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Swamp Slug

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a huge, amphibious creature found in the swamps of Dagobah, the swamp slug was a large omnivore with pale skin and large yellow eyes. On top of its head were a pair of thick antennae. The slug swims through the waters of the swamp, sucking small creatures and plants into it long mouth/throat. It then uses its internal muscles to crush the food against thousands of tiny grinding teeth that line its throat. The swamp slug has very few internal organs, aside from its rudimentary brain and its stomach. The swamp slug has been known to attack and devour the dangerous dragonsnake. A collection of short, grasping pseudopods provided a way for the swamp slug to grasp its partner during mating. Naturally hermaphroditic, swamp slugs could not reproduce unless on partner was male. The female then laid hundreds of eggs in the muddy silt.