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  • Airsquid
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  • The airsquid was a verminous life form native to the Life Zone on the planet Bespin. They were sac shaped gas bag organisms that moved about with the aid of two stubby wings. They had eighteen tentacle tongues that surrounded their mouths which were coated in an organic adhesive allowing them to latch onto large animals such as the beldon. They would then essentially be an external parasite scavenger that would move around with the larger animal and use their other tentacles to snatch airborne algae in their path. While this was their individual pattern, in larger numbers the airsquids were known to actually devour larger prey.
  • Airsquids are a species of aerial vermin found on the planet Bespin. Sac-shaped gasbags, they moved through the utilization of a pair of stubby wings, although they likely kept aloft through the use of rethen gas. They are adorned with a set of eighteen tentacle tongues which surround their mouths and are coated in an organic adhesive, allowing them to latch onto larger faunal organisms such as the Beldon, a creature they are likely related to. At this point - as long as they were alone or in smaller quantities - they would exist as external parasitic scavengers, moving around their larger host and using their tentacles to snatch airborne algae-equivalent organisms in their path - it can be assumed that this includes the local Airborne Algae Sacks. However, should their numbers grow to a s
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Habitat
  • Commonly attached to beldons
Name
  • Airsquid
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Distinctions
  • *Sharp teeth *18 ribbonlike adhesive tongues *Buoyant, gasbag body *2 short wings
Diet
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  • Airsquids are a species of aerial vermin found on the planet Bespin. Sac-shaped gasbags, they moved through the utilization of a pair of stubby wings, although they likely kept aloft through the use of rethen gas. They are adorned with a set of eighteen tentacle tongues which surround their mouths and are coated in an organic adhesive, allowing them to latch onto larger faunal organisms such as the Beldon, a creature they are likely related to. At this point - as long as they were alone or in smaller quantities - they would exist as external parasitic scavengers, moving around their larger host and using their tentacles to snatch airborne algae-equivalent organisms in their path - it can be assumed that this includes the local Airborne Algae Sacks. However, should their numbers grow to a significant amount, their behavior is known to alter and they are known to actually devour larger prey during these occasions.
  • The airsquid was a verminous life form native to the Life Zone on the planet Bespin. They were sac shaped gas bag organisms that moved about with the aid of two stubby wings. They had eighteen tentacle tongues that surrounded their mouths which were coated in an organic adhesive allowing them to latch onto large animals such as the beldon. They would then essentially be an external parasite scavenger that would move around with the larger animal and use their other tentacles to snatch airborne algae in their path. While this was their individual pattern, in larger numbers the airsquids were known to actually devour larger prey.