How do Ithorians eat?

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2005-05-14 09:33pm

I'm watching the Star Wars animated shorts right now, and they're showing Shaak Ti and a Talz and Ithorian Jedi fighting Grievous, and I have to wonder...

How do Ithorians eat? It's to be assumed that Talz can use their proboscis to consume potables and edibles, but seeing as how Ithorians use the slits on the sides of their 'heads' for respiratory purposes (and apparently have several *huge* lungs), how would they eat?

I think it's a given that they're herbivorous, given their lifestyle, but...how do they get energy to survive?

Has this ever been addressed in canon or EU?

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2005-05-14 10:18pm

I once heard mention of a small, beak-like mouth at the base of their necks before. This however may just be a figment of a confused imagination. Perhapps they eat like Ortolans, who use nutrient-absorbing finger tips.

Darth Sephiroth · Post by **Darth Sephiroth** » 2005-05-14 11:35pm

The mouth is under the arch I think, at least that's what I understood.

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 2005-05-15 12:20am

They eat food through their ****s.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2005-05-15 12:30am

Kurgan wrote:They eat food through their ****s.

They're neither Cartman, nor that alien from the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" sitcom, so...I doubt it.

Jim Raynor · Post by **Jim Raynor** » 2005-05-15 12:54am

Molyneux wrote: They're neither Cartman, nor that alien from the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" sitcom, so...I doubt it.

South Park I could understand, but Honey, I Shrunk the Kids? WTF? How did they get away with that?

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2005-05-15 04:14am

Jim Raynor wrote:
Molyneux wrote: They're neither Cartman, nor that alien from the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" sitcom, so...I doubt it.
South Park I could understand, but Honey, I Shrunk the Kids? WTF? How did they get away with that?

They had the alien take a plate of chicken, put it on his seat, and sit on it (with his pants on), making appreciative comments as the family looked on in horror.

It's one of the few things I remember from that show, along with the laser shaver...the alien was vaguely orange and his name started with an H, if I recall correctly.

Cykeisme · Post by **Cykeisme** » 2005-05-16 03:58am

Molyneux wrote:They had the alien take a plate of chicken, put it on his seat, and sit on it (with his pants on), making appreciative comments as the family looked on in horror.

nightmare · Post by **nightmare** » 2005-05-16 09:42pm

I recall a concept drawing of an Ithorian in the Mos Eisley cantina, relaxing with a drink. They have mouths, if small.

Cykeisme · Post by **Cykeisme** » 2005-05-16 10:58pm

Hrm, if Ithorians have a separate orifice used for consuming food, that is located on their axis of symmetry, then they really shouldn't refer to the breathing passages along the sides of their necks as "mouths" even though they're used for vocalization.

Those are fkin nostrils!