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native to the volcanic regions of Kamur, this unusual carnivore was a member of the family known as silicavores. This meant that they survived by consuming rocks, although the thanu actually consumed rocks which contained trapped plant and animal matter, thereby gaining organic nutrients while expelling the crushed rocks it didn't digest. Thanu resemble large knobs of flesh, standing over a meter tall and having a number of bulbous mouths and arms around their trunk. They moved about on unusual "rolling" toes which were actually stone feet developed early in their lifecycle and manipulated by a complex musculature. They use their arms, which contain a group of sticky tendrils, to catch their prey and draw it near to one of their mouths. Thanu have a number of developmental phase in their lifecycle, starting out like immobile plant-like larva before reaching maturity. Juveniles, eat raw plant material, which the ability to consume rocks isn't developed until reaching maturity.