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| - The Floragans are a strange species, as they are a very rare example of fully sentient plant life. Their generic appearance is one that is truly alien. Their digestive intake takes up the majority of what the Magos Biologis have designated as the Floragans' "head". Below this mass of mandibles and teeth is a band of sensory light receptors. It is theorised that this is close to where the creature synaptic systems are located, and experimentation has shown that this is where some of the creature's mental activity takes place. Sensory receptors which are sensitive to sound waves have been discovered to be very thin leaves which permeate the top of the Xenos' "Head". Below the band of sensory receptors is a small abdomen which appears to be where digested creatures are converted into energy. From this abdomen four "branch like" tentacles protrude from the middle of the abdomen. These appear to be primitive arms, which the Floragans use to wield rather potent tools and weapons. Upon these "branches" are thousands of leaves which the xenos use to photosynthesise light energy into chemical energy. This allows the Floragans to survive long periods without solid food. However, the creatures are still heavily dependant on water to survive. Four reinforced "root" tentacles allow the beasts to traverse the terrain as well as allowing them to withdraw water from the soil on which they walk. These "roots" are also covered in hundreds of needle thin leaves, which allow them to extract water from the air, meaning that a Floragan can survive in all but the most arid climates. All of these features make the Floragan a truly unique specimen of sentient flora. However, their physical prowess pales in comparison of their horrific Psychic talents. It has been found that the Floragans effectively have an entire second brain, which has the sole purpose of providing the xenos species with psychic abilities. Of course, as with any complex organ, the secondary brain is a complete mystery to Magos Biologis scientists who have still not found out how this auxiliary brain provides the Floragans with a strong psychic field. Unsurprisingly, the entire race are Psykers, capable of producing extremely violent attacks drawn from the Immaterium. Due to their plant based genetic structure, Floragans are very susceptible to biological contaminants and because of this are drastically effected by disease and plague. The Floragans reproduce by an odd mix of humanoid and floran methods. The humanoid features are that the mating happens between male and female member of the species and that the female bears the young floragans. The similarities between human and floragan reproduction ends there however, as the female is pollenated by the male before growing numerous saplings on the branches. After about half of a Drevonian solar cycle, these saplings fall off and are collected by the parents. They are then planted in nutrient rich soil for another 4-5 solar cycles depending on the soil. The young floragans then start to develop their own branch appendages and start to hunt for their food, having extracted all they can from the soil.
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