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{{Species
[[Image:Taxxon-fanart.jpg|thumb|Fan-art of a Taxxon.]]
 
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|Name = Taxxon(s)
A '''Taxxon''' is a [[Yeerk]]-enslaved race that has been described as resembling a massive centipede. They're eight feet long, but they're the height of a human when erect due to the rest of them needed for balance. They have 'way too many legs' and their eyes are red and jelly-like.
 
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|image = [[File:Animorphs 43 the test inside cover only high res.jpg|center|250px]]
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|Homeworld = [[Taxxon homeworld]]
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|Eyes = 4
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|Hair = None
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|Skin = Dark yellow and red
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|Limbs = 32
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|Special = Sentient<br>Cannibalistic
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|First = ''[[The Invasion]]''
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|Last = ''[[The Beginning]]''}}
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{{Quote|Taxxons are huge, long worms. Like [[Earth]] centipedes, only much larger. Taxxons live in a state of eternal hunger. Desperate hunger. They will eat anything – dead or alive. Even their own fallen or injured brothers.|[[Ax]]|The Decision}}
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The '''Taxxons''' were a race of carnivorous beings who for the most part joined the [[Yeerk Empire]] of their own volition. The race became technically extinct when the remaining Taxxons chose to live out the remainder of their lives in the [[Amazon Rainforest]] [[nothlit|trapped]] in [[Snake|anaconda morph]].
   
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==Physiology==
The Taxxons possess a never-ending hunger for meat, and will engage in feeding frenzies should they sense meat. They have no qualms with cannibalizing their own kind, and if they are wounded they may even try to eat themselves. They accepted Yeerk control under the promise of food, and the Yeerks did not sway from the bargain; they began using Taxxons to despose of criminals.
 
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[[File:Taxxon licensee illustration.jpg|thumb|left|Taxxon licensee illustration used in a variety of merchandise]]
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{{Quote|Taxxons are like big, nasty caterpillars or centipedes. As big around as an old oak tree. They walk on rows of needle legs, carrying the upper third of their bulk erect. They have a ring of red jelly eyes and a lamprey mouth. And they are hungry as shrews: always hungry. Always. It's a madness, a raging, insatiable need.|[[Jake]]|The Answer}}
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The Taxxons are a race of large insectoids resembling a massive centipede. The most prominent feature of their face is the large mouth with razor sharp serrated teeth directly in the center. Situated around sides of the mouth are four red jellylike eyes. Eight to ten feet long, they are closer to the height of a human when standing erect due to the lower portion needed for balance. They also have twelve upper appendages that end in lobsterlike pincers and twenty lower appendages. These arms are very good for operating controls, so the expected occupants of a single [[Bug fighter]] are one [[Hork-Bajir]] and one Taxxon. Although they are slightly slower than humans on land, they are very fast swimmers, able to keep up with bottle-nosed dolphins easily.<ref>''[[The Message]]'' page 68</ref>
   
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The Taxxons possess an unceasing and irresistible instinct to constantly consume sustenance, especially meat. They will engage in feeding frenzies should they sense raw flesh or blood. They have no apparent qualms with cannibalizing their own kind, and if they are wounded they may even eat their own damaged flesh; one book featured a scene where [[Ax]] cut a Taxxon in half and it began to eat its severed half. Neither a [[Yeerk]] in control of a Taxxon body nor a [[human]] or [[Andalite]] in Taxxon morph can fully control this instinct. It was revealed that the Taxxons' overwhelming hunger is driven by their constant, overwhelming fear of starvation.
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==History==
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On their [[Taxxon homeworld|homeworld]], the Taxxons lived in sentient bumblebee structures or ant colony obeying the [[The Living Hive]]. As far as is known, they possessed little or no technology before the [[Yeerk]]s arrived on their planet.
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===[[Andalite-Yeerk War]]===
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{{Quote|The [[Yeerk]]s had bought them off and made them allies by the simple expedient of promising to feed them. Some Taxxons carried the Yeerk slug in their feverish brains, but many did not. The Yeerks hated them as host bodies, hated living with the hunger that not even a Yeerk could control.|[[Jake]]|The Answer}}
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When the [[Yeerk Empire]] first discovered the Taxxon homeworld, the Yeerks decided, rather than conquering the planet, to make the Taxxons a simple deal: in exchange for the Taxxons agreeing to become [[Controller]]s, the Taxxons would get an endless supply of new, exotic meats. Nearly all the Taxxons readily agreed. The Yeerks did not sway from the bargain, and they began using Taxxons to dispose of criminals.<ref>''[[The Invasion]]''</ref>
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====Taxxon Trackers====
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{{Quote|Taxxon trackers can sense warm flesh from miles away, as long as they have a sample. They're a special breed of Taxxon.|[[Ax]]|The Change}}''To be added''
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====[[Mountain Taxxon]]s====
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[[File:Arbron's Taxxons.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Arbron]]'s army of Taxxons]]
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{{Quote|[[Mountain Taxxon]]s? Rebels? I was so surprised I temporarily forgot to be terrified. There were still Taxxons resisting the [[Yeerk]]s? This would be huge news to my people. We'd assumed all the Taxxons had accepted Yeerk rule in exchange for promises of fresh, unusual meats.|[[Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul]]|The Andalite Chronicles}}
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There are a group of Taxxons called '''[[Mountain Taxxon]]s''' which fought the Yeerk Empire; the leader of this group is an [[Andalite]] [[Nothlit]] named [[Arbron]] who got trapped in Taxxon morph in a secret mission.<ref>''[[The Andalite Chronicles]]''</ref> Arbron and his Taxxons met the [[Animorphs (characters)|Animorphs]] and created a diversion which aided the Animorphs in ending the Yeerk invasion of [[Earth]]. However, many Taxxons were killed during the battle.<ref>''[[The Answer]]''</ref>
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After the battle, all the surviving Taxxons are given the ability to permanently [[morph]] into anacondas and other "way too big" snakes so that they can have a form similar to their own, yet be free of the never-ending hunger. Arbron lived in South America among these nothlit-Taxxon-snakes for a time, but he was later killed by [[human]] poachers.<ref>''[[The Beginning]]''</ref> The fate of the rest of their race is unknown, but are surely no longer slaves of the Yeerks.
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==Acquiring==
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{{Quote|I bent down. Reached out my good hand and touched the Taxxon's side. His soft side heaved laboriously, up and down, as he struggled to breathe. Yes, he was dying. I could see [[Ax]] in the faint light, already [[acquiring]] him. I began to [[demorph]]. When the transition was complete, I reached out a talon and placed it on the disgusting flesh. I could feel life draining from his body, and the firm folds of bloated tissue collapsing like a torn hot air balloon. I concentrated on the acquisition. Usually, you don't feel anything about an animal while you acquire it. This time, I sensed something. Fierce and elemental, like a scream of rage. I finished acquiring the Taxxon's DNA. And realized there was something inside me unlike anything I had ever known. Maybe it was just my own tormented mind at work. Or maybe it really was the DNA, screaming at me on some microscopic level. It was something terrible. Something dangerous. A tortured shudder moved the length of the Taxxon's body, from head to tail and back again. He shook for one violent instant, then stopped. And I realized that he now lived only in Ax and me.|[[Tobias]]|The Test}}
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A Taxxon morph was [[acquire]]d by [[Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul]], [[Arbron]] and [[Alloran-Semitur-Corrass]] in ''[[The Andalite Chronicles]]'', aboard a [[Yeerk]] ship. Two decades later, a Taxxon was acquired by Elfangor's son [[Tobias]] and his brother [[Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill]] in ''[[The Test]]''.
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==Usage==
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===Trip to the Taxxon homeworld===
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{{Quote|I had only one way to go. I would have to resume the Taxxon [[morph]] I had [[acquire]]d. The Taxxon DNA was still a part of me. It always would be.|[[Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul]]|The Andalite Chronicles}}
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''To be added''
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===Yeerk Pool Pipeline===
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{{Quote|No [[earth]] animal, no morph we [[Andalite]]s have, could do that kind of job in less than weeks. And even then, it would just be a tiny tunnel. Not nearly enough to move the volume of gas you're talking about."<br>"That's why I selected an animal for you to morph that can do the job in hours, not days or weeks. You always underestimate me, Andalite."<br>"What morph?"<br>"I have a morph that will leave behind a tunnel at least as large in circumference as the pipe itself."<br>"What morph?"<br>"Taxxon, my Andalite friend. Taxxon!|[[Tobias]] and [[Taylor]]|The Test}}
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''To be added''
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===Pool Ship Deception===
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{{Quote|[[Tobias]] in Taxxon morph gorged on an illusion. The [[Cassie]] hologram was a horror film directed by [[Erek]]. Bit by bit he replaced illusions of Cassie with illusions of empty space. Until, gory bit by gory bit, she was gone, consumed by the Taxxon who kept at it until not even a bloodstain was left on the ship's deck. It would never have fooled a true Taxxon — even [[Chee]] holograms and force fields cannot project taste. But Tobias acted his part to perfection and the two [[Yeerk]]s, [[Esplin 9466|Visser One]] and [[Tom's Yeerk|Tom]], bought the performance entirely.|[[Jake]]|The Answer}}
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''To be added''
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
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Tobias (Taxxon Morph).jpg|Tobias morphing Taxxon
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Animorphs book 53 answer inside cover only.jpg|Inside cover of ''[[The Answer]]''
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Hork Bajir taxxon card animorphs invasion game.jpg|[[Hork-Bajir]] and Taxxon card from [[The Invasion Game]]
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Taxxon from Know the Secret Game.jpg|Taxxon from [[Animorphs: Know the Secret]]
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taxxon know the secret game booklet.jpg|Taxxon picture and bio from the [[Animorphs: Know the Secret]] game booklet.
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Taxxonalien.gif|Taxxon/Alien transformer in both modes
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taxxon alien transformer in packaging.jpg|Taxxon/Alien transformer in packaging
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taxxon transformer side view.jpg|Taxxon transformer in taxxon mode
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taxxon illustration on transformer card.jpg|Taxxon illustration on transformer card part of packaging
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taxxons bio from animorphs gameboy booklet.jpg|Taxxon description from [[Animorphs (GBC Game)]]
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Taxxon from hawk rescue game.png|Taxxon from the game [[Hawk Rescue (game)|Hawk Rescue]].
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</gallery>
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==Taxxon Factions==
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*[[Taxxon Loyalist]]
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*[[Mountain Taxxon]]
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==Known Taxxons==
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*[[The Living Hive]]
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*[[Arbron]] <small>(''[[nothlit]]'')</small>
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==Known Morphers==
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*[[Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul]]
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*[[Alloran-Semitur-Corrass]]
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*[[Arbron]] <small>(''[[nothlit]]'')</small>
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*[[Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill]]
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*[[Tobias]]
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==References==
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Revision as of 05:44, 11 May 2018

"Taxxons are huge, long worms. Like Earth centipedes, only much larger. Taxxons live in a state of eternal hunger. Desperate hunger. They will eat anything – dead or alive. Even their own fallen or injured brothers."
Ax[src]

The Taxxons were a race of carnivorous beings who for the most part joined the Yeerk Empire of their own volition. The race became technically extinct when the remaining Taxxons chose to live out the remainder of their lives in the Amazon Rainforest trapped in anaconda morph.

Physiology

Taxxon licensee illustration

Taxxon licensee illustration used in a variety of merchandise

"Taxxons are like big, nasty caterpillars or centipedes. As big around as an old oak tree. They walk on rows of needle legs, carrying the upper third of their bulk erect. They have a ring of red jelly eyes and a lamprey mouth. And they are hungry as shrews: always hungry. Always. It's a madness, a raging, insatiable need."
Jake[src]

The Taxxons are a race of large insectoids resembling a massive centipede. The most prominent feature of their face is the large mouth with razor sharp serrated teeth directly in the center. Situated around sides of the mouth are four red jellylike eyes. Eight to ten feet long, they are closer to the height of a human when standing erect due to the lower portion needed for balance. They also have twelve upper appendages that end in lobsterlike pincers and twenty lower appendages. These arms are very good for operating controls, so the expected occupants of a single Bug fighter are one Hork-Bajir and one Taxxon. Although they are slightly slower than humans on land, they are very fast swimmers, able to keep up with bottle-nosed dolphins easily.[1]

The Taxxons possess an unceasing and irresistible instinct to constantly consume sustenance, especially meat. They will engage in feeding frenzies should they sense raw flesh or blood. They have no apparent qualms with cannibalizing their own kind, and if they are wounded they may even eat their own damaged flesh; one book featured a scene where Ax cut a Taxxon in half and it began to eat its severed half. Neither a Yeerk in control of a Taxxon body nor a human or Andalite in Taxxon morph can fully control this instinct. It was revealed that the Taxxons' overwhelming hunger is driven by their constant, overwhelming fear of starvation.

History

On their homeworld, the Taxxons lived in sentient bumblebee structures or ant colony obeying the The Living Hive. As far as is known, they possessed little or no technology before the Yeerks arrived on their planet.

Andalite-Yeerk War

"The Yeerks had bought them off and made them allies by the simple expedient of promising to feed them. Some Taxxons carried the Yeerk slug in their feverish brains, but many did not. The Yeerks hated them as host bodies, hated living with the hunger that not even a Yeerk could control."
Jake[src]

When the Yeerk Empire first discovered the Taxxon homeworld, the Yeerks decided, rather than conquering the planet, to make the Taxxons a simple deal: in exchange for the Taxxons agreeing to become Controllers, the Taxxons would get an endless supply of new, exotic meats. Nearly all the Taxxons readily agreed. The Yeerks did not sway from the bargain, and they began using Taxxons to dispose of criminals.[2]

Taxxon Trackers

"Taxxon trackers can sense warm flesh from miles away, as long as they have a sample. They're a special breed of Taxxon."
Ax[src]

To be added

Mountain Taxxons

Arbron's Taxxons

Arbron's army of Taxxons

"Mountain Taxxons? Rebels? I was so surprised I temporarily forgot to be terrified. There were still Taxxons resisting the Yeerks? This would be huge news to my people. We'd assumed all the Taxxons had accepted Yeerk rule in exchange for promises of fresh, unusual meats."
Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul[src]

There are a group of Taxxons called Mountain Taxxons which fought the Yeerk Empire; the leader of this group is an Andalite Nothlit named Arbron who got trapped in Taxxon morph in a secret mission.[3] Arbron and his Taxxons met the Animorphs and created a diversion which aided the Animorphs in ending the Yeerk invasion of Earth. However, many Taxxons were killed during the battle.[4]

After the battle, all the surviving Taxxons are given the ability to permanently morph into anacondas and other "way too big" snakes so that they can have a form similar to their own, yet be free of the never-ending hunger. Arbron lived in South America among these nothlit-Taxxon-snakes for a time, but he was later killed by human poachers.[5] The fate of the rest of their race is unknown, but are surely no longer slaves of the Yeerks.

Acquiring

"I bent down. Reached out my good hand and touched the Taxxon's side. His soft side heaved laboriously, up and down, as he struggled to breathe. Yes, he was dying. I could see Ax in the faint light, already acquiring him. I began to demorph. When the transition was complete, I reached out a talon and placed it on the disgusting flesh. I could feel life draining from his body, and the firm folds of bloated tissue collapsing like a torn hot air balloon. I concentrated on the acquisition. Usually, you don't feel anything about an animal while you acquire it. This time, I sensed something. Fierce and elemental, like a scream of rage. I finished acquiring the Taxxon's DNA. And realized there was something inside me unlike anything I had ever known. Maybe it was just my own tormented mind at work. Or maybe it really was the DNA, screaming at me on some microscopic level. It was something terrible. Something dangerous. A tortured shudder moved the length of the Taxxon's body, from head to tail and back again. He shook for one violent instant, then stopped. And I realized that he now lived only in Ax and me."
Tobias[src]

A Taxxon morph was acquired by Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul, Arbron and Alloran-Semitur-Corrass in The Andalite Chronicles, aboard a Yeerk ship. Two decades later, a Taxxon was acquired by Elfangor's son Tobias and his brother Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill in The Test.

Usage

Trip to the Taxxon homeworld

"I had only one way to go. I would have to resume the Taxxon morph I had acquired. The Taxxon DNA was still a part of me. It always would be."
Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul[src]

To be added

Yeerk Pool Pipeline

"No earth animal, no morph we Andalites have, could do that kind of job in less than weeks. And even then, it would just be a tiny tunnel. Not nearly enough to move the volume of gas you're talking about."
"That's why I selected an animal for you to morph that can do the job in hours, not days or weeks. You always underestimate me, Andalite."
"What morph?"
"I have a morph that will leave behind a tunnel at least as large in circumference as the pipe itself."
"What morph?"
"Taxxon, my Andalite friend. Taxxon!"
Tobias and Taylor[src]

To be added

Pool Ship Deception

"Tobias in Taxxon morph gorged on an illusion. The Cassie hologram was a horror film directed by Erek. Bit by bit he replaced illusions of Cassie with illusions of empty space. Until, gory bit by gory bit, she was gone, consumed by the Taxxon who kept at it until not even a bloodstain was left on the ship's deck. It would never have fooled a true Taxxon — even Chee holograms and force fields cannot project taste. But Tobias acted his part to perfection and the two Yeerks, Visser One and Tom, bought the performance entirely."
Jake[src]

To be added

Gallery

Taxxon Factions

Known Taxxons

Known Morphers

References