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They look similar to the moray eels, but have an extra pair of larger flowing fins along their sides with air pouches tucked under them that help the skyeel fly. These pouches deflate as the skyeel dives and are refilled as the skyeel extracts lighter-than-air gasses from its prey during the digestive process. Skyeels possess a second set of jaws, known as pharyngeal jaws.{{ref|name=bens-notes}} |
They look similar to the moray eels, but have an extra pair of larger flowing fins along their sides with air pouches tucked under them that help the skyeel fly. These pouches deflate as the skyeel dives and are refilled as the skyeel extracts lighter-than-air gasses from its prey during the digestive process. Skyeels possess a second set of jaws, known as pharyngeal jaws.{{ref|name=bens-notes}} |
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β | When they fly, small arrow-headed [[Spren#Luckspren|luckspren]] often appear and dart around them |
+ | When they fly, small arrow-headed [[Spren#Luckspren|luckspren]] often appear and dart around them. It is theorized that the spren help them fly, as "mathematically" skyeels should be heavier than they actually are.{{book ref|sa3|99}} |
Skyeels have pale bellies so that they camouflage with the sky from below and dappled skin on their back that lets them blend in with the water they fly over from above.{{ref|name=bens-notes}} |
Skyeels have pale bellies so that they camouflage with the sky from below and dappled skin on their back that lets them blend in with the water they fly over from above.{{ref|name=bens-notes}} |