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Carrion Crawler

The carrion crawler is a scavenger of subterranean areas, feeding primarily upon carrion. However, when such food becomes scarce or when it is threatened, the carrion crawler will attack and kill living creatures.

The crawler looks like a cross between a giant green cutworm and a cephalopod. Like so many other hybrid monsters, the carrion crawler may well be the result of genetic experimentation by a mad, evil wizard.

The monster’s head is covered with a tough hide, but the body is not well protected. The monster is accompanied by a rank, fetid odor that often gives warning of its approach.

   A drunken adventurer claimed one of these somehow immobilized the
   party he was traveling with and slowly devoured them… Grisly!
                                                                  —Volo

Source: bgee/original_manuals/baldurs_gate_1_ee_sword_coast_survival_guide.pdf — "Some Monsters of the Sword Coast" → "Carrion Crawler".