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Mennemish

Diet: Herbivore
Danger Level: 4
Social Ability: 12

Observation: This five-legged creature is what a small monkey is to an Earth organ grinder. It is easy to domesticate, but a few do live in the wild. It is often found in intergalactic circuses and exhibited as a dancing clown.

It is reported that the average brain size of this creature is about the size of a small fruit. It is capable of learning simple dances through mimicry, but the learning curve for this creature is extremely steep. Most trainers loose patience with the creature within a month. Those who are successfully trained normally take up to a year to learn even one set of rhythmic movement of any kind.

It was once thought that starting with the offspring would make training easier. As it turns out, the offspring of this creature are actually harder to teach than their adult counterparts. It is believed that their simple minds are too simple in the juvenile state to comprehend the concept of performance rewards.

~Zeek Slider