#Sandworms

[delphina2k]

Noodle Identification Chart  (print)

[troutreznor]

"A variety of marine worms": plate from Das Meer by M. J. Schleiden (1804–1881)

[the-gom-jabbar]

[mischiefandmisery]

Sketch work in progress 4 from Dune Part 2, will be taking some creative liberties.

Left, Lady Margot, Feyd, will add two Harkonnen females and baron far left, Worms center,  Right Muad'Dib (Mouse), Paul, Jessica, Stilgar, and some Fremen.

[sand-realtor]

[softnessa]

[puppetdaily]

Sandworms from Dune (1984)

[antiqueanimals]

The Seashore. Written by Jennifer Cochran. Illustrated by Kenneth Lilly, Patricia Mynott, James Nicholls, and George Thompson . 1973.

Internet Archive

[lost-technology]

The Worms Are on the Move Yeehawgust Day 23-Dust Devil [IMG ID: A drawing / painting done in coffee-staining and spats of blue-ray watercolor of a pair of large, scaly alien worms / caterpillars with tendrils splaying from their heads moving through sand with swirls representing winds and random coffee-stain evoking kicked-up sand and dust. / END IMG ID.] They usually avoid civilization-centers. Usually.

[eljackinton]

Dune people be all like "Tri-lipped worms are better," and "No, the lamprey mouth is better," and I'm like buddy we can have both.

[bluemoonperegrine]

Oh shit!

[horizon-verizon]

How do you make Spice, or "Melange"? (It's not Sandworm Poop)

Spice can only be made on the planet of Arrakis, or "Dune" because the sandworms *are* the only source of it & they only exist on Arrakis.

Step 1

There is a substance called the "pre-spice mass".

Pre spice is the stage of "fungusoid wild growth" from a mixture of water & the excrement, or poop, of the "half plant-half-animal" vectors of the sandworm, called "little makers".

Biological vectors are usually arthropods (mosquitoes, ticks, flies, fleas & lice) that usually transmit infectious diseases either actively or passively.

"fungusoid" isn't a real scientific term, so I'm assuming it means "fungus" in this future world. Could also be like land-algae, bc of "half plant-half-animal" & "mass" words

So again:

Water

+

poop, or "excrement", of these tiny creatures

=

pre-spice mass

Step 2

Dune reads, “a gigantic bubble of carbon dioxide" then forms deep in the sand, traveling or "heaving" upwards into a "blow".

As it grows, what's in the deep sand travels up, what's on the surface travels down. This is an exchange of material.

This blow has a "whirlpool" in its center. They are very explosive & will kill most nearby living things when they do explode.

Step 3

Whatever is left at the top (the pre-spice mass), when exposed to the sun & air, then finally becomes the spice people harvest.

[vetaboldonblog]

[the-gom-jabbar]

"Would you love me if I was a worm? Not an earthworm but a sandworm made in the image of our lord and saviour Shai Halud who makes space cocaine- sir? Sir, come back-"

[mischiefandmisery]

Sketch work in progress 5 from Dune Part 2, will be taking some creative liberties.

Left, Lady Margot, Feyd, will add two Harkonnen females and baron far left, Worms center,  Right Muad'Dib (Mouse), Paul, Jessica, Stilgar, and some Fremen.

[sand-realtor]