Fissrit

Fissrit, also known as fire worms, were a type of carnivorus arthropod with many legs. The could thrive in the frozen conditions of the ice worlds they inhabited due to a natural chemical reaction that occurred in their underbellies that produced incredible heat. When at rest, a fissrit produced only enough heat to survive local conditions, but the creatures were capable of increasing the temperature when needed.

Using the increased temperature, fissrit could melt snow or ice into a pool of liquid water. They could also then use that heat to kill prey creatures that investigated the pool. All fissrit possessed a strong social instinct, with some varieties living in colonies, although the largest variants of fissrit tended to act as solitary hunters, with fissrit typically measuring just under a third of a meter in length. During the Galactic Civil War, fissrit were hard to find for sale, but could be purchased for 1,500 credits.

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