Lunch doodles, working on minions for the Citadel universe and coming up with a sort of threat level they are rated at. This guy's tongue can be nearly as long as his body, the fluid it secretes could be slimy or sticky, a sort of mid range to long range weapon to stun or coil his prey before dragging them back into his much more dangerous close range embrace. His head visor thing is an OLED display that can show emoticons or energy levels etc, it's not known if the creature is completely synthetic or not, more research is required.