The Last of the Sand-Walkers (Part 2)

to claim the prize money

to turn it into a gigantic robot

to destroy it before any of the oasis inhabitants saw it

to claim glory for the discovery

their existence disproved his robots' scientific findings

he was afraid that the descendants of those races would attack when they discovered his findings

the existence of other civilizations did not fit with his religious beliefs

he was an uneducated megalomaniac

Mossy

Lucy

Ma'Dog

Raef

to find a new location for the insects to live

to discover life out beyond the oasis

to locate their lost leader

to find a new source of water

wings

compound eyes

elytra

a blinky bottom

Feather Head

Striker

Dyna-soar

Spear

horns

teeth

tails

mouths

a raging fire

direct strike by a meteor

three falling coconuts

a large underground eruption

Water vapor from the morning fog condensed on Lucy's back

These explorers did not need to drink very often

Mossy had brought enough water from the Oasis for the whole trip

There were streams of water running along the paths to the desert

Monarch butterfly

Ladybug

The Dyna-soar

Dr. Owen's moths