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>> Larry Niven created a sentient three-legged creature in his early
>> Ringworld novels. Can't recall the species name.
>>
>
>Pierson's Puppeteers are the species from the Ringworld novels. Two
>forelegs and a single hindleg. Eyes on thick "stalks" that also carried the
>mouths. Mouths were effectively hands as well. Brain encased in a bony
>compartment at the base of the eyestalks. They were Niven's idea for a
>possible sentient evolution from a herbivorous herding source species,
>rather than an omnivorous or carnivorous source species.
>
You are obviously a very serious Ringworld fan. I recently came across a
signed copy of "Ringworld's Children" in a thrift store.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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