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Gorryl Slug

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this loathsome creature was native to the planet Kashyyyk. Resembling a disgusting blob of purplish-brown protoplasm, the gorryl slug was nonetheless known for its tasy flesh, and was considered a delicacy on many worlds throughout the galaxy. The average specimen measured about 1.5 meters in length, although it was not uncommon to find gorryl slugs over two meters long. They moved about in a relentless search for food, and fed on the mites and organisms that lived on the bark of the wroshyr tree. Gorryls were known to be difficult to kill, since their rudimentary internal organs were simple and distributed. When threatened or startled, the gorryl slug could rear up the front part of its body, in an attempt to scare off its attacker. If this didn't work, the gorryl would then flop its body back down, trying to smother its attacker.