A Bipedal-Martian is a secondary race of Martians in which are used as food for the dominant Martian they also look a bit human like.
The only "official" illustration of the Bipedal-Martian.
Appearance[]
These Martians are only mentioned once in the book, when the Narrator and The Curate are trapped in the house after a Cylinder crashes allowing them to watch the Martians build their machines.
"Their undeniable preference for men as their source of nourishment is partly explained by the nature of the remains of the victims they had brought with them as provisions from Mars. These creatures, to judge from the shrivelled remains that have fallen into human hands, were bipeds with flimsy, silicious skeletons (almost like those of the silicious sponges) and feeble musculature, standing about six feet high and having round, erect heads, and large eyes in flinty sockets. Two or three of these seem to have been brought in each cylinder, and all were killed before earth was reached. It was just as well for them, for the mere attempt to stand upright upon our planet would have broken every bone in their bodies."
Trivia[]
- The Bipedal-Martians have never appeared in any kind of adaptation, although they are most likely the bipedal species the Martians were experimenting on in one of the Musical Games
A possible Bipedal Martian, being killed by black smoke in a Martian experiment