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Oronites from Messages from Mars, By Aid of the Telescope Plant (1892) by Robert D. Braine.

Unlike the other entries in this series, I haven’t read the book this comes from, as there aren’t any copies available. However, I read a second-hand description of these creatures in Imagining Mars: A Literary History by Robert Crossley and I couldn’t resist.

"They are ten feet tall, have very large eyes that constantly and subtly change hue as they "speak", and enjoy ten fingers to each hand and ten long finger-like toes on each foot (all of which, he later learns, come into play in their complex musical performances). The Oronites have no mouths but do have a three-foot-long proboscis, abundant tawny hair resembling a lion’s mane, and a pointed white horn growing from their foreheads. All food is liquid, taken once a day from a special elixir of nutrients stored in a gigantic reservoir, and sucked through the nostrils of the proboscis."

Description

Oronites from Messages from Mars, By Aid of the Telescope Plant (1892) by Robert D. Braine.

Unlike the other entries in this series, I haven’t read the book this comes from, as there aren’t any copies available. However, I read a second-hand description of these creatures in Imagining Mars: A Literary History by Robert Crossley and I couldn’t resist.

"They are ten feet tall, have very large eyes that constantly and subtly change hue as they "speak", and enjoy ten fingers to each hand and ten long finger-like toes on each foot (all of which, he later learns, come into play in their complex musical performances). The Oronites have no mouths but do have a three-foot-long proboscis, abundant tawny hair resembling a lion’s mane, and a pointed white horn growing from their foreheads. All food is liquid, taken once a day from a special elixir of nutrients stored in a gigantic reservoir, and sucked through the nostrils of the proboscis."