SandChigger wrote:
> But there would still have to be humans on Arrakis (early settlers,
> who later intermarried with the Fremen? If Leto has OM of the event,
> it has to have come to him through Chani's bloodlines) to witness
> whatever happened.
Its always possible (though less fun to ponder) that he's not quoting
direct OM of the arrival of the sandtrout, but just echoing Grandpa
Kynes' understanding of what happened based on the evidence (dry seas,
ancient water erosion etc).
The worms could have arrived naturally - we don't know that much about
the life cycle - maybe sandtrout could survive a meteor ride.
Alternatively, Leto could just be wrong - they could have evolved in
some niche on Arrakis when it was a wet-world, then had a sudden
population explosion, expanding to fill the whole planet, giving the
appearance of a sudden arrival.
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