Makkinney - small cautious creatures that are in constant motion, and with indefatigable energy. Have very strong social bonds and cannot stand alone.
Motherland - the planet Makkian with the same name star.

Have good hearing, vision and excellent sense of smell, which is also concentrated in the organs of the mouth, tongue so they smell the air. Agile, but not very strong, growing around 1.6-1.7 meters on average. Move fast on two legs, and can be on all fours to run at danger.
Character cheerful, very sociable, Makkinney difficult sit in one place for a long time, so the two tail is constantly in motion, and being very, very curious. So if left alone in the room - all examine, go everywhere, everything smelled. Education coming from the ears - is vibrissae, woven in a dense structure.
Very talkative, restless, for they are considered jittery other races, androgyne and shameless. Generally creatures is a good, open, a little shy due to the fact that on their home planet ate (very long ago) wild animals, and they are.
The color of fur is quite different, not always masking, but it was not a problem, because on their planet predators are large, unwieldy - why the first settlements were established in dense vegetation, and later houses were built with narrow streets and passages between the houses there were on the roof.
Because of the great socialization very good speakers and traders, as well as highly visible in the academic world - to protect themselves from the more militant neighbors they just had to create an advantage. In an emergency, prefer to move away from the enemy, and if necessary to destroy it, then rely on trick and long-range weapons.
Despite the fact that the Makkinney - warm-blooded and they have fur, they do not have mammary glands, and children in early infancy feeding eructing half-digested food, mostly easily digestible pulp of berries, fruits, vegetables. Spyat small, only a few hours a day.

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