Species - Reracks

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Reracks are a bipedal avian race from a planet called Rerack. Rerack has one moon and two continents. Both continents are around the equator, so the world is mostly hot, and humid, with seasonal storms that can be rather destructive. It takes the planet 340 days to orbit around its sun, Keewee.

Reracks are intelligent and bright avians and come in a very wide range of feather colors. Flesh tends to be either pink or grey, depending on the individual's coloration. Males come in colors that can be described as 'wild', and Reracks have five color cones in their eyes that let them see colors that we can't perceive. Markings tend to be bright and bold, with long ornamental tail feathers that before, were used as a form of aerial 'ribbon' dance to impress females. Nowadays those feathers are cut short to keep them out of the way.

Females are much larger and more powerful, and their feathers tend to be duller natural colors. The most common are mottled and speckled browns and greys, which before allowed them to incubate their eggs while blending into the trees. They do have brighter markings on the head and tail, which were used to help guide their chicks through the underbrush.

Of course, there are intersex and trans-Rerack and nobody has a problem with them on the planet. Intersex Reracks will have a mishmash of colors that fit neither binary. Reracks can and do dye their feathers to present as a gender of their choosing and nobody really has a problem with it on their planet. Reracks may have sexual dimorphism in body size and color, but there are no rigid 'roles' tied to each gender. Reracks grow dull and grey with age so colors tend to fade once they hit their 50's.

Reracks have an internal beak lined with sharp 'teeth'. A thin layer of skin and feathers cover their beaks and is quite tough.

Rerack chicks become fully grown at around 15 years of age. They have no concept of marriage but practice monogamy.

Raracks rarely wear clothes unless it's part of a job or personal fancy. Most on the planet are nude as their feathers protect them rather well and may only need something like a belt/fanny pack to hold small items.

Reracks primarily eat fruit as their main diet, but they do LOVE meat. They often hunt down large rat-like primates on the canopy. They must eat a lot in order to maintain their ability to fly. They are designed to fly in short hops across trees and make quick maneuvers to avoid a crash. They are not built for long flights, but they can make them if prepared in advance. They don't have formal meals, but just eat when feeling hungry, which is often.

Reracks live in the canopy in treehouse villages [Think Ewoks]. They have figured out how to hollow out trees to live in while keeping the cores alive and living quite comfortably. They rarely go to the ground unless it's part of a job such as mining. Villages have turned into huge cities completely suspended off the ground by enormous living trees. It's quite impressive!

They did not achieve space travel before being discovered, but they did invent smaller devices like televisions, radios, and machinery to help them make new tree homes. Think pre-moon landing America in an average home. Once gifted with the technology to travel beyond their home, Reracks spread across the Galaxy and are one of the more common species to run into. They are used to the heat so they tend to stay off planets which harsh winters and cool atmospheres.

Their main contributions to the Galaxy are

• -Medicinal plants
• -Woodworking specialists
• -Horticulture advances
• -Hugs
• -Social workers