Sandtroat

[Emperor Harkonnen]

What is a Sandtroat? I read in Children of Dune that Leto was talking about it drinking up all the fremen water or something.

[ordos45]

Sandtrout is the immature form of a sandworm. When it grows up, it becomes the sandworm, but until then it is smaller and abosrbs water rather than being hurt by it. There re millions of sandtrout across Dune. Also, when a sandworm dies the sandtrout within it, are released to begin the cycle again.

(I think, prequels tend to mess with the mind a little.)

[Emperor Harkonnen]

And wasn't there something about them exploding to make melange, and that's how the melange got on dune??

[exatreide]

actully.

If I reamber corectly. The big maker leaves the little makers behind in a egg of sorts the prespice mass. when it gets to certin size it rizes to the surface and goes boom.

many sandtrout* die in the process but those that dont grow up to be the great Shi-Hulud!

[TMA_1]

actually from what I can see. Many many sandtrout come together to form a ball. Together they excreate pre-spice. Its a liquid infused with the spice melange molicules. Eventually so much of this is created in the ball of sandtrout that the ball bursts. Many of the sandtrout die in the process but a few will survive. They will become the great worms of the desert. While the pre-spice that was left behind will raise to the surface and ferment in the sun to become spice. thats my opinion on it.

[Emperor Harkonnen]

So that is the link between the worm and the spice?

cool, was it Leto II who found that out?

[TMA_1]

liet kynes had an idea about how it worked kinda. It wasnt known to many at all though. YOu can see that the Guild wanted to move large worms during the early reign of Leto II to other planets but they would always die. They didnt understand the key of sandtrouts.

[DarkElf49]

mmmmmm....sandtrout blood :P . They also make fun toys for the fremen children ;D ;D take them to their watery death. :O

[Emperor Harkonnen]

SO does the sandworm lay eggs, which becomes sandtroats?

[Vanguard3000]

No, when a sandtrout dies, it turns into thousands upon thousands of sandtrout.

[Emperor Harkonnen]

but I thought the sandtroats became spice when they dies

[Usul]

No cohemicals mix inside a worm and are excreted. These become a pre spice mass which creates the spice. It also creates the sand troat, killing many but some survive.