Hornoad



Hornoads are creatures that live on planet SR388. They are at the near-bottom of the food chain. They are capable of shooting little balls of acid out of their mouths and are very weak; Samus can defeat them in two hits. Their name comes from a portmanteau of the words horn and toad. First seen as enemies in Metroid II: The Return of Samus, they are also enemies in Metroid Fusion. In Metroid Fusion, when Samus helps Biologic Space Laboratories and visits SR388, she meets a Hornoad and destroys it. However, an X Parasite flies out of the creature and infects Samus, causing her cellular makeup to change.