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Mantigrue

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this was a species of large, dragon-like lizard that was native to the planet Endor. It lived in the moon's mountain caves, emerging to soar the aerials and hunt its prey. It had large, leathery wings, sharp claws, and a long, pointed beak. It walked on its hind legs, as its forearms were small and designed to hold prey. Although primarily predatory in nature, the mantigrue - sometimes referred to as the condor dragon - was not above scavenging for food on occasion. Despite their size, these reptavians could not carry large prey, and had to hunt for small creatures. Wicket and Cindel encounter a mantigrue while they are trying to escape the Marauder attack on the Towani camp. It tries to carry Cindel, but she is too heavy and it drops her. Wicket rescues her in his makeshift hang glider. Teebo also encountered a mantigrue one time, when he was young and trying to help find the Ewok children stolen by Vulgarr and the Duloks. The mantigrue destroyed Teebo's glider.