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*** Beak-like speaking mouth (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | *** Beak-like speaking mouth (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | ||
*** Lower eating mouth (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | *** Lower eating mouth (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | ||
** Taloned, bird-like feet (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | |||
* Homeworld: Unnamed planet near [[Betelgeuse]] (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | * Homeworld: Unnamed planet near [[Betelgeuse]] (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | ||
** Departed homeworld upon discovery of Betelgeuse's coming supernova in the near future, residing instead on interstellar [[Betelgeusian Argosies|argosies]] (TOS Novel: ''The Face of the Unknown'', ''Ex Machina''; TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'') | ** Departed homeworld upon discovery of Betelgeuse's coming supernova in the near future, residing instead on interstellar [[Betelgeusian Argosies|argosies]] (TOS Novel: ''The Face of the Unknown'', ''Ex Machina''; TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'') | ||
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** Language | ** Language | ||
*** Tonal language (TNG Short Story: "Friends with the Sparrows") | *** Tonal language (TNG Short Story: "Friends with the Sparrows") | ||
** Pack hunters (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | |||
*** Generally suspicious of members of other packs, though this can be overcome with exposure and effort (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | |||
*** Intense hunting drive often difficult to overcome or ignore (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | |||
**** Some Betelgeusian stations hold hunting preserves to satisfy it, but only the largest are capable of it (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | |||
**** Occasionally a pack will go planetside on a world with advanced animal life and no sentient life, but such are rare (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | |||
**** Thus Betelgeusians usually sublimate hunting drive into intense and aggressive forms of sports, games, wagers, or challenges (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | |||
[[Category:Intelligent Species]] | [[Category:Intelligent Species]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:48, 7 May 2019
- Appearance: Avian
- Blue skin (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Brown muzzle (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Two mouths (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Beak-like speaking mouth (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Lower eating mouth (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Taloned, bird-like feet (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Homeworld: Unnamed planet near Betelgeuse (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Departed homeworld upon discovery of Betelgeuse's coming supernova in the near future, residing instead on interstellar argosies (TOS Novel: The Face of the Unknown, Ex Machina; TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
- Cultural notes
- Language
- Tonal language (TNG Short Story: "Friends with the Sparrows")
- Pack hunters (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Generally suspicious of members of other packs, though this can be overcome with exposure and effort (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Intense hunting drive often difficult to overcome or ignore (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Some Betelgeusian stations hold hunting preserves to satisfy it, but only the largest are capable of it (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Occasionally a pack will go planetside on a world with advanced animal life and no sentient life, but such are rare (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Thus Betelgeusians usually sublimate hunting drive into intense and aggressive forms of sports, games, wagers, or challenges (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Language