Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Den visuella ordboken faktabok identifierar dem som Kouhuns samt erbjuda en förklaring till deras användning över de mer uppenbara explosiva eller projektilvapen som Wesell kunde ha anställt.

KOUHUNS

Zam uses two deadly kouhuns for her Senatorial assassination Job. Small, silent arthropods like the kouhuns of Indoumodo can evade even tight security. Unlike projectiles or energy weapons, they are virtually impossible to trace back to their users. Kouhuns are starved in advance, so they head straight for warm-blooded life forms when released, and use a fast-acting nerve toxin to kill their prey.

Officiell databasartikel noterar att deras gift är särskilt dödligt mot humanoider.

Kouhuns

Wookiepedia säger att

Following the first failed attempt, Wesell was sent by Fett to end the life of Amidala a second time. Fett, thinking that a more subtle attempt would be more desirable, gave Wesell two kouhuns, a type of arthropod with a venom capable of easily killing adult Humans. Wesell placed the kouhuns in her ASN courier droid and sent it to place the kouhuns in Amidala's bedroom.

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