Why do Au Ra females have boobs?

[Vidu]

Hello everyone,

I know, that ofc from a design perspective the answer to this questition is "Because its more appealing!" but when I was actually on my way to my biology lectures at uni I kinda realized how stupid it is for a lizard-type race to have breasts (since, as we all know, reptiles dont breatfeed their offsprings). So now, assuming that Au Ra reproduce like reptiles - why do they have boobs?
Is there a lore reason that anyone actually thought off or did they just added it because its (probably) more appealing?

[Suirieko]

Because A) it's fantasy, B) it doesn't have to follow the law of physics or nature or reality, C) Reality is for those who lacks imagination, and more importantly, D) Au Ra would technically still be mammals with scales and horns. Aint nothing wrong with that.

[WyrahFhurrst]

Because ... Au Ra would technically still be mammals with scales and horns. Aint nothing wrong with that.

Yeah, they're more closely related to Miqo'te and Hyur than to lizards. They may have some visual similarities, but they're mammals, so they have breasts (and corresponding mammary glands) to suit.

[Vidu]

Oh dear lord, no need to get all defensive about it :P I do know its fantasy but we've got tones of lore reasons for everything and a lot of things actually follow the laws of physic and nature we see in our world - and if they dont, we get a lore reason for it. I'm geniuley interested in this topic, it wasnt my intention to say female Au Ra shouldnt have boobs, not gonna take that away from you, buddy, no worries!

So, you actually raise the questition though: Are they mammals?
I do get this is a fantasygame but its a fantasygame with a pretty good and decent lore and reason behind everything - so may I ask for this reason instead of hearing "there is non, its fantasy, suck it up"?

[CyrilLucifer]

Not sure why everyone's dismissive of the OP, it's a valid question, especially on the Lore forum.
Also reality is for people without imagination? That's the most utterly absurd thing I've ever heard. Nature is incredible and crazier than most fantasy (eg, electric, flowing blue flames are a thing in nature without human interference; a certain large worm can spit out its intestines and suck them back up in order to eat, still not sure why video games haven't capitalized on that yet).

Anyway -

The vast majority of mammalian scales aren't scales in the Au Ra sense - Au Ra, like the Vanu Vanu are really where SE is showing a lack of care for non-human anatomy and just sort of merging everything together because it's what seems to look cool and familiar paired with being easy to model. That's the thing here: ease of modeling and recognizability.

As for mammals and scales -
Mammals tend to have epidermal scales, a la a mouse's tail. These scales act in place of skin. Reptiles and fish, on the other hand, often have an epidermal layer below the scales (not always, but often). More rarely, mammals have keratinized scales, like a Pangolin, but it's not the same as a reptile scute. It feels more like a fingernail - because that's essentially what it is, a giant fingernail.

If you'd like to put any science to it, you can just pretend they're thick epidermal scales rather than something with a layer of skin underneath.

(Also, just for the record, hair is a mammalian trait. All mammals have hair at some point in their life cycle on their body, even things that appear nude like whales. That Au Ra have hair is evidence that they're mammalian more than breasts).

[MaikoRaines]

tl;dr - I like Au Ra and boobies so why not? =/

[Frederick22]

So now, assuming that Au Ra reproduce like reptiles - why do they have boobs?

Wait a second, where it was said that they Au'ras dont give birth the same way as the rest of the "spoken" races?
I dont remember such thing.

[Velox]

They are called "races" for a reason, not species. Au Ra, Lalafell, Hyur, Miqo'te, etc are all the exact same species. It's no different than someone who is Caucasian and someone who is African American being different races belonging to the same species.

The only difference is the races of man on Hydaelyn have more interracial differences than the races of man on Earth, but they are still many and thus, are mammals.

[Quor]

Because boobs are awesome. Everyone loves boobs.

[MaethusXion]

Au Ra are "demon-esq" according to the devs...