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this species of humanoid amphibians was native to the planet Naboo. There were two distinct races of Gungans: the rarer Ankura, and the more common Otolla. The average Otolla Gungan had a tall, muscular body with long arms and short legs, and could exist on either land or in the water. Their heads were crowned with a pair of large, frilled ears known as haillu, that could be extended when frightened. Their eyes sat atop short, thick stalks. The Ankura Gungans grew incredibly large, to the point where their immense weight began to compact their skeletons, and their eyes were hooded with heavy brows instead of sitting atop short stalks. Ankura Gungans also had green skin, where the Otolla Gungans had reddish skin. All Gungans were hatched from eggs, and both parents shared in the rearing of their offspring. They had flexible skeletons formed from cartilage instead of bone, and a set of compound lungs allowed them to breath air or water. During much of their existence on Naboo, the Gungans took great pains to avoid contact with their human neighbors, and even built huge underwater cities to escape contact. A bloody war which was waged several centuries before the Battle of Naboo, in which large portions of both races were killed, forced the Gungans to break off all contact with the Naboo. However, fringe elements of both species realized that they couldn't survive without the other, and specialized trading relationships were set up. While these relationships were not officially recognized by either government, they were vital to the survival of each species. The Gungans, like the Wookiee race, have a distinct concept of the life debt. Any Gungan who is saved by another being must submit to the life debt or be punished by their gods. Despite their amphibious appearance, Gungans are quite technologically advanced. Their immense bubble cities are found in the depths of Naboo's seas, and are made up of groupings of round force-fields. The fields are permeable only to slow-moving objects, and can be penetrated by a Gungan walking through them. However, the force-fields hold back the incredibly pressures of the water that surrounds them. The Gungans also had an advanced shielding technology which they applied to small, hand-held shields as well as huge hemispheres that protected an entire army. Like the bubble fields, these shields were only permeable by slow-moving objects, and they absorbed energy like a sponge.