Drakkhani senses

The sensory perception of the drakkhani of one of the most advanced in their world. They are well equipped with highly advanced smell, sight, hearing, touch and taste. This allows them to be sophisticated and well accomplished predators. Here is a basic break down on the sensory abilities of the drakkhani


Smell

A drakkhani have a powerful sense of smell, it's allowed them to find clan mates, navigate, detect sickness, predators and receptive mates. It's almost if not above par of canines. The main use of smell is to navigate. A drakkhani have decent night vision, but not superb. They use a combination of smell and hearing and even touch to navigate in the dark mostly through following scent trails left by dia-mates. Drakkhani have unique scents that help member identify one another within their own dias. Scent is use to also tell if a female is pregnant or in estrus. Males also use scent to detect if another younger male is in rut.

Drakkhani have scent trails while flying these are emitted through the end of their tail and soles of their feet. The also have scent markers on their palms as well. Territory marking is done by urinating, Usually while flying. A dia-mate would often circle around the dia's or clan's borders, the scent surrounding the area will cause it to urinate.

Hearing
A drakkhani can hear before birth. Their hearing is developed enough in the egg for them to hear the sounds of fellow dia-mates and caregivers. Hearing is use as a navigation tool as well. Drakkhani have an organ in the back of their throats that works much like the melon of a dolphin. It allows them to emmit high-frequency noises (which sound like humming) to ecolocate at night. With the help of their pressure sensitive canards and their scent trails this makes night-flying possible.

Hearing is uses to detect prey and predators as well as clan mates. Hatchlings make loud high-pitch cries out of distress, to be heard by their family.

Sight
Drakkhani have excellent color and binocular vision. Used also as a navigational tool sight helps them during day-flying. Their powerful visual memories combined with their well developed sight allows them to make detailed topographic maps for flying. They can see a rabbit from from 500ft in the air. They also have nictating eyelid.

Eye contact is not common with drakkhani culture. Eye contact is a sign of an intimate gesture. To make eye-contact with a drakkhani is the equivalent of randomly hugging someone. It's not always welcomed. If a male looks another male in the eye, it's considered a challenge. Unless they are a mated pair or with in a creh.

Touch
Drakkhani use touch to communicate. Headbutting, wing-touching and shoulder-bumping are ways for Drakkhani to communicate affection, disdain, anger or sorrow. Infants cling onto their caregivers at birth and curl their tails around them. Touch is sensitive but as strong as a human's

Touch is very important for drakkhani socialization.
Taste
Least powerful of the senses. Taste is useful in the sense drakkhani can taste if something is poisoned. Many hatchlings have a habit of licking things.