Ceti Alpha Eel
A Ceti Alpha Eel is a species of parasite worm native to the planet of Ceti Alpha V. The creatures attack victims by their young entering into the ears of a subject and then becoming a parasite of their brains. As the creature matures, it grows and makes it's victims very susceptible to suggestion. Once it reaches full maturity, it exits the now dead victim and as far as appearances, the adult of the species serves a means to facilitate reproduction and infection of new hosts.
Due to Kahn keeping at least one of these creatures as a sort of a pet after the catastrophic explosion of Ceti Alpha VI, these creatures appear to be the only survivors of the fauna of the Planet Ceti Alpha V. Kahn uses his pets in order to take advantage of their infection characteristics as a kind of mind control to exert control and learn information. The last victims of Kahn's pet eels were Captain Terrel and Commander Pavel Chekov. As far as is possible to tell, the last known specimen was blasted by James T Kirk when it exited Chekov inside the Genesis test cave.
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An Eel being used on Chekov.
An eel being used on Captain Terrel
Entering a host.
