Blarth/Legends

These medium sized predators are native to the planet Naboo. Blarths feed primarly on Nyorks, Bowlumps, Gullipuds, Yorbshrimp, Yobcrabs, and any other small crustaceans and shellfish they can easily subdue. Amiable and easily tamed, they have been kept as a household pet and watch animal by Gungan since prehistoric times.

The Blarth may be a large, rotund animal but it is also suprisingly agile and swift, they pant and drool constantly, so beware of the Blarth sneeze! They also have rich blubber that is buoynt and insulating allowing Blarths to stay underwater for up to 2 hours. Their skin also absorbs oxygen from the water. Blarths have a long prehensile tail that aids in swimming and fishing for prey. The Blarth dosent chew his food but rather swallows it whole and the saliva it produces helps for the decomposition. At the end of a Blarths tail it has stubby, grasping tail fingers that help fish for food. The Blarth is named for the low burping sound that it makes.

Gungans put use to the Blarths drool it produces for, skin lubircants, perfume bases, cleaning solutions, and strenghtening agents/amendents to bubble city walls. Pet Blarths are found everywhere and prefer to leave drool puddles and get in the way of Gungans at public places, doorways, and busy rooms where they look for attention. Gungan children also love to sleep with slobbery pups.

The female Blarth gives birth to three to four pups once or twice a year. The mother likes to lick her young because it sooths young and initiates hormone production.