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Appearance:
Stomach, inside of legs and arms
- - - Are always muted black (or near black) or white ( or near white)
Legs, back, and sides of arms (where scales are)
- - - Are always colored with 1-2 accent colors and one primary color. Typically saturated colors.
Eyes
- - - Can be any color
- - - May faintly glow with bioluminescence when excited.
Height
- - - Ranges in adults from 6-9 feet on average.
Claws, spikes, and barbs are typically a vibrant color.
Flesh, genitals, gums and tongue
- - - Always deep red, black, dark violet, or navy blue.
Biolimuinescent spots
- - - may run down the sides under the arms, on legs, and/or on the sides of the face.
- - - always exist on the genitals, and deep inside the mouth.
- - - are always singular rows, and may vary in number.
- - - may be any vibrant color. And are the same color everywhere present.
- - - No more than 2 mm in diameter.

Body Features:
Cold Blooded.
Scales
- - - Are hard plates that protect the back, sides of arms, neck, fins, entire tail, and legs.
Head Spines
- - - Are as hard as the scale plates.
- - - Have the ability to grow back quickly.
- - - During emergencies, they can be used as thrown weapons..
- - - Heads may have no spines, or up to 2ft long and an .5 inches in diameter.
Solidly built muscles.
4 gills on each side of the neck
- - - Gills stay shut unless in water or in combat.
Blood is deep dark red.
They use the nostrils, located on their nose, for standard breathing.
When excited, They often breathe agape and use their tongues to smell prey.
Tongue is long and can reach down to the navel.
Fins
- Have barbs located at their tips.
- Tail fin's barb has the ability to excrete acid.
- - - When acid comes in contact with oxygen, make a noxious smell.
- - - When injected into the body, it has the ability to cause paraylis.
Poor jumpers.
- - - Bad vision coupled with legs built for running/swimming.
Great fighting, swimming, and running stamina
- - - Must sleep or eat immediately after long bouts.


Eatting Habits:
They eat anything, including things that are not suppose to be eaten.
With their strong teeth, they munch their prey into large chunks.
- - - Strong enough to cut through soft metals.
Their teeth progress like a normal shark's.
- - - Row of teeth, when they fall out another row places it.
Like most sharks, their stomachs turn inside out and eject unwanted items that they might not be able to vomit.
- - - They typically do this weekly to prevent illness.

Night & Day Habits:
Sleeping takes place 2-3 hours a day, typically during the hottest part.
Nights are for hunting with the keen sense of smell to navigate.
Capable of sleeping standing up with tail propped against the ground for support.
They sleep with their eyes open.
- - - Clear nictating membranes can be closed to provide additional protection.
- - - Membranes lessen visual accuity when closed

Talents:
- Highly flexiable because of the cartillaginous element in their spine.
- Fast runners and swimmers.
- Climbing and digging happen at great speed because of their very sharp claws.
- Lightning fast reflexes make them excellent fighters and assassins.

Senses:
Sight:
- - - Poor to moderate.
- - - Good at picking up movement and color.
- - - Fine details are hazy and need focus.
Hearing:
- Moderate.
- Equal to that of a human.
Touch/Skin:
- From throat to the base of the tail is what some would call 'unprotected skin' or human skin.
- - - No scale exist there.
- Nipples and paw pads are also very sensitive.
- When in water, they have a strong ability to sense electromagnetic waves from bodies
- - - Sensed through sensitive receptors along their bodies.
- - - The receptors reside at the base of the scales.
- - - When out of water, their ability is greatly reduced.
Taste:
- Taste is excellent at the very tip of tongue.
- Excluding the tip, the tongue is unable to disguish.
- - - Makes them capable of eatting most things with little problem.
Smell:
- Extremely powerful which makes them excellent trackers.
- They use their tongue and nose to smell.


Species Mating practices:
- Shlaelin are not submissive to anyone unless they are still young.
When they mate,
- - - One penis is typically used to manuver the target and the other is used for penetration.
- - - Penises are prehensile, and extend from their body at 7-8 inches.
- - - Always have two penis, side by side.
Climaxing:
- - - The blue dots along their labia and shafts pulse with light.
Genital Diagram: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6175349/

Reproduction, Offspring, Parenting, and ageing:
- - - After becoming pregnant,
- - - They lay 1-3 egg sacs (after 5 months).
Egg Sacs
- - - Must be laid in water or they will die.
- - - 'Parent' of the sacs rarely do come back to check on them.
Young
Genders:
- - - 45% chance of being male or female.
- - -10% chance of being a herm,
- - - Only if 'parents' of sacs are still together that they will make sure the young are protected
When/if young find their way back to their mother, they will breastfeed until weaned.
- - - They follow their scent to their home. (offspring smell like parents for first weeks)
- - - If they do not make it to parent in 1 week, they will die.
The teeth grow in after 3 months.

Nesting
- - - Typically, Shlaelin will not make nests further than a mile from where they typically reside.
- - - Nests are usually one small room where they store belongings.

Adults
- - - Offspring mature to adults at 8 years old.
- - - Live for nearly 80-100 years.
- - - Are known to be territorial with object possessions.
- - - May care for any young that need basic needs (i.e. food and shelter).

Society:
Typically trained as defenders, soldiers, assassins, or laborer by their choice.
- - -Trained by their creators
- - -Most prefer combat jobs
Live solitary or in small cells of 3-4
Not typically aggressive in public.
Any gender may be the cell leader