small fruits.

To-date, efforts to make pets of them have been unsuccessful.

The Trokh name for these creatures is kehe'ea.

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