Kamoebas (Toho)

nihongo|Kamoebas|カメーバ|Kamēba is a fictional monster that appeared in the 1970 film, "Space Amoeba". "Kame" is Japanese for "turtle".

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In "Space Amoeba", there were a race of wicked alien beings called the Amoeba, who mutated ordinary animals into huge, horrible monsters. Kamoebas was one of them; it was an ordinary turtle mutated by the Amoeba and grew to an enormous size. Rather than a beak like a normal turtle, Kamoebas has a mouth filled with sharp teeth (it also has an extendable neck, similar to the mata mata turtle).

Kamoebas and Ganime were sent to kill the people on Selga Island. However, a group of bats showed up and their shrill cries created super sonic waves. The monsters were vulnerable to the waves and the alien mind control was severed. The kaiju begin to battle ferociously. During the fight, they end up at an erupting volcano. In the end, Ganime tosses Kamoebas into the crater. However, Kamoebas clamped its powerful jaws onto the Ganime's claw. Ganime could not resist the immense weight of the turtle, and it was pulled into the crater along with Kamoebas. They both died and the Amoeba inside them died with them.

Millennium

In Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. a Kamoebas washed up on a Japanese beach after being killed by Godzilla who clawed its throat open. This Kamoebas however was depicted as a survivor from prehistoric times called megalo mata mata and has no other connection to Space Amoeba other than its name.

Links

* [http://www.tohokingdom.com/kaiju/kamoebas_showa.htm Showa Kamoebas] at Toho Kingdom.com
* [http://www.tohokingdom.com/kaiju/kamoebas_mill.htm Millennium Kamoebas] at Toho Kingdom.com