Respiration

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Trait Category: Metabolic
Trait Type: Definition

One's respiration trait determines how one breathes, which has a number of consequences: what environments one can breathe in, how
efficient one's breathing is in those environments, and so on.  The most common means of respiration is simple air-breathing
lungs, but a variety of other methods of breathing exist.

Development Information: The respiration trait was created by Chaos and is maintained by Lost Souls; the source code was last
updated Tue Feb 26 00:15:21 2013.

See Also: breath

Contents 1 Respiration Types 2 Lung 3 Gill 4 Spiracle 5 Aqualung 6 Aerogill 7 Polyspiracle 8 Membrane 9 Foliage 10 Internal 11 None

Respiration Types

Lung

Creature breathes air through its lungs.

Gill

Creature breathes water through its gills

Spiracle

Creature breathes air through its spiracles.

Aqualung

Creature breathes air and water through its lungs.

Aerogill

Creature breathes air and water through its gills.

Polyspiracle

Creature breathes air and water through its spiracles.

Membrane

Creature breathes air and water through an osmotic membrane.

Foliage

Creature breathes air through its leaves and water through its roots.

Internal

Creature's breathing is self-contained, and can survive in any environment.

None

Creature does not need to breathe.