Diet

An organism's diet referred to what forms of food it chose to eat. Forms of diet included herbivore and carnivore.

Carnivores were flesh-eaters. They included non-sentients such as the tentacled dianoga, the krayt dragon, and the colo claw fish from Naboo, but also sentient species such as the Zabraks and the Pau'ans.

Herbivorous lifeforms such as the bantha, fed on plants.

Omnivores were organisms that fed on both plant and animal matter. Reeks were large, muscular omnivores native to the planet Ylesia that, while herbivorous by nature, could survive on meat.

Some species, like certain birds on Jelucan, and the crab gliders native to the gas giant Bespin, were carrion-eaters, feeding on refuse and other decaying organic matter.

Some species were energy-eaters. The conduit worms fed off the electrical wiring of starships, and the mynocks absorbed electrical, stellar and electromagnetic energy using their mouths.

Appearances

• The Rebellion Begins
• Heir to the Jedi

Sources

• bantha in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
• brezak in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
• Journey Through Space
• Ultimate Star Wars
• Colo Claw Fish in the Databank (backup link)
• Dianoga in the Databank (backup link)
• Frynock in the Databank (backup link (frynock) not verified!)
• Nexu in the Databank (backup link)
• Opee Sea Killer in the Databank (backup link)
• Sando Aqua Monster in the Databank (backup link)
• Tatooine in the Databank (backup link)
• Tooka in the Databank (backup link)
• Wampa in the Databank (backup link)