Pufts often have a
collection of asymmetric teeth lining the ridge of their mouths, although this
feature is entirely vestigial as Pufts do not consume solid food.
Instead, a baleen-like
mesh of keratin at the back of the Puft’s throat works to filter out tiny organisms
and food particles in the air.
Unusable air is
expelled back out from the Puft’s posterior trunk, along with waste material
and any indigestible particles and or pathogens which it then excretes as solid
biomass.
The Puft is an easy
creature to raise for first time handlers given its wholly amiable disposition
and suggestible nature.
It is unusually
tolerant of human handling and will allow itself to be patted or scratched
nearly anywhere on its fuzzy body, including, unnervingly, directly on any of
its three eyeballs.
A specialized air
bladder in the Puft's chest cavity stores varying concentrations of gas,
allowing it to control its buoyancy and float effortlessly through the air.
Combined with
extremely lightweight and elastic skin, the Puft is capable of maintaining
flotation indefinitely with negligible energy expenditure. Its orientation and
balance, meanwhile, are maintained by counterweighted formations of bone
located in its otherwise useless legs.
