Pierson's Puppeteer

Pierson's Puppeteers, often known just as Puppeteers, are a fictional alien race from Larry Niven's Known Space books. Pierson's Puppeteers, a fictional alien race created in the "Known Space" universe by author Larry Niven have two forelegs and a single hindleg ending in hooved feet and two snake-like heads instead of a humanoid upper body. The heads are very small, containing a forked tongue, extensive rubbery lips, rimmed with finger-like knobs, and a single eye per head. The heads do not contain the Puppeteer's brain; it resides near the shoulder in a massive mane-covered hump from which the heads emerge. They use the "mouths" to manipulate objects, as a humanoid uses hands. The vocal cord is very advanced; to human ears the Puppeteer's native language sounds like highly complex orchestral music. The sobriquet "Pierson's" comes from the name of the human who made first contact in the early 26th century in the Known Space timeline. According to the Niven story "The Soft Weapon",... full article at wikipedia