some people’s arctic na’vi fanclans have been pissing me off so i’ve been writing down notes. i don’t have time to work on this rn but trust….. it will happen…. i also have more thoughts but i forgot to write them down lol
- shorter, rounder ears (allen’s rules)
- bergmann’s rules: polar na’vi would be shorter and heavier set than equatorial na’vi. I would say your average polar na’vi would likely be around 7 ft tall.
- nothing on pandora is confirmed to have fur other than na’vi as far as I know, so i wonder if they would possibly adapt to have fur… this would take MILLIONS of years tho, so arctic na’vi could possibly be a completely different species, incapable of interbreeding with equatorial na’vi. someone please correct me if im wrong cuz im too lazy to look at the wiki rn*
- **+EDIT thank u ppl who commented abt fur cuz im a lazy bastard 😄 I still think it would be a bit difficult to explain how arctic na’vi could have fur, unless it’s 100% confirmed that equatorial na’vi have some kind of “peach fuzz” at least. i considered the idea that perhaps it would be a retained symplesiomorphic trait from the shared ancestor with prolemuris, but it would be a bit difficult for polar na’vi to still be the same species as equatorial na’vi with any significant amount of fur adaptation beyond a thin, sparse layer. even though our human equivalent could be considered homo sapiens vs homo neanderthalensis, we still weren’t that much different since we could interbreed. In this case, again, I wonder how genetically detached polar na’vi would be from equatorial populations in the case that they were to develop fur…
- if not fur, polar na’vi possibly could’ve adapted a reinforced blubber-type tissue in replacement of fat to maintain heat
- in humans, melanin production is primarily affected by sun exposure and vitamin D intake- that is why scandinavians are pale and the inuit are darker skinned. The inuit have ample vitamin D in their diets, so they retained their darker pigmentation.
- so, I say that an arctic na’vi would be much more pigmented for reasons like warmth attraction and sun protection. Their hair would also be dark for this same reason.
- I think their eyes would be smaller
- cold, arid climates typically call for smaller/thinner that warm up and humidify air, so I think their noses would be smaller on average
- their feet would be large and wide for trekking across snow, but I also think they likely would be wearing shoes