Biology
Anatomy
Extra info
Thre animal children wear an animal suit that maches a specific creature that fits with them. The suit does not have arms. Te hood of the suit has a face wich can sometimes shange pression, the animal suit cannot speak.
Their body is colored white and coverd in spotty patterns which is supposed to mimik their main habitat so that they wont be seen by predators.
Required traits
- Antenna
- Big eyes
- Short legs
- Short tail
Teeth
Internal Biology
The body of animal children is actually a plant based vessel which houses their soul. It isn't really alive, but is animated by the soul which resides within. The vessel is reliant on the plant they were born from to get restored, as it cannot heal itself.
Life cycle
The forest spirit creates all animal children. Every moon night the forest spirit comes to pick a fully developed seed from the great tree, and then they combine the soul, and their magic within the seed which then gets planted in the garden. From the seed grows a giant plant which then blooms open a giant flower bud. From the flower bud comes the animal child. All animal children have a flower from which they are linked to, this flower shares the same color as their appearance.
Most animal children spend their time enjoying their time as a reborn spirit until they are satisfied enough to ascend to reincarnate into their next lives. Some might choose to stay longer, they can reach adulthood, but they age much slower than humans.
Diet and nutrition
Animal children do not need to eat, as all the nutrients their vessel needs is provided to them by their birth flower. The forest spirit did give them the ability to taste, chew and swallow food since a lot of the reborn spirits used to enjoy the sensation of eating. However, their vessels do not contain a digestive system, so their stomach just serves as pouches to contain the stuff they eat. In order to digest stuff, it happens when they go inside their flowers during the night to rest. When they sleep, the flower absorbs everything that was stored within their vessel's stomach, and it reuses the resources and nutrients to restore their vessel. This means that technically speaking they can eat more than just food, but they do have to be careful if they for some reason decide to eat unedible stuff. Because their plant vessels are still capable of being damaged by dangerous sustenances, so no eating poison!