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The sehlat is a large carnivore native to Vulcan. Sehlats have six-inch fangs and do not like to climb, preferring to remain on low ground. In 2154, Captain Jonathan Archer and Commander T'Pol were stalked by a wild sehlat in "The Forge".
Domesticated sehlats are a popular pet with Vulcan children. These sehlats are smaller, though not much so, and still quite aggressive: T'Pol, having owned one, notes that Vulcan children learn early never to be late with their sehlat's dinner.
Spock had a pet sehlat named I-Chaya during his youth which originally belonged to his father, Sarek. I-Chaya died in 2237, as a result of injuries inflicted from an attack by a large creature called a le-matya. Spock chose to have his pet euthanized to end its suffering. In the novelization of "Yesteryear" by Alan Dean Foster, it is revealed that sehlats originated in the "rainforests of Vulcan's southern hemisphere."
- External links
- Sehlat at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
- Sehlat at official website StarTrek.com
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