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== Appearance and Anatomy ==
Sandlings are large creatures, significantly larger than a human. They appear to be arthropods, with a hard, segmented carapace. However, some sections of a Sandling's body are covered in interlocking scales, like a reptile. Unlike arthropods, they have mouths with long teeth, a tongue, and liquid saliva.
== Ecology ==
Sandlings live in deep sand and only surface to hunt. Their shell and skin is dissolved by water.{{book ref|ws1|1}} Plants such as the [[Dorim vine]] have water inside them for protection against Sandlings and other sand creatures.{{book ref|ws1|3}}
==Trivia==
Sandlings are similar to [[Chasmfiend]]s, and other [[greatshell]]s found on [[Roshar]].
Sandlings are also similar to (and probably inspired by) the Sandworms of Arrakis, found in Frank Herbert's ''Dune''. Sandworms are also gargantuan creatures that live beneath the desert sands, and emerge when they feel a disturbance in the sand. Water is toxic to Sandworms, and they avoid it just as Sandlings do. Brandon has acknowledged ''Dune'' as significant inspiration for [[White Sand]]. {{book ref|ws1|Introduction}}
== Notes ==
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