Kurja

"They, in their senses and their moves, resemble jackals in the plains of Africa."

- David Aguilar describes the Kurjas after the Narrator introduces them.

Kurjas are predatory animals native to the tidally-locked world of Aranel, in orbit around a red dwarf star.

Biology
Kurjas resemble jackals in Africa. They see in infrared vision, as they inhabit the darker regions of their tidally-locked homeworld. These animals hunt in packs, constantly hunting Pinapods or herds of them. Kurjas have two sets of eyes on their faces: two large yellow ones in the front similar to the eyes of an owl which are used to see in the visible light spectrum, and two small blue ones in the back that allow them to see in the infrared spectrum, detecting the heat signatures of their prey or anything around them. Their size is around four times that of an average Pinapod.

Appearances

 * The Universe, s03e05, "Alien Faces" (2008)