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Anatomically Correct Diggy Diggy Dwarfs

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The song Diggy Diggy Hole makes some questionable assertions about dwarven anatomy. Specifically:

Born underground

Suckled from a teat of stone

Raised in the dark

The safety of our mountain home

Skin made of iron

Steel in our bones

To dig and dig makes us free

Come on, brothers, sing with me!

Now we could interpret that all metaphorically... but where's the fun in that?

So, how do we design a dwarf that actually meets those criteria?

"Skin made of iron" might have something to do with iron sulfide scales or similar. And I am willing to posit that the "teat of stone" may be merely superficially similar to stone, rather than literally made of rock. But the closer an answer gets to a straightforward literal interpretation of the song, the better.

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