Mellcrawler (creature)

Mellcrawlers were native to Sullust, a volcanic planet in the Outer Rim Territories.Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds They gave off a noxious smell, which worsened when one of the creatures died By the year 20 BBY,The Essential Reader's Companion the Sullustan reporter Den Dhur was familiar with the smell of a mellcrawler that had been dead for a week.MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
During that year, while in the cantina of Republic Mobile Surgical Unit 7 on the planet Drongar, Dhur was reminded of the odor of a mellcrawler that had been dead for a week after smelling the Tyrusian red ale being imbibed by his table companion, an Ugnaught named Rorand Zuzz. The Sullustan reporter remembered finding the smell of a dead mellcrawler to be quite unpleasant.
==Behind the scenes==
The mellcrawler was mentioned in MedStar I: Battle Surgeons, a 2004 Clone Wars novel written by Steve Perry and Michael Reaves as the first part of the MedStar Duology.
==Appearances==
*MedStar I: Battle Surgeons 
==Sources==
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
==Notes and references==
Category:Creatures of Sullust
Category:Creatures of unspecified biology
Category:Creatures of unspecified diet
Category:Species of undefined sentience