-Species Information

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-SPECIES LIST-

Species Currently Allowed-

• Canids (wolves, foxes, dogs etc.)
  
• Felidae (cats, lions, tigers, lynxes etc.)
  
• Equine (zebra, horses, donkeys etc.)
  
• Cervidae (deer)
  
• Bovidae (sheep, goats, cows, antelope etc.)
  
• Buteioninae (eagles, hawks, birds of prey etc.)
  
• Ursidae (bears)
  
• Leporidae (rabbits and hares)
  
• Rodentia (rodents, from shrews to squirrels to rats!)
  

Species Currently Not Accepted

• Any species of fish
  
• Odontoceti (toothed whales, e.g. dolphins, orcas etc.)
  
• Mysticeti (baleen whales, e.g. the humpback whale, blue whale etc.)
  
• Reptilia (reptiles) *
  
• Any other birds outside a bird of prey, unless there is a good reason for this.
  
• Any other full- or semi-aquatic animal (including frogs, toads etc.)
  

* As of now there are no reptiles allowed, however snakes are allowed, so long as we don't end up with hords of snake people.

Any other animal kingdoms left off the list have not been considered yet, so PM a member of staff to see if it's allowed or not. (It probably will be)





Species Currently Available in Exchange for Karma

• Dire wolf (canis dirus) 400 karma
  
• Giraffidae (okapis, giraffes etc.) 200 karma
  
• Elephants. 200 karma
  
• Hybrid animals (Ligers, wolf-dog hybrids, zorses, mules etc.) Depending on the hybrid, anywhere from 300 - 1000 karma.

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-ABILITIES-

Of course, after being infected by an animal cell, the carrier experiences some dramatic (or maybe not) changes.

For example:-

Those infected by falcon cells may grow to have amazing eyesight, hearing and are also able to run fast and jump far.

Those infected by wolf cells may grow to have an excellent sense of hearing and smell, as well as the ability to run for long distances and remain a stable temperature during cold conditions. However, any canidae excluding foxes would have the pull to be around friends as family, as they are pack animals.

Those infected by cat cells may grow to have good hearing and eyesight, and will be agile, flexible and stealthy.


Animals that would generally hunt or be hunted by others will still remain enemies of each other in the human world.
If someone is infected by the deer gene, they're not going to want to become a wolf-person's best friend, are they?
Or maybe they are - but they must a) be extrememly stupid or b) have some guts to go against their natural instincts.
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-INFECTING-

There are many ways that you can be infected - anything that involves the cells mixing with the blood of a pure human means they have a 70% chance of being infected.

So:-
You can catch the infection by:

• Being bitten by an infected person
  
• Mixing the blood of an infected person with a non infected person (e.g. blood transplants etc.)
  
• Having mouth-to-mouth performed on you by an infected person
  
• Inhaling the raw cells, if exposed to any (rare)
  

Be creative with how your character got infected! If it's not acceptable, an admin will say so before your character is accepted, so try it.

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