| ~Animals of GOR~ |
| Monkey-Guernon Monkey: found in the jungle along the Ua river; recognozed by their chattering sound. jit monkey-a simian mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi. Ost: tiny snake, about 12 inches long, bright orange in color; its venom causes extremely painful death within seconds; the ost of the rainforests inland of Schendi are red with black stripes Oysters: from the delta of the Vosk. Tamber Gulf Oysters: these oysters are served raw or baked. Panther, Forest: is a tawny-coclored, proud beast and is very common in the forests. They hunt largely at night but nat invaribly noctunal. They normally hunt when hungry or irritable. panther, jungle-less dangerous to man then the northern variety, inhabitant of the rainforest. Parrot: bird found in the emergent level of the rainforests of Schendi. Some varities are also found in the level of the canopies of the rainforest. Parsit fish: a silvery fish having brown stripes Porcupine: long-tailed-animal of the canopy level of the rainforest. Quala: small, dun-colored, 3-toed mammal with a stiff, brushy mane of black hair; pl. qualae. Rennel (noun): a crablike poisonous desert insect. Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 27 River shark: a narrow, black, vicious, carnivorous fish with a triangular dorsal fin, which inhabits the rivers of Gor Rock spider (noun): an inhabitant of the rainforests lower level this brown or black spider camouflages itself by tucking legs under its body to look like a rock hence its name; it is approximately one foot in diameter and will catch small rodents or birds in its web. Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 294 Salamander: an inhabitant of the brine pits of the salt mines of the Tahari, they are white and blind with long stemlike legs with fern-like filaments which are feather gills. Salt shark: a long-bodied (12' or more) carnivorous fish having gills situated under the jaw, several rows of triangular teeth, a sickle-like tail, and a sail-like dorsal fin; inhabits brine pits such as those of the Tahari. Salt thassa fish: a small fish from the gleeming Thassa, served baked or broiled. Scorpion (noun): found in the canopy level of the rainforest. Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311 Sharks: there are many varieties of sharks on Gor, saltwater and freshwater. The common shark is nine-gilled and its skin is very rough and abrasive. Varieties include river sharks, salt sharks, marsh sharks, white sharks of the north and the Vosk and Larius sharks. Slee: a rodent which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi Sleen: a cross between a weasel and a komodo dragon furred, with fangs that drip a deadly poison, some 20 feet long, having 6 legs and 2 rows of teeth; there are four types: the prairie sleen, which is tawny; the forest sleen, which is black or brown; the aquatic sea sleen; and the white snow sleen; can be domesticated for herding and tracking. tencious they can track a trail days old as if it were fresh, rending and killing the object of the hunt. sleen are pack animals and cared for only by thier Masters so that they are not befriended by the slave who may try to escape. Sleen, Hunting: the hunting sleen is a hunter of men. It is 20 feet in length and weighs 1100 pounds. This domesticated forest sleen is double fanged and six-footed. It's tail tends to switch back and forth, getting rigid, as it hunts, it's ears flatten against it's head just prior to it's final "charge" attack on it's prey. Sleen, Miniature: sly, nasty, and dangerous if not properly controlled, often kept as sinuous pets of Free Women. It is this creature that is the cause of the derogatory reference in calling someone a "sleen" or "she-sleen". Sea sleen: long, sleek, mamal with flippers and six legs, and double fanged jaws, can weigh as much as 1000 lbs. ans as much as 20 ft in length, hunted by the Red Savages for food and pelts. There are many varieties of sea sleen in the north including the black sleen, brown sleen, tusked sleen, and the flat-nosed sleen. Rogue sea sleen: rare broader headed more dangerous variety of sea sleen found in the Polar North. Slime worm: a long, slow, blind worm which inhabits the caverns below the Nest in the Sardar; scavenges the remains of the Golden Beetles kills. |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |