| Sea Serpent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Illustrated by Gary Gianni in The Dark Horse Book of Monsters. | |||
| Naming | |||
| Others | The Thing | ||
| Binomen | N/A | ||
| Morphology | |||
| Body type | Serpentine | ||
| Average weight | ~ 100 tons | ||
| Intelligence | |||
| Sentience | Sentient | ||
| Sapience | Non-Sapient | ||
| Aggressivity | Extreme | ||
| Ecology | |||
| Place of origin | Ocean | ||
| Diet | Carnivorous | ||
| Locomotion | Swimming Slithering | ||
| Status | DD | ||
| Behind the Scenes | |||
| Universe | A Tropical Horror | ||
| Created by | William Hope Hodgson | ||
This unidentified sea serpent is a large and vicious eel-like creature with tentacles, which is attracted by the scent of raw meat and is known to attack ships and prey upon humans.
Biology[]
The sea serpent is an elongated eel-like monster, covered in smooth slimy skin, and estimated to weight a hundred tons. Its tail is described as "a broad, flat-shaped mass". In spite of its size, it is capable of leaving the ocean and crawling onto the decks of ships to forage for food. It has a wide mouth that is equipped with both fangs and claw-armed tentacles, and is large enough to swallow humans with ease. The first description by Thompson suggests that "there are no eyes visible", but a later description includes a pair of "little pig-eyes, that seem to twinkle with a diabolical intelligence". Its tentacles possess claws that are similar to a lobster's chelae.
Appearances[]
- "A Tropical Horror", by William Hope Hodgson (1905)
- The Dark Horse Book of Monsters (2006)