Plummeting Tortoise

The Plummeting Tortoise was a creature native to the planet Kwikduk.

Biology
A portly shaped creature with beating stubby wings that allows it to get airborne. These tortoises fly over a target and once they tuck their head and legs in, they drop from the air. A tortoise is said to dive with pinpoint accuracy and crack a four-inch slab of granite.

Appearance

 * Outernet: Book 3: Odyssey by Steve Barlow