Biter

This article is about the Biter. You may be looking for the Blighter.

Small, aggressive specimen. 94% muscle, 4% connective tissue, 2% brain. Likely indiscriminate when hunting: anything injured is fair game.

― PDA

The Biter is an aggressive life form belonging to the fauna category.

It can mostly be found swimming around in the Grassy Plateaus, Mountains, and the Jelly Shroom Caves.

Appearance

The Biter's body somewhat resembles a real life tadpole, though having a greater size. It has two eyes on each side of its head, and a small mouth full of small, razor sharp teeth like a piranha. Its head features five horizontal black stripes.

The Biter has no pectoral fins, possessing only dorsal and caudal ones running along its body length. Its upper body is a bright red, while its underbelly is a dull, pale grayish blue.

It also has a small blue bioluminescent lure on its forehead, which is used to track blood and other bodily fluids in the water, for the purpose of hunting.

Behavior

The Biter is an extremely fast and territorial fish. It emits quiet growls and clicks every now and then. It will attack without hesitation if the player gets too close. Each bite takes 7% of the player's health.

Biters will eat any corpses that they come across, making them disappear.

Biters will usually form shoals or small groups of two to three individuals.

The Biter will eat from the player's hand if offered fish and will leave the player alone for a moment. This can be risky with a group of Biters as they individually eat around three samples each and some may still injure the player while swarming.

Although one can be easily dealt with, a swarm of Biters can be very dangerous to encounter, and can easily kill the player.

Audio

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Data Bank Entry

Small, aggressive specimen. 94% muscle, 4% connective tissue, 2% brain. Likely indiscriminate when hunting: anything injured is fair game. Specialized Olfactory Antenna: Employed in detection of bodily fluids in the water. Secondary Pair of Eyes: Striking similarities to the sand shark's. Likely dedicated to detecting the peripheral movement of larger predators. Overdeveloped Tail Fin: Favors out-pacing and outnumbering their prey over individual maneuverability. Prey: Small herbivores; but according to calculations creatures up to 100x the biter's body weight could succumb to a focused assault. Assessment: Avoid large groups - Try not to bleed

Gallery

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  Front view

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  Side profile

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  Top view

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  Bioluminescence

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  Size comparison to the Player

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  Close up shot, showing many sharp teeth inside its mouth.

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  A Biter in the Grassy Plateaus

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  A Biter in the Jelly Shroom Caves

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  Concept Art

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  Concept art featuring a Biter

</tabber> For a more complete gallery, visit Biter/Gallery.

Trivia

• Despite having a closer resemblance to real life anglerfishes, the Biter's behavior strongly associates them with real life piranhas.
• There is a subspecies of the Biter called the Blighter that lives in the Blood Kelp Zone and the Blood Kelp Caves.
• Biters once lived around the Floating Island, but were removed from the location soon after they were added.