Sand burrower

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Sand burrowers were large carnivorous worms that lived under the dune sea of Blenjeel. Jaden Korr witnessed a sand burrower swallow a survivor that was stuck on the planet when his ship crashed there, and was forced to avoid them as he searched for spare parts to repair his ship.

They were extremely sensitive to ground vibrations and were capable of tracking down the location of the source of vibration before traveling under the sand at astonishing speed and rising from the sand directly under the prey to snatch it in its mouth, and sinking down into the sand and dragging the prey with it.

Contents 1 Physical description 2 Behind the scenes 3 Appearances 4 See also

[edit] Physical description

The sand burrowers were short and stubby worm-like creatures with tanned brown carapace and a few short leg-like appendages on its body. Despite their appearances, they were surprisingly fast underground, able to outrun a normal humanoid and eating it. Its eyeless head is punctuated with a large circular jaw-less mouth nearly as wide as the thickness of the body, with hundreds of small teeth pointing inwards to prevent the prey from escaping its maw. Their traveling under the sand is clearly indicated by sand being thrashed upward, which also means that the burrowers move close to the surface.

[edit] Behind the scenes

These burrowers appear to be based on the sandworms of Frank Herbert's Dune or the graboids from the Tremors franchise.

[edit] Appearances

• Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (First appearance)

[edit] See also

• Dune worm