Unlike most species that use water or liquid methane as their solvent of choice, the Orcubor use liquid silicon dioxide (quartz), hence, the extremely high temperatures they need to survive. Aluminum-based biochemistry is a rare trait among species in the universe, as the majority of planets close enough to their star to hose life like this burn up or have their atmospheres stripped away to nothing before life can emerge. When the Orcubor were first discovered, many exobiologists were very interested in learning about their biochemistry.