Content:Arackrabee/Biology

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The Arackrabees are giant insects that present a fusing of characteristics and abilities of three terrestrial creatures: spider, crab and bee. These creatures present distant ancestry with Swareds. They descend of small ground animals with four pairs of legs, very similar to the spiders, the Kraibee. Some groups of Kraibee had started to develop a membrane structure around its two pairs of central legs, originating the Beerack, that with the time had been changedded into wings, allowing its flight. Another merchant characteristic in the Arackrabees is the presence of diverse tentacles around its mouth, very important in the olfation and the capture of pollen, and of a lump in its coasts, a organ responsible for the perception of sounds.

It's important to notice its extreme organization that even leads to the differences in the external characteristics of each one of the classes, that have different colors and bodies.

Its feeding is mainly based of fruits and flowers nectar, being these finding in all Ebarkhara during the day. In the winter the majority of the plants congeals and these foods cannot be gotten. This form, the Arackrabees needs to cultivate them in the interior of Ertnay, that creates a warm climate and allows the development of these crops.

Amongst its diverse abilities related to its terrestrial similars are:

• Webs: glands of silk located in its abdome are responsible for the viscous wire secretion that becomes very resistant when drying, forming webs and other structures. These wires are very useful in the confection of cocoons and some environments in Ertnay. These webs have varied colors, depending on who weave them. As the majority of the works they are carried through by the Laborers, the webs are green. Webs of different colors only is weaved in special ceremonies.
• Object manipulation: its clamps (similar to the ones of the crabs) allow that the Arackrabees manipulates and constructs diverse tools, weapons and equipment. They hold objects with firmness and allow that the animal fixes over vertical surfaces.
• Nests: as well as some bees species the Arackrabees constructs its nests in the interior of trees, the giant Ertnay, excavating tunnels and galleries that connect many rooms.
• Flight: these creatures are very quick duo to its two pair of wings. The agility also is dependent of the Arackrabee class, a time that it varies of form and size in accordance with the necessity.
• Vision: this is a powerful sense in the Arackrabees. Its two multiple eyes located in the antennas allow that it all creates a complete vision of the environment. Case a movement suspicion is perceived they reacts quickly.

The communication has a language based in the emission of short sounds. One sound can present several meanings, depending on the intensity and way as it is emitted. They also have a consisting proper alphabet of symbols related to the environment where they are.

[edit] See Also

Arackrabee: Evolution, Biology, Society, City, Culture, Technology, Vehicles Environment: Flora, Ylfs, Gobers, Swareds, Gwors, Togots Exploration - the AMMSC Structure: Nucleus, Arms, Laboratories, Navigation, Maintenance Intergalactic Relations