"They look like flowers," McLaren said.
"They look more like fish," the black man said.
Harker laughed. "I'll bet they're both. I'll bet they're plannies that
grew where they had to be amphibious." The colonists had shortened
plant-animal to planimal, and then just planny. "I've seen gimmicks in
the swamps that weren't so far away from these. But jeez, get the eyes
on 'em! They look human."
"The shape's human, too, almost." McLaren shivered. "I wish they
wouldn't look at us that way."