Creature:Urkhail

Information
The Urkhail are a race of extremely lanky sapient beings hailing from an unspecified "wasteland" world. Naturally curled over themselves and using their toes as makeshift legs, they can and will alter their posture to a far more vertical position in order to better view their surroundings whenever they are given the opportunity of height without requiring their more stable "spider-like stance". They are noted for their four, prehensile tentacles that extend out of their mouths, and "wiggle" whenever they speak. They are well-known for their massively elongated eye.

Statistics
Species Nicknames: Spider-hangers, Tall Men Home Planet: Unspecified Species Type: Warm-blooded Terrestrial Vertebrate Speech Style: Deep, throaty voices interlaced with strange guttural rapid clicks. Created using a strange pseudolayrnx. Lifestyle: Social Hunters, although civilization has quelled their natural thirst for the blood of prey, making them a relatively relaxed, albeit intimidating species. Hunt/Forage Success Rate: 97% Hunt (36% success rate), 3% Forage (80% success rate -- supplemental purposes only) Armor: Most Urkhail do not wear much armor, preferring their natural agility, and citing that armors inhibit their ability to change posture at will. Despite the existence of nanite armors and microfiber materials, most continue to politely refuse the service. Defenses: With such extremely lanky bodies, they are adept at dodging incoming attacks as a slight movement on their part can cause large dips and swings thanks to the length of their bones. Weapons: Their natural evolution has not given them offensive weaponry that they can utilize to their advantage in modern times. They typically would kill their prey simply, by just picking them up and tearing into them with tentacles. Tools: Two forelimbs have evolved to provide the user with three spindly fingers and an equally-spindly opposable thumb on each hand. Method of Eating: Unspecified Reproductive Rate: Urkhail breed during the spring months of their homeworld once every other year. Doing so during spring allows their young to be as old as possible before the harsh winters, and allows for their first few months post utero to be as gentle as possible. Some offworlders choose to breed whenever they so choose, although most require mechanical surrogate mothers to do this, as their bodies do not "prepare" for birth until the natural time has come; ie, a female Urkhail does not ovulate more than once every other year. Gestation: Males and females breed at the tail end of winter, where spring has seemingly began. Both males and females gestate the zygotes in a specialized organ (the organ is different in each gender), and give birth to them in early to mid-spring of the same year. Technically, males don't "give birth", as they only store eggs in a similar fashion to the female's incubation of her half of the eggs in her uterus. Offspring Incubation: Unspecified Number of Offspring: Up to 100 small eggs per litter. Offspring Survival Rate (before age of maturity): Unspecified Singular/Plural/Possessive: Urkhail/Urkhails/Urkhailing

Physiology
Below in this next section, you will find information on the Urkhail's physical appearance, and explanations of things including, but not limited to, their skeletal structure and their senses.

Skeleton
The skull of an Urkhail is quite elongate, and houses the mouth opening, eye socket, and brain ganglia cavity, but little else.

Musculatory System
Urkhailing musculature is built to provide swift movements, both for avoiding becoming prey as well as capturing and subduing their own.

Respiratory System
Urkhails utilize a single sheet lung, which lays just inside the ribcage under the backbone. When they intake air, the ribcage expands, while the other organs are pushed outwards toward the chest.