Phase 2:Galroda Kin'toni Clan

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The Galroda are adapted to the snowy, shady and dense Nicuran Coniferous Forest. They are short, powerfully muscled and dense in build, as to lower surface area exposed to the cold. Being compact, they are slow in flat, open areas. Their skin is black in color, very thick and with subdermal fat deposits. This allows them to stay warm in the winter, but makes them prone to overheating in warmer climates. The skin is coated in an a dense coat of fine, black, insulating fur for trapping body heat and camouflage in the darkness.

It is able to shed water as it produces a hydrophobic oil. Their ice blue eyes are large and set forward, and they have an enhanced concentration of rhodopsin for collecting the low light filtered through the dense conifer canopy. Due to their sensitivity to low light, they are prone to snow blindness in open areas in brighter nights. Their eyes are large and set forward, with an enhanced concentration of rhodopsin for collecting the low light filtered through the dense conifer canopy, but their increased sensitivity to low light makes them acutely vulnerable to snow blindness during clear winter days.

Ears are small, with large amounts of fur and close to the skull as to minimizing their surface area to prevent heat loss and frostbite in the severe cold. Nasal passages have an rapid, internal capillary system that efficiently warms cold inhaled air and recovers exhaled moisture. The canine teeth are stout, with deep roots and reinforced enamel for crushing thick bones and the woody cones of pine trees for nutrient extraction. These teeth are not so good at clean, quick puncture wounds.

The claws are long, non-retractable and curved, adapted for providing superior purchase on rough bark. These claws also act as natural crampons for moving on icy or packed snow surfaces. These non retractable claws hamper dexterity and are easily damaged on hard rock. The extremities maintain an countercurrent blood flow in order to stay warm and ward off frostbite. Feet are wide, with heavy padding act as natural snowshoes. The downside of this is that quiet walking on bare, rocky ground is difficult. With their recycling glands, they are adapted to large prey.

The stomach produces strong acids that can break down the fat and marrow of large winter prey into an liquid form that they can digest. After this, the glands can extract the maximum nutrients from it, but these glands are inefficient at processing the thinner, iron-poor blood of small summer prey. The clan are able to go into shallow winter torpor during the harshest months as to reduce energy and blood consumption. In their torpor, they are helpless and unconscious, easy prey if found.

The spine and spine and joints are slightly reinforced and heavily cushioned. This allows them to absorb shock from falling or jumping between tree branches. To "talk", deep, low-frequency guttural calls are used as these resonate through the dense forest. One thing they can do is slow the release of glandular scent pheromones to be hard to track by scent by rivals or allies alike.

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