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'''Chakats''' are a [[felines|felinoid]] [[Taur]] [[:Category:Species|species]] once described as "Everybody's favourite over-perfected cat". They are the creations of [[Bernard Doove]]. | '''Chakats''' are a [[felines|felinoid]] [[Taur]] [[:Category:Species|species]] once described as "Everybody's favourite over-perfected cat". They are the creations of [[Bernard Doove]]. | ||
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Chakats are a felinoid Taur species once described as "Everybody's favourite over-perfected cat". They are the creations of Bernard Doove.
Chakats have the lower body of any of the big cats, a humanoid torso, and anthro-feline faces. They have prehensile tails, are all functional hermaphrodites, and all have feminine breasts. They have a fur coat covering their entire body excepting the pads of the hands and paws, which varies in style, colour, markings, etcetera from individual to individual. The forepaws of their lower body are a hybrid of paw and hand, and function as a stronger, although clumsier pair of hands. They all possess psionic empathic abilities to varying degrees.
Chakats are extremely social creatures, needing both physical and emotional contact regularly. Due to their empathic nature, this is frequently more intimate than most. It also means that they try to be friendly with everyone, but when crossed, can be dangerous enemies.
In the Chakona Space universe, chakats were designed as first-landing colonizers: in space, their extra limbs allow them extra maneuverability, and when their colony ships land, they can act as their own heavy equipment. In addition, being herm allow their population to expand quicker than a normal colony.
Chakats have a complex mating system, including (in ascending order):
- companions - somewhere between best friend and lover
- denmates - those one formally brings into the family
- lifemates - those one wants to live with, grow old with, and die with
Additionally, a mateship of the heart denotes an unconsummated mateship, an unusual trait in the highly-physical chakat society.
Chakats have three major disadvantages. First, they are large, which means they are unwieldy in cramped areas. Second, they have increased life support requirements, including air, food, and water. Finally, they can suffer from mild atavism.
Chakats are main characters in the comic Apollo 9. In this variant universe, chakats naturally evolved in Australia.
See also
- Chakasa
- Skunktaur
- Wemic
- Tail high!
- Chakat at Wikipedia
External links
- Apollo 9 - The first webcomic to have not one but two Chakat main characters
- "Chakat" at Miavir's
- The Chakat's Den - All about Chakats
- Map showing location of chakat players and fans