There are some creatures that puff themselves up when they feel threatened, so as to make themselves appear larger than they are. Some contort themselves into a defensive ball and display scary-looking eye spots or similar camouflage. Others, like the Hugster, discharge a cloud of particles, in the hope that what they perceive as their attacker will be distracted while they themselves can hide amidst the smokescreen and basically regroup.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'