Watatsumi

Name:  Watatsumi 
Type:  Aquatic Reptiles
Diet:  Piscivores
Notes:  A Draconian sub-species, the Watatsumi evolved out of the population of Draconian colonies on heavily water covered worlds and on other worlds near aquatic regions.  They trade the Draconian's flight abilities for improved swimming talents.
An aquatic species, Watatsumi are just at home in water as on land, though the majority prefer to not leave the water at all.  Having evolved the specialized internal organs with the ability to process the oxygen dissolved in water, Watatsumi have the ability to stay under the surface indefinately.
Unlike their Draconian ancestors, Watatsumi have evolved into high powerful and agile swimmers.  Not only have their bodies adapted and evolved to life in the ocean, even their scales have morphed to help them cut through the water at incredible speeds and make turns few other sea creatures could even dream of pulling off.
Even less social than their Draconian 'cousins', Watatsumi rarely let outsiders know about their underwater homes, even rarer to let them see it, and even rarer still to let a non-Watatsumi, even a Draconian, into one.  As such, the Watatsumi are a very mysterious species, even more so than the Draconians they evolved from.  While not xenophobic like Tholians, Watatsumi are rarely seen straying far from the water that holds their homes.  This secrecy means just how much Watatsumi are like Draconians in terms of being dataphiles is unknown.  The few examples of Watatsumi in the Zodiac Empire public population, primarily in the Imperial Starfleet, don't talk about the secrets of their people and are even harder to become counted as a friend by than even a Draconian.
Watatsumi serving in the Imperial Starfleet seem to have no set skills that make them best in only one or a few fields, like how Draconians seem to gravitate towards a selection, though, like Draconians, Watatsumi are very good at the jobs they do chose to do for their careers.
Category:Species
Category:Draconian Empire