Vondunke

The Vondunke are a Squidlike creatures from the moon of Arçælo, they have since spread across hundreds of worlds to become the most feared species in their galaxy.

Physiology
The Vondunke are Aerobic and have a Carbon/Aqua Biochemistry.

An individual Vondunke is a large, amphibious, vertebrate, Cephalopod-like, creature.

The Vondunke's body is covered in a thick dark grey skin and divided into two segments, front and back.

Manipulation System
Eight arms are located in the front, these can be folded into the body, Each arm has three, small, retractable, claws near the tentacles extremities, these can be used to cut into or through soft objects. This was used as the first form of writing and lays the foundation for Enorvta's syllable structure. Inside the torso adjoining each arm directly beside the joint, is a pump organ similar to a heart. Each of these pumps has a correlating ganglion that connecting to the left brain. The ganglion extends half the arm forming concentrations around the arms suckers, Some sucker have a series of retractile hooks forming and "r" share.

Pores above the arms joints are used to "taste" water and air testing for pollutants and nutrition. The arms also have a vain like structure that runs from the tentacles through the pores communicating feel, taste, and electrical currents, this connect to an intertwined ganglion leading to the right brain. They also have two powerful hind legs with webbed feet.

Nervous System
The front segment carries the nervous center which is laid out around a primary brain. The primary brain for the most part holds the consciousness, short term, and long term memory of the entity.

Additional memory and emotion can be kept in two secondary brains located on the right and the left of the Primary joined together by a cord of nerves called the "Klevaecto" or "Kleven". The secondary brains can sometimes be sealed of from the primary brain by specialized organs called "Cnetr" or Cuts. This sealing off can be intentional or the result of a traumatic event, either can be temporary or permanent. Even in this state the secondary brains can still communicate with the rest of the nervous system. The left secondary also specializes in motor skills and movement coordination.

Two long slender eyes are located above the beak of a Vondunke, though they provided limited vision under water they are significantly more functional while the creature is surfaced or terrestrial.

In addition to sight the Vondunke also have the external senses of; electroception, taste, touch, and hearing.

Other systems
Critical organs such as two lungs, a digestive system, and a circulatory center are located in the back segment.

Articulation
The Vondunke have two primary methods of articulation. One, voicing, is used by forcing air through and out the mouth. The other whistling is caused by forcing air through a specialized organ called a pDriove producing a whistle like sound. This is easiest to use when making plosive sounds.

Reproductive System
The Vondunke's organs rest behind the "Açρa" (pronounced Oh-sch-rh-uh), a set of six overlapping frills behind the Vondunke's head. The frill's normally covering egg cavities, reverse orientation during procreation, covering the Vondunke's eyes instead.

Reproduction & Life Cycle
After procreation, five fertilized eggs will begin to develop in an organ called the embryomitra, the female will carry the eggs for around six weeks before laying them in water. After another twelve weeks the eggs will hatch as young Vondunke paralarva, these are identical to adults except without frills or maturity these will develop over the next twenty years. The Vondunke body will continue to grow for thirty five years, its mind will grow for another ten years.

All castes can intermate with at least one other caste, but no caste can successfully reproduce with all other castes resulting in an offspring capable of sexual maturity.

Diet
Vondunke feed on may different varieties of Fish, Algae, Yakkev including the Ruçtrædra, Co'ervor a type of flying fish, and bacterial colonies.

= Icvolen = Taxonomic Family Içvolen, derived from Old Enorvta to mean eight arms, is a small grouping of Amphibious or Aquatic, Vertebrate, Squids. It currently has four members: Genus Amfuç (Vondunke), Genus Grokçov (Krakken), Genus Klokço (Siodunke), Genus Krosfoç (Vraven). Icvolen belongs to the order taxonomic order Kraenodç.