mulefa

The children's writer Philip Pullman, in His Dark Materials, imagines a species of animals, the 'mulefa', that co-exist with trees that produce perfectly round seedpods with a hole in the centre.

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Elsewhere, Dr. Mary Malone is interacting with the mulefa, a bizarre race of creatures with wheel-like seedpods for feet and their own intricate language, and she discovers by means of building a telescope something quite peculiar about Dust.

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I especially like how the mulefa would groom each other out of pure sociability.

His Dark Materials Tarie 2007

Mary learns to communicate with the mulefa, and they ask for her help in saving a type of tree they are very dependent upon.

Archive 2007-11-01 Kristen 2007

The mulefa seemed like such kind, gracious, and sweet people.

Archive 2007-12-01 Tarie 2007

I do like the parts in The Amber Spyglass about Dr. Mary Malone and the mulefa.

His Dark Materials Tarie 2007

Meanwhile, Mary Malone settles for a time in a world inhabited by beings called mulefa.

Archive 2007-11-01 Kristen 2007

The mulefa seemed like such kind, gracious, and sweet people.

His Dark Materials Tarie 2007

The mulefa appear to be animals at first, but in fact are intelligent.

Archive 2007-11-01 Kristen 2007

I do like the parts in The Amber Spyglass about Dr. Mary Malone and the mulefa.

Archive 2007-12-01 Tarie 2007