So fun thing I was working on earlier this month on my writing for my OC universe and characters. It's still in rough draft, but if anyone knowledgeable in microbiology or biology wish to add any tips to help flesh out this conceptual "alien life form" study, feel free to add your insights, I'm eager to read your thoughts and willing to discuss to find a way to incorporate them! #CreativeWriting #SciFi #Fiction
Something my LDR partner said, he added his own microbiology insights while we were talking about what the study the characters are doing might result with.
LDR Partner — 06/15/2024 5:45 AM
I mean yeah they are magical, but at the same time you want them to be visceral , real. Like you could imagine one standing right before you. Feel the wind when they flap their wings. Share in the unease when one sways their tail in an agitated motion.
(Oops, didn't mean to put that on blast w/o the thread)
Their ears and tails actually provide a way to cool down their body temp to be more tolerable as they do have a higher base body temp than humans do as well as higher blood pressure due to the viscosity being higher than that of human blood and plasma is.
So to add to that rough draft already up in the screenshot: The tirikan basically have two hearts, a major, and a minor. The minor is closer to the seat of their hips and the major roughly the same place as a humans heart is placed. The major is perhaps double in size of what a human heart average is while the minor heart is slightly smaller and the vascular system of their tails actually help with moving the blood through their bodies, regulated as well as for expression in body lang.