Health
Broken horns, legs & cracked perk
Jolleraptors horns and bones are made with a nearly unbreakable material, but it is rare that such a weakness develops (either via an autoimmune disorder or extremely severe trauma) that they break and are unable to regrow to their full-size. Having them break would be very detrimental to their health hence it being rare!
In terms of the broken side of things, it mostly affects the bones (horns, legs) or those with the cracked perk, cracked being different from hot oily mutations version of it. The cracked perk is where the jolles top of the head, from skin to skull caves in and breaks on itself, much like the horns, it’s often caused by an autoimmune disorder or severe trauma often combined. Usually exposing the brain of the JR, the cells of the brain begin to die or catch bacteria which in turn cause infections and speed up the cycle of death - thankfully not affecting their ability to be reborn Hot oily smokes version of cracked is the extreme heat contained within and seeping out, not caused by any issues, thankfully the skin and bone stays strong, if not even stronger because of the oily smoke filling the cracks as fast as they appeared, leaving only the scars of the cracks
In terms of jolles having the cracked perk open, Doctors, specifically those medically trained in the Astrion Research Facility have been studying JR anatomy to create plates and skin grafts for them to survive better. It’s a delicate procedure but works 95% of the time as a temporary fix, though around every 100 or so years, they will need to return for damage assessment and replacement again if needs be Hot oily smoke rarely ever goes near the horns in terms of cracking, but the smoke may pool around the wounds of the horns where it had recently broken from the autoimmune disorder in an attempt to try and heal it, resulting in little cracked beads instead of normal horn formation
In terms of the broken side of things, it mostly affects the bones (horns, legs) or those with the cracked perk, cracked being different from hot oily mutations version of it. The cracked perk is where the jolles top of the head, from skin to skull caves in and breaks on itself, much like the horns, it’s often caused by an autoimmune disorder or severe trauma often combined. Usually exposing the brain of the JR, the cells of the brain begin to die or catch bacteria which in turn cause infections and speed up the cycle of death - thankfully not affecting their ability to be reborn Hot oily smokes version of cracked is the extreme heat contained within and seeping out, not caused by any issues, thankfully the skin and bone stays strong, if not even stronger because of the oily smoke filling the cracks as fast as they appeared, leaving only the scars of the cracks
In terms of jolles having the cracked perk open, Doctors, specifically those medically trained in the Astrion Research Facility have been studying JR anatomy to create plates and skin grafts for them to survive better. It’s a delicate procedure but works 95% of the time as a temporary fix, though around every 100 or so years, they will need to return for damage assessment and replacement again if needs be Hot oily smoke rarely ever goes near the horns in terms of cracking, but the smoke may pool around the wounds of the horns where it had recently broken from the autoimmune disorder in an attempt to try and heal it, resulting in little cracked beads instead of normal horn formation
Size does matter
While there are jolles who are friendshaped to a safe degree, a more larger jolle may have substantial mobility problems; their back legs can’t take too much pressure, putting strain on their heat tubes inside their legs as well as where their knees are. They have anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments (much like humans) where the birdy legs and knee of the jolle meet; the more weight a jolle has, the more it puts these ligaments under strain, meaning they will be subject to injury or worse and it is much harder to fix on a jolle than a human given their small size in comparison even to smaller animals as well as the fact humans haven’t entirely figured out how their little bodies work. Hence the Astrion Research Facility is looking into them, perhaps in the future they will be able to perform operations in order to fix these kind of injuries, but for now, given jolles are a rather active species for the most part at most end up friendshaped without too many problems. (For reference on body types check here)
Size does matter