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How do Andalites excrete waste (poop)?

I was having a conversation with some coworkers about how Andalites eat using their feet. Someone said that eventually they would run out of food due to all of the nutrition having been absorbed. ...
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Are the Animorphs the only non-Andalites with morphing technology?

In the very first Animorphs book, the five human kids (Jake, Marco, Rachel, Cassie, and Tobias) gain morphing powers from Prince Elfangor before his death. These powers were created by Andalites and ...
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Are the Andalites from the the same galaxy as Earth?

We know that intergalactic travel is possible in the Animorphs universe. As Ax says: A massive force of human-Controllers will enable [the Yeerks] to effectively push out into other galaxies. #52 The ...
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Why was Ax surprised that Visser Three could morph a kafit bird?

In Animorphs #18, The Decision, Ax is shocked when Visser Three morphs a six-winged kafit bird, a creature native to the Andalite home world. His shock stems from realizing the evil Visser must have ...
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How do you recognize who is talking to you in thought-speak?

When someone talks to you in thought-speak, how do you know who it is? (For example, if Jake talks to Cassie, how can she recognize that it's Jake without him having to say it?) Do you "hear" the ...
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Did Visser Three think the whales attacking him were Andalites?

Near the end of #4 The Message, when Visser is in his Mardrut morph, racing after the Animorphs, he is attacked by whales (real ones) just as he was about to catch up. They attack him in a highly ...
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How do Andalites have babies?

Is it said anywhere in the series how Andalites have babies? The same way as humans do, another way (explained please) or it isn't told in the Animorphs books?
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Andalite measurement units?

Do the Andalites specify anywhere throughout the series what measurement units they use? I'm interested mainly in the time units. (...) <Two of your hours and seven of your minutes,> Ax said. &...
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