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+====== Xtauh senses ======
 ===== Visual =====
 The visible spectrum for xtauh mostly overlaps with that of humans, although the xtauh eye is able to perceive some near-infrared wavelengths that the human eye cannot. Xtauh vision is, however, much more sensitive to low-light conditions due to the presence of a //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapetum_lucidum|tapetum lucidum]]// in the eye. Xtauh have forward-facing eyes with binocular vision, and therefore capable of depth perception.
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 ===== Auditory =====
-Xtauh hear through the long, [[xtauh:body#Olenor|antennae]] curving to either side of their heads, beginning above the eyes. The antennae pick up sounds in a range that is downshifted to lower frequencies compared to human hearing; they can hear noises of a lower pitch than humans can, but are insensitive to a certain range of high-pitched noises. In water, the sensitivity of the antennae is much greater.
+Xtauh hear through the long, [[xtauh:body#olenor|antennae]] curving to either side of their heads, beginning above the eyes. The antennae pick up sounds in a range that is downshifted to lower frequencies compared to human hearing; they can hear noises of a lower pitch than humans can, but are insensitive to a certain range of high-pitched noises. In water, the sensitivity of the antennae is much greater.
 ===== Olfactory and gustatory =====
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 ===== Empathic =====
-A distinctly nonhuman sense that xtauh employ is [[concept:empathic-sense|empathy]]: the ability to psionically detect the state of feeling of another being. This sense can pick up some finer shades of feeling but is most sensitive to the most primal: hunger, fear, arousal, weariness. This sense can perceive direction, but has no "depth perception"; that is, there is no way to distinguish between a weak signal close up and a strong one at the limits of detection, except with the assistance of the other senses and by deduction.
+A distinctly nonhuman sense that xtauh employ is [[concept:empathic_sense|empathy]]: the ability to psionically detect the state of feeling of another being. This sense can pick up some finer shades of feeling but is most sensitive to the most primal: hunger, fear, arousal, weariness. This sense can perceive direction, but has no "depth perception"; that is, there is no way to distinguish between a weak signal close up and a strong one at the limits of detection, except with the assistance of the other senses and by deduction.
 Its sensitivity depends on the strength of the feeling, the distance at which it originates, and the capacity of the mind for feelings; in general, the smaller the organism and the less complicated its brain, the weaker the signal is. For practical purposes, the limit of detection is 15 meters or so from the xtauh's head for other xtauh and for many types of land prey, but less for fish; insects are barely detectable except at very close range.