A farm animal native to Pakrik Minor, gornts originated on the world of Hethar. The Empire annexed Hethar shortly before the Battle of Yavin, and discovered that these ungainly omnivores could be raised for their flesh, which was sweet, juicy, and highly nutritious. Packaged gornt meat was later added to the rations given to soldiers.

The average gornt grew to be a meter or more in length, and had a body which was supprted by huge hind legs and small forelimbs. Their heads were topped with a single horn, and their jaws were frilled with short tendrils. A gornt lived to be about six standard years of age, and mated up to three dtimes during its life. The average creature consumed its own weight in food each week, adding to its considerable bulk. These social creatures lived in groups of thirty to fifty individuals, with the adults outnumbering the gorntlings two to one.

Gornts would eat just about anything, and could digest it with relative ease. This made their flesh highly nutritious, and led to a booming business in raising gornts for meat. Over the years since the Empire annexed Hethar, gornt stocks have been mismanaged. Genetically, there was little variation remaining, and the quality of gornts being produced was sharply declining.

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