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12" Buboicullaar Creature Pack Star Wars,
The 12" Buboicullaar Creature Pack includes Bubo, Rock wart and
Womp rat.Visitors to Jabba the Hutt's remote palace on the
edge of the Dune Sea might be forgiven for thinking
that he encouraged free-roaming vermin in his abode, and indeed
the palace does support a vast community of uninvited guests,
but some of these seemingly unintelligent creatures are much more
than they seem. Like the wall-clinging Ghoel, the frog-like Bubo
is in fact a sentient being, albeit only barely. With
stubby legs, a bulbous belly and a wide, toothy maw,
set beneath a pair of dull eyes, the beast hardly
projects a image of mental agility, but he has foiled
at least one assassination attempt upon his master. Bubo, whose
full name is Buboicullaar, thwarted a would-be-bomber's plan by consuming
a vital component of the explosive's detonator, thereby earning his
keep for another few weeks at least.Among the nasty surprises
to greet a weary moisture farmer returning to his hovel
after a hot day's work might be a spiny rock
wart that has crawled into the welcome shade of his
home. Though not ordinarily aggressive towards larger animals, Rock warts
have a deadly neurotoxin that can kill a man as
easily as the small invertebrate and lizard prey upon which
the creature usually feeds. The lethal venom, administered by a
bite to subdue fleeing prey, might just as readily be
used by a surprised rock wart in its own defense,
having been sat on or stepped upon in the dark.
Misunderstanding or not, the unfortunate recipient of a Wart wound
is seldom alive long enough to care about the reason
he was bit.Rock warts are usually solitary creatures, but Tatooine's
most famous vermin are the highly social womp rats, which
can roam in loose packs of several dozen individuals. The
largest are over two meters from nose to tail, and,
while cowardly when alone, can be intimidating in large numbers.
Opportunistic scavengers, a hungry womp rat pack might trouble a
weakened traveler and overwhelm them en mass, though usually they
are viewed more as an annoyance than a real threat.
In some farming communities, sport is made of bulls-eyeing the
giant rodents from low-flying airspeeders.
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