Worrt

Worrts were a non-sentient species that hailed from the desert of the planet Tatooine. These squat, large-mouthed creatures caught prey by sitting stationary in the sand and then using their long tongues to wrap around passing rodents or insects.

Biology and appearance
Worrts were squat, ridge-backed creatures whose appearance bore similarities to that of chubas. They had brown, warty skin and measured 1.50 meters in height. They were quadrupeds with dexterous forelimbs. A worrt's head featured a pair of sensitive cranial palps, two bulbous eyes that could be yellow in hue, two nostrils, and a large mouth. That mouth contained a long tongue, and strong teeth laced with a venom potent enough to kill a bantha.

Behavior and intelligence
Worrts were predatory creatures who fed mostly on insects and rodents. When hungry, a worrt would settle into the sand, becoming undistinguishable from a rocky outcropping, and wait for a prey to pass by it. When its victim came close enough, the predator threw its tongue out of its mouth and wrapped it around the prey. The worrt's tongue then snapped back, throwing the food down its throat. This sudden motion of swallowing would cause a build up of air in the stomach, often causing the creatures to belch after swallowing prey. Worrts were also known to attempt to eat rocks and metal objects, which led to the demise of many worrts.

History
The chuba-like worrts lived in the desertic wastes of Tatooine, a suns-scorched planet located in the Outer Rim Territories. The most notable worrt in the galaxy may have been the one lived on the road to Jabba the Hutt's Palace in the Dune Sea of Tatooine around the time of the Battle of Endor. Around thirty years after that battle, a Nu-Cosian traveling merchant and storyteller named Bobbajo kept a worrt named J'Rrosch as a pet.

Behind the scenes
A worrt first appeared in the 1983 movie Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, the third installment in the original trilogy of Star Wars. Like many of the creatures seen at Jabba's Palace in the movie, the worrt was portrayed by a puppet. Its production nickname was simply "road creature."

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
 * Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!
 * "All Creatures Great and Small"
 * Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens