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Nonakara

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this slimy amphibian was found in the lakes and swamps of a number of different planets. Its was mainly herbivorous, but would eat small insects and fish if needed. Nonakara produced copious amounts of irritating slime from their skins, and the slime helped debilitate the flora and fauna surrounding the nonakara and allowing it to more easily catch and feed on it. Scientists have also discovered that the slime contained genetic material, and that two nonakara could interbreed by exchanging slime. This mating required that one nonakara travel to the other's body of water, a trip would was perilous for the creatures. In this manner, the two nonakara parents would each give birth to offspring. These creatures were sometimes referred to as whirling snakes because of the thrashing and spinning a nonakara performs after it travels to a new body of water. This spinning motion dislodges huge amounts of slime, allowing the nonakara to disseminate its genetic material.