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===Biology===
[[Image:TauXenology.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Tau Ethereal{{Fn|1}}]]
On their foreheads resides a small diamond-shaped organ with a rigid carapace that contains ultra-dense hormonal fluids which emits an overpowering scent{Fn|1}}, and comparative . Comparative Imperial studies of members of other Tau castes show the ethereals have a comparatively smaller olfactory cavaties{{Fn|1}}. Imperial studies on [[Radical]] [[Inquisitor]] [[Brehm Sasham]] concluded the diamond-shaped organ show no biological function, but it's suspected that that the way the Ethereal must be a means of pheremonal control the over other Tau might be pheremonal{{Fn|1}}, if not in a different way that although it is possible the means of control is more esoteric in nature{{Fn|4}}
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