The Trouble with Tribbles (Star Trek)

The Starship Enterprise docks to a base where a businessman is selling small creatures called Tribbles. They reproduce quickly and soon fill both the ship and consume the grain stores of the station.

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• Explosively Reproducing Critter

  Tribbles are small fuzzy creatures that purr and quickly eat all available food, filling up a grain store. Described as being "born pregnant".