The Sharger

The Sharger is a fearsome creature with huge jaws and a pincer-like tail that dwells on Tratot's world. When Tratot encounters it for the first time the beast seeks to make a meal of him, but he wrestles it into submission, and it becomes a loyal companion. The Sharger is killed by poachers when it is shot with a burner during Tratot's attack on them.

Proto-shargers used their pincer tails to crack coconuts.