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Merdeth

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this enormous creature was native to the planet Geonosis. Resembling a gigantic shell that moved about on hundreds of legs, the average merdeth was larger than a star freighter. The head of the merdeth was protected by armor plating, and was surrounded by a mass of eight tentacles that were used to draw its prey into its mouth. Although they moved slowly, merdeths were impossible to stop, and they consumed any organic material that came within reach of their tentacles. Often, a merdeth was accompanied by a swarm of mips. While the mips often fed on the ichor found in the merdeth's body, they also provided benefit to the merdeth by locating food and attacking any creature that tried to kill the merdeth.