Gnaw-jaw

Gnaw-jaws, also known as gnaw jaws, were a species of non-sentient, six-legged, carnivorous insects that lived on the desert planet Jakku. They were about a third of a meter in length and covered with chitinous plates, living underground in warren systems and only coming out at night. Gnaw-jaws would howl and hunt in swarms, preying on warm-blooded creatures, but generally avoided people, only taking advantage of them if they were weak or asleep. The scavenger Rey wrote about them in her survival guide and advised anyone making camp in the desert at night to surround themselves with a circle of barium as it kept gnaw-jaws away.

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