Andalite


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Andalites are sentient, centaur-esque creatures featured in the Animorphs universe. The Andalite's body structure consists of a nearly human top half and horselike bottom half, textured by blue fur. In addition to this, their tails resemble those of Earth scorpions, with a sharp, knifelike point.

Culture
Andalites origanally evolved as prey animals that lived in herds. At first they used a form of sign language, but then developed thought-speak, like the Helmacrons. Over time, Andalite culture grew into massive cities. The andalites found that too crowded, so they broke up into family groups, called scoops. When Andalites wish to invent something, every scoop works on something different, such as bluprints and spare parts.

Physiology
Andalites have two sets of ribs, one in their upper body and one in thier lower body. Andalites have four eyes, two in the "human" position, and two on stalks. The main eyes see, on average, as good as humans with slightly better color differrentation. The stalk eyes can see far better into the infrared side of the color spectrum. Their hooves absorb nutrients as they do not have human-like mouths. Since andalites have four hearts, they have an incredible amount of stamina, endurance, and speed. Andalite hands have seven fingers which are to weak to do almost anything. An andalites tail blade can move supremely fast, faster than the human eye can see.

War Against the Yeerks
Some time in recent Andalite history, a species of neuro-parasites were discovered with a penchant for taking over the bodies of other races, due to their limited abilities to move about on land. These creatures, called Yeerks, were fully sentient but were lacking physically- in human terms, they resemble slugs. To counter this shortcoming, the Yeerks developed the ability to take over others by slithering in to their ear canals and wrapping themselves around the brain, sinking themselves in to every nook and cranny of the brain. Not content with the limited options of hosts on their homeworld, the Yeerks were delighted by the arrival of the Andalites on their swampy homeworld. Utilizing the primitive natives of their world, they overpowered the Andalite scout ship and took to the stars. Soon, they began colonizing the galaxy, taking more and more powerful species and using them in war. The Andalites were soon outnumbered, stretched too thin to counter the Yeerk invasion.