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[[File:Snot.jpg|thumb|200px|Snotlingresting{{Fn|2}}]]The '''Snotlings''' (sometimes called , or simply '''Snots'') ', are an [[Orkoid physiology|Orkoid]] species.{{Fn|1a}}
==Overview==
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Snotlings are the smallest of the [[Green-skinGreenskin]] races, they are only marginally more intelligent than dogs – and share an almost puppy-like trust and enthusiasm with life.{{Fn|3}} Snotlings are smaller than even the smallest of [[Gretchin]], which they resemble closely{{Fn|2}} and occupy the what is perhaps the lowest rung of Ork society, more akin to pets than citizens. Snotlings can be trained to perform all manner of tasks, such as tending to [[Squig]]s and harvesting fungi, and are often put to such tasks as [[Ork]]s would rather avoid [[Gnasher Squig]]s and poisoned fungus.{{Fn|3}} Snotlings have a closer bond to the fungus than any of the other [[Greenskin]]s, and even left untended by [[Runtherd]]s will grow great patches of the substance.{{Fn|1a}}
here Snotlings spring up, soon the Runtherds will follow, grizzled slavers which manage the Snotlings themselves and press them into service tasks,{{Fn|1a}} and battled against one another in mock battles to some reward.{{Fn|4}} While their tiny limbs are incapable of bearing weapons larger than a knife, and they lack the violent tendencies that make for good soldiers, Snotlings are nontheless pressed to the front lines,{{Fn|1a}} under the false pretence that treats lie behind enemy lines where routed they claw like cornered wild-cats.{{Fn|3}} Because of their persistence when cornered, Snotlings are often used as ammunition in a [[Shokk Attack Gun]], being sent through a warp tunnel created by the weapon as [[Warp]]-maddened "live ammunition".{{Fn|1b}}
==Images==
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Image:Puffballs.jpg|Snotlings fall prey to the poison of a puffball fungus{{Fn|3}}Image:Squig-swab-2.jpg|Snotling [[Squig]] FarmerImage:Squig-swab-3.jpg|Snotling [[Squig]] Farmer{{Fn|2}}Image:Warp-Crazed Snotling.jpg|Warp Crazed Snotling, having been launched from a [[Shokk Attack Gun]]
Image:C4 Snotlings.jpg|A group of Snotlings being sucked into a [[Shokk Attack Gun]]{{Fn|1b}}
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Image:Rebel Snots.jpg|
Image:Snotling Herd.jpg|Snotlings and [[Runtherd]]
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**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 35
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Waaargh: Orks]] pgs. 5-6
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex Imperialis (Background Book)]], pg. 55
==Uncited==
