Stingbat

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This foul-tempered aerial predator has a highly developed visual navigation system. Yet despite this organic "intelligence," their small brain cavity and cerebral cortex inhibits their innate survival mechanisms. Despite a constant slaughter, the creatures continue to fly into the range of automated sentry guns that defend the Hell's Gate compound. (Read more)

Their diminished cerebral capacity makes them common prey for larger predators such as banshees. But their prodigious mating habits ensure a steady population.

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Quick Facts

• Common NameStingbat
• Na'vi NameRiti
• TaxonomyScorpiobattus volansii or “flying scorpion bat”
• HabitatRainforest canopy.
• AnatomyTranslucent teeth and claws, bioluminescence on periphery of wing membrane and torso. Scorpion-like tail stinger. Small brain cavity. Four eyes.
• Feeding EcologyNocturnal aerial predator, omnivore. Feeds mostly from canopy on rodent-sized creatures, lizards, and fruit. Usually solo feeders, but will swarm against larger prey such as small hexapede.
• SizeUp to three meter wingspan.
• NotesTreated almost like pets by some Na'vi despite lethal tail spines. Can be summoned by Na'vi with clicking sound between tongue and teeth to alight on arm or shoulders and eat fruit from Na'vi hands.