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Author: Chabal2

May 9th 2015 at 1:33:37 PM

* HarryPotter: Animagi can turn themselves into animals so as to go around without attracting suspicion as a human, though there's always an element to the disguise that identifies his/her human form. In Rita Skeeter's case, she turns into a literal surveillance bug (a beetle).
* In {{Starcraft}}, the Zerg can insert a parasite into any unit (including neutral animals) that allows them to see that unit through the FogOfWar. It's of limited use where critters are involved (since they wander around aimlessly), but it sometimes allows getting early warning of an attack.
* {{Animorphs}}: Most of the team's non-combat morphs are for this purpose, and in time manage to get the hang of a morph's senses (especially insects) well enough to understand what's being said. The Yeerks grow GenreSavvy about this, and take great care to kill any insect or animal that enters their facilities.
* WarcraftIII: The Night Elf Huntress' Sentinel ability puts an owl spirit in a tree where it will continue to provide vision of the area until the tree is cut down. The Priestess of the Moon can summon an unkillable owl to fly around and spy on and detect enemies. The Beastmaster's Hawk summon serves the same purpose, except it can be attacked, eventually becomes invisible and can attack enemies.
* In the LordOfTheRings films, the Fellowship takes cover from a massive flock of crows, thinking Saruman is using them as spies.