Question

Garoff is a member of this race’s Council of Thirteen, which presided over this race’s Empire. The Quantum Virus was programmed to destroy a different race to prevent this race from acquiring more shock troops. Some Taxxons, a race of eternally hungry centipede-like beings, were led by Arbron in rebellion against this race. Though it causes (15[1])insanity, instant maple and ginger oatmeal can replace this race’s need to absorb rays from their home world’s sun or artificial (*) Kandrona generators. This race ran a Boy Scouts-like organization called The Sharing to attract new human subjects. Edriss 562 and Esplin 9466 are high-ranking officers in this race’s military known as Vissers. For 10 points, name these parasitic slug-like creatures that can take over a host’s body by entering through the ear canal, who fought against the Animorphs. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Yeerks
<Literature | Animorphs/K. A. Applegate | BC>
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