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Much like other harpies, mink-mink harpies have a bipedal humanoid build, however, instead of having an avian lower-half, it is more feline, and with a long, thick prehensile tail. On females, this tail can have sharp spike protrusions, made of bone and coated with hardened keratin. They can use these spikes to defend themselves against unwanted males, egg thieves, and other evil creatures. Females are also taller than the males of the species, but are themselves still a bit short compared to other species of similar build, such as dragons.

Every mink-mink harpy has two sets of wings, one larger set, with hands, where arms are usually expected, and one smaller set. Males have their smaller set of dorsal wings on their tail, without hands, and females have theirs with hands, on the sides of their body, underneath the main set of wing arms. Their forearms are especially adapted for flight, being incredibly strong, and have dense muscle with hollow bones. Thick waterproof feathers cover the entirety of the arms up to the shoulder blades.

Mink-mink harpies have only two fingers and an opposable thumb on each hand, and these are tipped with retractable claws. Their ring and pinky finger bones are fused with the outer veins of the primary feather of their wings, providing increased durability, and it aids them with control in flight, which is especially useful within the dense forest canopies they usually inhabit.

 

The lower arms of a female mink-mink harpy can be used for carrying items or others around whilst flying, or for aiding in activities such as climbing.

Immune to toxins found in plants and bugs they consume, their bodies can naturally store these toxins in a sac below their gallbladder, and it is here where the toxins are broken down and released into the bloodstream, without being lethal to the mink-mink harpy. However, this causes their meat and blood to be poisonous, but the poison can further be dissolved away by properly cooking the meat before consumption.

Mink-mink harpies are physically compatible with every species, and those that mate with members of a different species produce hybrids that mix elements from both parent species. The hybrid offspring that result from this are, however, not compatible with every species, and can only successfully mate with hybrids that share the same parent species.

Mink-mink harpy fur and feather patterns have been observed to resemble those of any avian, feline, or primate, regardless of their birth location. They are capable of having rare genetic mutations, such as being born with even more wings or more tails, black sclera eyes, and/or having no skin visible, with fur and feathers covering up the entirety of their human parts.