A Swooper attacks Captain Kirk
A Swooper is a large, flying plant, indigenous to Phylos. It has root-like appendages that stick in the ground to feed.
In 2269, the crew of the USS Enterprise encoutered the creatures, and one of them captured Spock with his root-tentacles and carried him away to be cloned by Stavos Keniclius 5. (TAS: "The Infinite Vulcan")
- The animations for this creature were slightly modified for Marabel dragon and mechanical sentinel. This one had the root-like apendages.