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'''Skyeels''' are a flying creature on [[Roshar]], typically found in coastal regions. Adult skyeels are typically 4-5 feet long, but are known to grow as long as 7 feet.{{file ref|skyeel.jpg|text=Skyeel page from Shallan's portfolio}}
 
 
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== Anatomy ==
[[File:SisForSkyeel.png|thumb|left|200px|S is for Skyeel]]They look similar to the moray eels found on Earth, but have an extra pair of larger flowing fins along their sides with air pouches tucked under them that help the skyeel fly. These pouches deflate as the skyeel dives and are refilled as the skyeel extracts lighter-than-air gasses from its prey during the digestive process. Small, blue, fish-like spren are usually found darting around flying skyeels and are believed to help them fly. Like moray eels, skyeels have a second set of jaws, known as pharyngeal jaws.{{url ref|url=http://inkthinker.deviantart.com/art/The-Way-of-Kings-Skyeels-180124400|text= Sanderson's instructions to Inkthinker for the skyeel page of Shallan's notebook |site=Deviant Art}}
 
Skyeels have pale bellies so that they camouflage with the sky from below and dappled skin on their back that lets them blend in with the water they fly over from above. {{url ref|url=http://inkthinker.deviantart.com/art/The-Way-of-Kings-Skyeels-180124400|text= Inkthinker's notes on the Skyeel page from Shallan's Notebook |site=Deviant Art}}
== Cultural References ==
[[Sebarial]]'s banner has its glyphs stylized to look like a skyeel.{{book ref|wor|40}}
[[File:SisForSkyeel.png|thumb|left|250px|S is for Skyeel]]
 
=== Idioms ===
{{quote| "Hundreds of arrows split the sky, dimming the sun. They arced and fell, dropping like skyeels upon their prey."| {{book ref|wok|1}}}}
{{quote| "In the strange manner of Shardeplate, the armor constricted on its own, like a skyeel curling around its rat, pulling to a comfortable tightness around his wrists."|{{book ref|wor|14}}}}
 
[[File:FlyingSkyeel.png|thumb|center|400px|A flying Skyeel with its "luckspren"]]
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