In general, please give the tadpole non harmful weapons like tranquilizers and flares.
END OF DEBATE PLEASE

the debate ends when LivelyDevelopment875 says so guys

It would be cool if the tadpole shot out flares with a button. You have to stock it with the flares too, maybe 5 total

it would be cool to not only gets a few tools to defend, but also have ways to mitigate aggresion by understanding the creatures behavior - it would be cool to have the option for some NoA research side quests into the native wildlife learn about it and unlock more tools to deal with it: https://subnautica2.nolt.io/8257

Or bring back the electric shock field that kinda protects you