Kangkaw

The Kangkaw is a race of intelligence bat people.

Encounters
We encountered them at their home world. After many weeks of very fruitful discussions we decided to leave with several of their scientists. Our diplomat slept with one of them.

Calendar

 * 48 hour days
 * 6 month years

Biology

 * Two sexes
 * One has internal genitals, one has external genitals.
 * Offspring gestate internally in the sex that has internal genitalia.
 * Symmetrical faces with two eyes, two ears, one mouth, and one nose
 * Digestive system is very different, can consume ethanol in addition to alcohol
 * Consume a lot of food and the food has high levels of PCV's
 * Have two arms, two legs, and two wings
 * They have a central nervous system that is controlled by a brain
 * Feet and hands have six digits
 * Heavily furred
 * Live for about 800 Kangaw Year
 * They are much more susceptible to radiation

Technology

 * Maglav trains used to commute between cities
 * Solar panels for most of their power needs
 * Have a planet wide computer network
 * They have pollinators that they cultivate and soil/earth worms
 * They use trucks for transporting things in some industries

Culture

 * 80,000 Kangkaw years of history
 * Created computing technology 2,000 Kangkaw years ago
 * Don't wear clothing
 * Two child limit
 * Can have fewer but that's rare
 * They mate for life, usually mate around the age range of 60-150 (Kangkaw years)
 * Some individuals don't mate but its very rare
 * If an individual dies without hitting the reproduction limit, then a family member is allowed to additional children up to the number that the dead individual did not create
 * Once the limit has been hit the individual is surgically sterilized
 * Very serious about safe sex
 * Children are born in hospitals
 * Other then alcohol there are no recreational drugs
 * Seem to have no serious crime or urban decay problems
 * Have similar ideas of families to humans (parents, grand parents, etc)
 * Understand the concept of zoos
 * Understand the concept of secrets but they rarely have them
 * There's a forbidden continent (by decree of "squid" monster)
 * Have forbidden
 * Police don't seem to be armed and usually only arrest people for very small/minor crimes