Manuscriptions

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Thermoregulation

Comfort via sweaty feet, poopy legs, & deep dirt

Eleanor Konik
Aug 23, 2021
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Photo of octopus by Pia of Pexels

I’m still working on the novelette featuring a winged species of humanoids that are adapted for thin air, which on their current world means icy mountain ranges. The species was originally inspired by the oxygenation advantages of blue blood (i.e. horseshoe crabs) because I was interested in a fae species that didn’t have iron-based blood. Since iron is…

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