Hi, I'm David Eagleman. I have a new podcast called Inner Cosmos on I Heart. I'm going to explore

the relationship between our brains and our experiences by tackling unusual questions. Like,

can we create new senses for humans? So join me weekly to uncover how your brain

steers your behavior, your perception, and your reality. Listen to Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman.

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Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of I Heart Radio.

Hi, my name is Robert Lam and this is The Monster Effect, a short form series from Stuff to Blow

Your Mind focusing on unmythical creatures, ideas, and monsters in time.

The Star Wars universe is home to many monstrous creatures, but few are as iconic as the mighty

Wampa. This horned, yetty-like bipedal brute makes its home on frigid hawth, where it prays on

abundant tauntons, as well as the occasional extra planetary visitor. One even managed to get

its paws on Jedi in training Luke Skywalker, and very nearly succeeded in killing the legendary warrior.

The Star Wars Alien Archive, one of my favorite books, is Light on Wampa Details, but an earlier

book, The Wildlife of Star Wars, a field guide by Terrell Wittlatch and Bob Carrow,

provides a great deal more information. Both of these authors, by the way, are interesting

figures in the history of Star Wars. Carrow, co-wrote 1984's The Ewok Adventure, and Wittlatch,

an illustrator with a background in Zoology, served as principal creature designer for Star Wars

episode 1, The Phantom Menace, a film that is just absolutely overflowing with amazing creatures.

The book in question, however, is from 2001. It's still available from used booksellers,

and well worth picking up if you're into Star Wars and or Bestie Aries. In addition to providing

robust details on the creatures of Naboo, it also covers the likes of The Rengkor and The Wampa.

The authors describe The Wampa as an apex ambush predator, as its body is not ideal for prolonged

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