Terran standards of lethality could not be uniformly applied to Zerg. However. "Neurotoxin." Numbing agents were almost all neurotoxic at some dose. Capable of dangerous effects on Zerg.
Sampling would have to be postponed until suitable containment was possible. "Yes." Perhaps not all his sequences were fully Zerg, however. That would also require investigation.
But he would not pass up these insectoids now. He advances forward toward the little swarm, the creatures bouncing off his flesh without aggression, preoccupied by their prey. One lands on a clawed finger.
He eats it, the motion so fast it doesn't have time to signal danger to the rest of the swarm.
The taste is immediate, potent, and unpleasant. A dose of unidentified toxin. He retreats in a sinuous motion, considering the little hive. A valuable resource. One he cannot safely sample with basic methods.
"Hmm. More required." He will need to return with a collection pod. Or simply eat more, once he determines the noxious compound and his tolerance for it. That will require a few minutes of his time.
cw: eating insects
Sampling would have to be postponed until suitable containment was possible. "Yes." Perhaps not all his sequences were fully Zerg, however. That would also require investigation.
But he would not pass up these insectoids now. He advances forward toward the little swarm, the creatures bouncing off his flesh without aggression, preoccupied by their prey. One lands on a clawed finger.
He eats it, the motion so fast it doesn't have time to signal danger to the rest of the swarm.
The taste is immediate, potent, and unpleasant. A dose of unidentified toxin. He retreats in a sinuous motion, considering the little hive. A valuable resource. One he cannot safely sample with basic methods.
"Hmm. More required." He will need to return with a collection pod. Or simply eat more, once he determines the noxious compound and his tolerance for it. That will require a few minutes of his time.