Ripper
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The Ripper is a type of Tyranid organism which, in big-ass numbers, will chomp you to death.
Rippers are generally deployed in the later stages of a planetary invasion, when the Tyranids' hold over a planet is ensured. They will eat the planet's native life-forms, and once they have gorged themselves, they crawl back to the digestion pools and jump in; there, they and the biomass they have consumed get digested, broken down, and slurped up the capillary towers to the hive-ships above. Note that Rippers lack digestive systems themselves; the swarm is nothing if not efficient, and Rippers are only equipped with the minimal organs required to retrieve biomass and bring it to be processed.