Saleer

Deer fawns with salmon like reproductive cycles
* End of life and lifecycle reverence 
* Value aesthetics, knowledge, community care and support
* Emphasis on tradition
* Extreme feelings and big reactions
* Smaller local and regional differences
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Appearance and Biology: 
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Saleer are roughly around 2 m tall, bipedal organisms. They have hooved feet with digitigrade legs, soft downy fur covering their whole bodies and small tails to aid with balance. They have distinct markings in their furry with a significant amount of variation, fur colors used to be base largely on environmental pressures for more advantageous colors, they have adaptive camouflage the color of their fur shedding and being replaced seasonally. They have 3 fingers and two thumbs (and two arms). They have 4 eyes, one pair on the side of their head, the other facing forward providing a wide range of vision, generally low clarity vision with high sensitivity to movement, they have slight infrared sensing capabilities and good night vision. Flatter noses and foreheads, with damp deer like noses and more molars than most humans.
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Saleer have set of horns that begin developing at a young age.  There are two main types of horns, longer with bulk in front and pointed backwards, and shorter facing forwards.  Those with short horns (esemitash) appear to have more male human genitalia while the larger horns (esem) have more female human genitalia, though no other evident secondary sex characteristics. The Esem can mate throughout their life, and fertilize many eggs that will remain dormant.
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At lifespan maturity, all Saleer undergo another developmental stage. The fertilized eggs in the Esem will mature and develop rapidly consuming vast amounts of energy from the host, and causing the host to slowly degenerate and eventually die.  Esem instinctively return to ‘birthing’ grounds as this process occurs.  The Esemitash develop mammaries with the ability to feed the young. After the host dies the Esemitash will use their smaller horns to recover the developed young and will raise them to maturity.
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Average life span of Esem is 80 earth years, and Esemitash is 100 earth years.
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Culture:
* Centralized government, two major branches the Esemitash elders and the younger Esem parliament.
* Organized government, reliance on tradition and emphasis on spirituality, specifically related to their live cycle. 
* Push for technological development, a lot of conflict around how much they should interfere with nature, a push pull
* They are an odd mix of prey and predator, often prone to more extreme swings in moods, or elevated reactions to situations.
* Reliance on the pack, and pack leader, community gives strength
* Technology is more closely aligned with humans tech, blended biological and technological. 
* Due to reference of life and nature they are likely to not want to change it, less likely to terraform.
* Elaborate clothing, art and decoration, high value of aesthetics
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