Ditto that, Wism. They're like grown-up versions of scyks, only worse. The poison does about 110 points of damage per tick -- stout! And it can also affect any of your three HAM bars. Man, how I wish this thing were tamable....
I hate this thing so much. Killed me many a times as a noob. They love gate-crashing your quenker lair when you are trying to level up as a Noob on Dant