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| The ideal resting safìr body temperature is 32 °C (89.6 °F). They are as such attuned to colder climates than humans. | The ideal resting safìr body temperature is 32 °C (89.6 °F). They are as such attuned to colder climates than humans. |
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| Safìr are tetrachromats; they can see ultraviolet, and their four types of cone cells have evolved such that their maximal absorption peaks are roughly equally spaced, unlike in humans. Three of those cone cells are devoted to the human-visible spectrum, and the fourth to ultraviolet. | Safìr are tetrachromats; they can see ultraviolet, and their four types of cone cells have evolved such that their maximal absorption peaks are roughly equally spaced, unlike in humans. Three of those cone cells are devoted to the human-visible spectrum, and the fourth to ultraviolet. Safìr eyes can also perceive both circularly & linearly polarized light. |
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| The safìr vocal apparatus is a syrinx, like that found in songbirds, rather than a larynx, as found in Terran mammals. | The safìr vocal apparatus is a syrinx, like that found in songbirds, rather than a larynx, as found in Terran mammals. Safìr can also perceive electric currents, magnetic fields, and psionic energy flows via additional senses. |
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| Safìr skin is blue in color due to their blood being hemocyanin-based, rather than hemoglobin-based as in humans. From the head protrude two large, elven ears which, some human biologists theorize, function like antennae to detect extremely subtle behavioral cues from other safìr, thus allowing safìr in the vicinity of each other to communicate through what appears as humans to telepathy. Safìr anatomy textbooks, however, while noting that the tips of the ears are rather sensitive, state that [[psionics:telepathy|telepathy]] (or //meraki//, as it is known in the [[languages:classical-airumali|Âirumâli]]), and other mental abilities emblematic of the species, proceed solely from the brain. | Safìr skin is blue in color due to their blood being hemocyanin-based, rather than hemoglobin-based as in humans. From the head protrude two large, elven ears which, some human biologists theorize, function like antennae to detect extremely subtle behavioral cues from other safìr, thus allowing safìr in the vicinity of each other to communicate through what appears as humans to telepathy. Safìr anatomy textbooks, however, while noting that the tips of the ears are rather sensitive, state that [[psionics:telepathy|telepathy]] (or //meraki//, as it is known in the [[languages:classical-airumali|Âirumâli]]), and other mental abilities emblematic of the species, proceed solely from the brain. |
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