Minidrag

The minidrag, or "Alaspinian Miniature Dragon", is a fictional form of extraterrestrial life found in Alan Dean Foster's Humanx Commonwealth milieu.

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Minidrags are reptilian, resembling flying snakes, and come from the planet Alaspin.

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They are not sapient; nonetheless, they are empathic telepaths, or "emopaths" who often bond strongly to a sapient being they deem worthy. They are quite capable of defending their companions, as they spit a highly corrosive, violently neurotoxic venom, and they have been known to dodge projectiles using their higher than average metabolism, which incidentally requires them to eat more than other creatures their size.

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Additionally, the exact abilities of the Minidrag is under some debate, as in some books Pip merely acts as a lens for Flinx while in others Pip is able to sense on her own.

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