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{{lifeform
|image=Lurg by Connor Chamberlain.jpg
|type=[[Wikipedia:Amphibian|Amphibian]]
|native=[[Alethkar]]
|world=Roshar
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
A '''lurg''' is an
== Appearance and Anatomy ==
== Ecology ==
Lurgs are known to inhabit northern [[Alethkar]].{{book ref|sa1|16}} It is likely that they also live in [[Tashikk]],{{book ref|sa2.5|15}} implying widespread distribution on the Rosharan continent.
A lurg feeds on insects that come out during a rainstorm.{{book ref|sa1|16}} Lurgs will find a crevice in the rock and spin themselves a cocoon out of silk, making it spherical with their hands. The container is water-tight, sealed by the lurg's mucus, but will dissolve during a rainstorm so the lurg can come out to hunt.▼
▲A lurg feeds on insects that come out during a rainstorm.
Due to this unique trait, children often go hunting for lurgs to pour water on them and dissolve the cocoon, tricking the lurg into running about.{{book ref|sa1|16}} The children also sometimes keep them for pranks, such as putting a lurg into someone's bathwater.▼
▲Due to this unique trait, children often go hunting for lurgs to pour water on them and dissolve the cocoon, tricking the lurg into running about.
== History ==
[[Kaladin]] and [[Tien]] enjoyed playing with lurgs while they were growing up in [[Hearthstone]], and Tien was particularly fascinated by them.{{book ref|sa1|16}} [[Lift]] also liked to catch lurgs.{{book ref|sa2.5|15}}
When Kaladin was fighting [[Leshwi]] outside of Hearthstone he used some cocooned lurgs to distract her and gain a momentary advantage in the fight.{{book ref|sa4|6}}
== Trivia ==
* In [[
▲* While Kaladin and [[Syl]] are hiking to Hearthstone in the wake of the [[Everstorm]], Syl spots a lurg. She is entertained by it and briefly changes form to imitate it.{{book ref|sa3|5}}
== Notes ==
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