The fact was that Sulu had read about plantlife like this back in the Academy, even though nobody had any actual, living samples of the sort of monster they were currently up against. It was a little difficult to recall all of the notes about it considering the current situation but he did his best, reciting a list of factoids under his breath.
"...Oh! The flower - it serves as bait for animals. It has to be sensitive enough to feel insects, so destroying it could seriously disorient the... thing." He gestures in the direction of the mouth, where a short root is waving, the flower growing from it like some kind of creepy lure.
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Date: 2009-11-17 06:43 am (UTC)"...Oh! The flower - it serves as bait for animals. It has to be sensitive enough to feel insects, so destroying it could seriously disorient the... thing." He gestures in the direction of the mouth, where a short root is waving, the flower growing from it like some kind of creepy lure.