l model of the creatures as being inspired by rats.[13] In 2000, Steve Grand described the intelligence level of norns as being like ants.[14] Margaret Boden, in 2003, rejected Creatures as being a form of alien life as the simulated metabolism is concerned with controlling the norn's behaviour, not on maintaining its 'physical' form.[15] In 2011, Steve Grand stated that while the norns in Creatur