#not all though since this can impeed with sensory information if it grows in wrong or if their sensory hairs dont adjust accordingly

[chisatowo]

Oh god and don't even get me started on how stalien biology is built around rapid adaptation periods in youth and how things meant to be adaptation growths can be triggered by things only semi related or how the location of egg growth can effect the traits of the staliens born there and how it's still not that reliable when it comes to selecting ideal traits for an environment because their so god damn sensitive to everything during their initial growth I have too god damn many thoughts abt stalien biology someone needs to confiscate eternal gales from me-

#rat rambles #oc posting #eternal gales #like ok ok I wont go too into it because I need to sleep soon. but. #generally there are two main forms of cold rapid adaptations that every stalien initially has the potential to activate #that being artificial weight gain and immense size increase #but these things are mostly triggered outside of cold enviormemts by starvation or frequent blood loss during youth #most staliens also have the genetic potential for a much larger portion of their life to grow more fur on the rest of their body #not all though since this can impeed with sensory information if it grows in wrong or if their sensory hairs dont adjust accordingly #this is less commonly triggered by things other than cold weather but is more readily available for a longer time #although its much more likely to fail to trigger in individuals with less weight built up since it takes a lot of energy #less because of the fur but more because of the adjustments that must be made to the sensory hairs #its also often an uncomfortable experience for some #one fun fact abt the society in eternal gales is that because their located in a space that has more plentiful energy deposits eyes are a #much more common trait since light sensitivity is far far more helpful in locating and utalising energy deposits than just sensory hairs #but because most plantlife is also born from the energy of the planet its not that uncommon for a developing stalien to instead or also #develop a mouth since the excess in deposits can also come across as a grove of plantlife to the developing staliens #this actually has overtime lead to eyed and mouthed staliens becoming more common in the area thanks to an overload of deposits #they do have their unique benifits over ones with just one in the sense that they have both light sensitivity and well. mouths #but this more often than not comes at the cost of horns and atenne thanks to a variety of complicated reasons #its not like impossible for one to have one or both but usually thatll come with some other medical issue in their face #mainly because they rly dont have that many nerves in their faces usually #their face hairs are less sensitive and this is also why its more common for fur growth to start on the head and face #and mixed with their head disk it makes making everything connect and fit quite hard #so basically the simple version: having both eyes and a mouth doesnt leave them with enough to have functioning attene #and similar for horns but its also a mix of how much energy is being spent on other things #both eyes and mouth development require a lot of building up or altering other bodily functions to make them work #but on the bright side if you dont grow a mouth thats like what 3 organs that they get to not have to grow #well not have to make work fully theyre still usually there in some capacity #ok ok Ill stop now I need to go to bed djtnfjdjfu