Bonegnawer

Native to Tatooine, bonegnawers are immense birds of prey whose wingspans could be 25 to 30 feet wide. Admired and feared by others of the planet, bonegnawers are speedy and their jaws, beaked and toothed, can crunch rock. "Gnawlets," as they are called, are not able to see immediately, but are able to emit sounds after a couple of hours. They eat the parents' catch's bone marrow, as they will for the duration of their lives. After mating, a male and female stay together and don't join company with any others of their kind. A pair's territory reaches out about 20 miles in every direction from the nest, and a solitary male's is about half that. Females, if not paired with mates, will form flocks with other females, and won't try to defend the immediate landscape as territory. Solitary males or pairs, however, will defend their land fiercely. Adults have vivid red plumage on both their chest and tail, and their beaks are black. Females' wings are brown or gold, and males' plumage consists of blues and purples. Nests are carved out of rock, and they were usually used for a long time, because unless faced with severe changes or weather, they'll stay put. Bonegnawers hunt womp rats, small or sick banthas, and even humanoids. Due to the bonegnawers' swift and silent flight, the prey is unlikely to escape. After capture, the prey is eaten at the site, but the bones are brought back for the marrow, which is fed to young or eaten by the adults. Bonegnawers mate only about three times, maybe four, in their lives. Due to natural and poaching dangers, only three to six of the eight to ten laid by the female will survive the incubation phase, which lasts 14 months. Due to the imprinting of gnawlets, these giant birds make great guard animals and hunters. Poachers took great risks to get gnawlets because of the profits possible of making in the business.