Difference between revisions of "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|urlname=http://inkthinker.deviantart.com/art/Thebens-Way-of-Kings-Skyeels-180124400|text= Sanderson's instructions to Inkthinker for the skyeel page of Shallan's notebook |site=Deviant Artnotes}}

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|urlname=http://inkthinker.deviantart.com/art/Thebens-Way-of-Kings-Skyeels-180124400|text= Inkthinker's notes on the Skyeel page from Shallan's Notebook |site=Deviant Art}}

Their diet consists of fish, small rodents (such as rats) and crabs. When a skyeel spots prey, they go into a sharp dive and coil around it as they snatch it up. It can take an hour or two for a skyeel to refill its gas pouches after diving. During this time, they usually find somewhere to hide.{{url ref|urlname=http://inkthinker.deviantart.com/art/Thebens-Way-of-Kings-Skyeels-180124400|text= Inkthinker's notes on the Skyeel page from Shallan's Notebook |site=Deviant Art}} Skyeels are known to fight over their prey.{{book ref|sa2|1}}

<references />