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* Appearance: Mammalian | * Appearance: Mammalian | ||
** Four-ridged baleen structure above and below eyes in lieu of usual facial structure (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | ** Four-ridged baleen structure above and below eyes in lieu of usual facial structure (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | ||
** Knobbly skin (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | ** Knobbly, pachyderm-like skin (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | ||
** Wide, flat feet (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | ** Wide, flat feet (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | ||
** Women lack mammaries (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | |||
* Homeworld: [[Megara]] | * Homeworld: [[Megara]] | ||
* Biological notes | * Biological notes | ||
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*** Epidermal health requires high humidity as compared to standard [[Class M]] environment, or regular moisturizing (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | *** Epidermal health requires high humidity as compared to standard [[Class M]] environment, or regular moisturizing (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | ||
*** Unable to speak naturally out of water without technological aid (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | *** Unable to speak naturally out of water without technological aid (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | ||
** Severe anaphylactic reaction to certain aldehyde compounds (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | |||
* Cultural notes | * Cultural notes | ||
** Communication known as "singspeech", usually involves harmonizing with other Megarites (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | ** Communication known as "singspeech", usually involves harmonizing with other Megarites (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | ||
** Matriarchal society, with female upper class languid, served by males (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | |||
*** Descends from female need to guard their clutches while males retrieved food (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | |||
*** Chaos, unpredictability, wanderlust seen as negative, masculine traits by female upper class (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'') | |||
[[Category:Intelligent Species]] | [[Category:Intelligent Species]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:42, 7 May 2019
- Appearance: Mammalian
- Four-ridged baleen structure above and below eyes in lieu of usual facial structure (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Knobbly, pachyderm-like skin (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Wide, flat feet (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Women lack mammaries (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Homeworld: Megara
- Biological notes
- Nutrition gained through straining water akin to whales
- Survival out of water requires regular nutritional injections as of 2273; research progressing to determine more viable means (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Epidermal health requires high humidity as compared to standard Class M environment, or regular moisturizing (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Unable to speak naturally out of water without technological aid (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Severe anaphylactic reaction to certain aldehyde compounds (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Nutrition gained through straining water akin to whales
- Cultural notes
- Communication known as "singspeech", usually involves harmonizing with other Megarites (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Matriarchal society, with female upper class languid, served by males (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Descends from female need to guard their clutches while males retrieved food (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Chaos, unpredictability, wanderlust seen as negative, masculine traits by female upper class (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)