It looks something like a seal but with legs. It drives me nuts whatever it is. I read about something that it reminds me of in a science fiction story but I can't remember exactly what it was. It was something really bizzare, like a single-cell animal with a see-through body that weighed a few tons.

 

I can't believe I figured out what it was I read about. It's a Frumious Bandersnatch. The plural is Bandersnatchi. It's one strange animal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...atch_%28Known_Space%29

Bandersnatchi
Intelligent, huge white slugs native to Jinx. A covenant exists between the Bandersnatchi and would-be hunters that allows them to win about 40% of "duels".
They are as big as a dinosaur, completely white and smooth, shaped like a caterpillar reaching for a leaf. It has a mouth at the front of a belly foot. It is a single-celled organism with a long, thick chromosome. It has six hearts, each of which weighs 11 pounds.

No legs. So thats not what the avatar is.

 

It reproduces by budding so don't stand to close to it. And where is Jinx? thats where they come from. It handicapped too.

 

Handicapped with a capital H. No arms.

Jinx is in the Sirius A system. Sirius is the Dog Star, the brightest star in the sky. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinx_%28Known_Space%29