Batuuan braga bear

"The dots are moving very quickly toward us, so either Zade is running away from a Batuuan braga bear or there's trouble."

―Kriki^[2]

Batuuan braga bears were a species of bear that lived on the planet Batuu. They were brown and chased after their prey. When the droid SF-R3 visited Batuu, he learned that the growl of a braga bear was a sign to run away.

Biology and appearance

Batuuan braga bears were a type of bear native to the planet Batuu.^[2] The bears had brown fur, a tail, pointed teeth, and black claws, and they lived in caves in the mountains. Porgs, an avian species that had been brought to Batuu, knew to run when they heard a braga bear's growl.^[1]

Behavior

"Don't eat me!"

―SF-R3, while being chased by a braga bear^[1]

The bears chased after their prey and were known to chase the inhabitants of Batuu, where they were the apex predator.^[1]

History

"When you hear the growl of a Batuuan braga bear—You run!"

―SF-R3^[1]

The droids are chased by a Batuuan braga bear.

In 34 ABY,^[3] when the Chadra-Fan Resistance member Kriki noticed that the smuggler Zade Kalliday was running towards them, she speculated that Kalliday had either encountered a braga bear or was in trouble; in reality, it was the latter.^[2] During or after that year,^[4] the safari droid SF-R3^[5] visited Batuu in order to learn about the porgs and attempt to teach them tricks. While hiking up a mountain to get to them, his cam droid, CAM, ran into one of the bears in a cave, but the droid was able to quickly escape.^[1]

Later, while trying to train a trio of porgs to play dead, a Batuuan braga bear approached, causing the porgs to fly away in fright and leaving the droids by themselves. They too ran away, with SF-R3 begging the bear to not eat him. When recounting his adventures on Batuu for a holorecording for the Galactic Society of Creature Enthusiasts, the droid noted that while he intended to be the teacher on the planet, he ended up learning a lesson: to run when a braga bear's growl was heard. As he recorded the segment, a bear again chased after him, causing him to flee again.^[1]