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Kouhun

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this was a species of long, thick, centipede-like insect known to deliver a fatally-poisonous venom when it stung its prey. These whitish creatures were often used by assassins to kill theor targets, for the kouhun was simply a living thing, and could not be traced like a weapon. Additionally, kouhuns could operate in areas where a blaster could not, getting into locked rooms through cracks and crevices and reaching their target through their ability to locate heat sources. A kouhun attacked by grabbing onto its prey with its stout mandibles, then whipping its tail stinger into the victim's flesh. The toxic poison was then injected into the bloodstream, causing nearly instantaneous death. Should the kouhun be unable to lash out with its tail, a barbed tongue could also inject venom. Kouhuns were native to the planet Indoumodo.