Melmacian

Melmacians are a species of short-statured sapients of mammalianoid evolutionary background. They are relatively long-lived, having a lifespan of around 650 years. By the inclusion of a plant called the Carl Shrub in their diet, Melmacians are also immune to infectious disease. Since the planet was discovered on accident by Harold Twink 23,000 years ago, and it is assumed that Twink was also a Melmacian, the term "Melmacian" may in fact not be the true name of their species, in a similar manner to how a Martian or Venusian might not have evolved on Mars or Venus, respectively. Their species is widely considered one of the more awkward sapients in the known galaxy.

Notable Melmacians

 * In the early 1800s boxer Aldo 'The Twinky' Shumway became the first Melmacian to win titles in the middleweight, heavyweight, and the Parsnip Division. During a fourteen week fight in 1823, Aldo suffered three broken lips and lost all three titles to Rudy 'That Mean Dude' Frizbudster.
 * In 1931, Elmo Shumway invented television and made the first broadcast, a fifteen minute shot of Elmo flossing his teeth with a trout, on Tarble 14, 1932. Television didn't become popular until 1938, when Shubert W. Fletch invented electricity.
 * Gordon Shumway, more commonly known by his nickname, ALF, was one of the survivors of the great catastrophe that befell the planet Melmac. He made it to Earth and lived with a Human family for a few years in the 1980s.
 * Skip was a male Melmacian who was another survivor of the destruction of Planet Melmac.
 * Rhonda was a female Melmacian who was another survivor of the destruction of Planet Melmac.