Lemnai

Lemnai were creatures that lived on the plains of the fertile planet Vendaxa, a world with an incredibly denseStar Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition and complex ecosystem. They were the main food source and favored prey of the predatory acklay, with the two creatures entering into an evolutionary arms race. The lemnai evolved tough, leathery shells to protect them from the piercing claws of the predator, but as the preys' armor grew tougher, the acklays' claws became sharper and stronger to compensate. The teeth of the acklay were also desigened for ripping the flesh out of leathery lemnai shells.
In 35 ABY, the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs mentioned lemnai in the recipe for Roasted Acklay Claws in his third cookbook, The Ultimate Cookbook. In the book, he stated that small acklay were easy to catch when they emerged from Vendaxa's waters to hunt lemnai on the plains.
==Behind the scenes==
In the current Star Wars canon, lemnai were first mentioned in Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded, a 2016 reference book written by Pablo Hidalgo and Simon Beecroft. The creatures originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where they were first mentioned in the 2002 reference book Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary, which was written by David West Reynolds.Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
==Sources==
*Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded 
*Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
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*Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook
==Notes and references==
Category:Creatures of unspecified biology
Category:Creatures of unspecified diet
Category:Creatures of Vendaxa
Category:Grassland and plains creatures
Category:Species of undefined sentience