Catachan - Notable Catachan Fauna: Catachan Devil - One of the most famous deadly animals of Catachan is the Catachan Devil, a voracious insectoid predator, looking somewhat like a many-limbed Terran scorpion or centipede. They can be as long as a land train but are very bulky and slow-moving, which means that escape is possible for the unlucky Humans who confront one.Grox - The great quadrupeds called grox, although originally native to the Soloman System, are also found on Catachan, perhaps brought by the early Human colonists. The animals are prized for their highly nutritious and tasty meat, and have been introduced to many worlds throughout the galaxy, so that the Grox is now the most ubiquitous livestock animal in the Imperium. The grox, however, are extremely ornery and virtually impossible to keep under control without some form of brain-implants or lobotomy -- on Catachan they have become wild, and are deadly predators. Grox are used by a galaxy-spanning food consortium to produce the famous "Grox Burgers."Shambling Morphs - The Shambling Mamorphs of the world's volcanic lands are tough fighters and put up a good fight even against the Catachan Devil.Snake Analogues - There are many types of reptiloid serpent analogues on Catachan, including the Flying Swamp Mamba, the Coiling Death Cobra and the Catachan Black Viper, and all are deadly to most living beings. Some possess toxins so powerful that they can kill in under 30 heartbeats.Great Barking Toads - Great Barking Toads, although appearing benign and harmless, are literally volatile creatures: this amphibioid is easily startled, and anything it finds threatening is liable to cause it to neurologically explode in a cloud of virulent toxins which kills anything within a very wide (up to 1 kilometre) area, including the Barking Toad itself. The Barking Toad toxin is virulent enough that even respirators and sealed suits such as power armour offer no protection, and no other known substance can serve as an antidote to the searing, acidic death it brings. The Barking Toads of Catachan are known as the most toxic and dangerous creatures known to Humanity in the galaxy.Blood Wasps - Blood wasps are swarms of small, deadly insectoids that are known to eat their prey alive, capable of stripping them to the bone in under a solar hour.Heretic-ants - Heretic-ants are named on the account that they always attack their prey's feet (or "soles") first. One bite from these Catachan insectoids will put a Human adult in the infirmary for a solar month, two bites will give them around a solar day to find treatment before dying, and three will simply kill them outright.Vein Worms - Vein worms secrete an ooze that numbs their prey when they bite, so that they cannot feel a thing. These parasitic annelids then dig their way under their prey's skin and into the bloodstream to lay their eggs. The eggs will spread all around the host's body, and when the larvae hatch they will eat their way through the host's brain, heart and bones. There is no known cure for vein worm infestation once one has entered the victim's bloodstream.Drakebats - Drakebats are Ogryn-sized, winged, pseudo-reptiles that lurk amongst the upper canopy of the equatorial jungles of Catachan, descending from the treetops to ambush and devour unsuspecting prey.Death FliesCatachan Water-drakesCatachan BloodfliesCatachan PuswormsSpinebore Leeches