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| ====Development and Life Expectancy==== | ====Development and Life Expectancy==== | ||
| - | * Pup? | + | ===Pup=== |
| - | * Joey | + | Chelti are born in a state that humans would consider incredibly immature due to the narrow nature of the mothers hips, making their size a matter of necessity to be born at all. Born in litters often between three and six, these jellybean shaped critters are often shared between family members pouches as they start to age and develop. |
| - | * Young Adult? | + | |
| - | * Adult? | + | |
| - | * Bull? | + | |
| - | * Elder? | + | |
| + | ===Joey=== | ||
| + | Past the jellybean stage of life, and out of the pouches, chelti normally reach this stage by their first standard year. Capable of limited self-propulsion at first, this is about the equivalent to a human infant. By this point the child is placed into the clan creche, and raised with their cousins by their aunties and uncles. | ||
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| + | It should be noted that ' | ||
| + | ==Young Adult=== | ||
| + | Young adults mature relatively quickly, being two or three years old, growing takes place rapidly, growing between three to four feet in the space of three to four years. Young adults by this point are released from the creche and put to work for the clan in apprenticeships. | ||
| + | ===Adult=== | ||
| + | By age five chelti have reached their psychical maturity, growing to six of seven feet tall and reaching full legal rights within chelti law. It's at this stage that their headcreasts begin to flush. | ||
| + | ===Elder=== | ||
| + | Elders are the few chelti who survive long enough to reach physical degradation. Elders do not linger long, and so are treated as almost revered figures in chelti society, enjoying a short retirement phase before often passing away quietly with a thoughtful ceremony on their passing. | ||
| =====External Traits===== | =====External Traits===== | ||
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| ==Taste== | ==Taste== | ||
| + | Possessing an extremely long tongue, taste is a strong sense. Able to stretch a foot and a half out at adulthood, the tongue is long, slim, and prehensile. Used for licking things, and people they like. | ||
| ==Vocalizations== | ==Vocalizations== | ||
| + | Chelti are often slightly high-pitched when using human speech, however when speaking their native languages noises can range anywhere from barks and chirps, to whistling birdsong. | ||
| =====Internal Traits===== | =====Internal Traits===== | ||
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| === Skeleton === | === Skeleton === | ||
| + | The chelti skeleton is light, with surprisingly flexible bones that heal quickly but not supernaturally fast. | ||
| ===Organs=== | ===Organs=== | ||
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| ===Neurology=== | ===Neurology=== | ||
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| ===Intelligence=== | ===Intelligence=== | ||
| + | Comparable to humans, although often noted as with far less self-preservation instincts. | ||
| ===Outlook=== | ===Outlook=== | ||
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| ==== Would You Like To Know More? ==== | ==== Would You Like To Know More? ==== | ||
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