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[[Image:Biovore art.jpg|thumb|right|A Biovore{{Fn|1}}]]'''Biovores''' [[Tyranid]] creatures who are bred to launch [[Spore Mine]]s towards the enemy. Along with [[Pyrovore]]s, they are the Tyranid equivalent of the artillery of other species' artillery.
==Overview==
'''Biovores''' are sluggish, bloated [[Tyranid]] creatures whose only task is to grow and launch [[Spore Mine]]s towards the enemy.<sup>3</sup>Spore Mines grow deep inside a Biovore's body, and are then launched via a powerful muscle spasm through the Biovore's dorsal aperture and hurled across the battlefield. An internal gas bladder in the Spore Mines inflates allowing them to drift down towards the ground, where they do not detonate upon impact but when they sense the proximity of a non-Tyranid lifeform.<sup>3</sup> A Biovore and can fire three types of Spore Mines: fragmentation, bio-acid or poison.{{Fn|1}}
Spore Mines grow deep inside a Biovore's body, and are then launched via a powerful muscle spasm through the Biovore's dorsal aperture and hurled across the battlefield. An internal gas bladder in the Spore Mines inflates, allowing them to drift down towards the ground, where they do not detonate upon impact but when they sense the proximity of a non-Tyranid lifeform.{{Fn|1}} A Biovore can fire three types of Spore Mines: fragmentation, bio-acid or poison. Biovores are relatively rare amongst the Tyranid horde, as the [[Hive Mind]] prefers combat that involves a bloody melee. However, as the Tyranid invasion pressed deeper into the [[Galaxy]], Biovores were created by the Hive Mind as a means to neutralise the long range weaponry used by its enemies.<sup>3</sup> {{Fn|1}} Biovores supposedly contain genes assimilated from [[Ork]]s.<sup>1</sup> {{Fn|3}}
==Basic Info==
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ImageFile:Tyranid Biovore.jpg|thumb|center|Biovore miniature ([[Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition Rulebook|4th edition]]) with Spore Mines
File:Triovore CCG.jpg|Triovore card([http://album.warpshadow.com/v/ShadowsInTheWarp/Tyranid-Archive/sketches/Nid-Art/ Warhammer 40,000 CCG])
File:Protovore CCG.jpg|Protovore card([http://album.warpshadow.com/v/ShadowsInTheWarp/Tyranid-Archive/sketches/Nid-Art/ Warhammer 40,000 CCG])
==Sources==
*<sup>{{Endn|1</sup>}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (3rd 5th Edition)]], pg. 48*<sup>{{Endn|2</sup>}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project]], {{Cite This}}*<sup>{{Endn|3</sup>}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (5th 3rd Edition)]], p.48{{Cite This}}
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