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The Reaper bird🐦​​​​​​​, a terrifying presence that lures prey closer


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Merry Christmas everybody!

The Reaper bird, or the Herok(Green heron + Marabou stork/the closest thing to a quetz we have today) is a large bird(a little larger than an ape, and taller than a big bodied nicheling) with the gigantic size of the giant marabou stork with the luring and fishing abilites of a green heron, it often lurks atop trees, stumps and rocks in the Swamp, jungle and Savannah biomes, preferring to stay on hard islands due to those biomes being larger on those islands

Appearance:

it has black wing feathers, green breast feathers, dark and scaly legs, lined with sharp, yellow claws, reddish-brown(think fire ants) eyes and a thick head mottled with black and green, ending in a huge, straight bill, made to crush or pluck its meal

 

Diet:

this horrifying bird feasts on a diet of various small animals(including babies)🐍🦀🐀🐇 and fish🐟(up to nicheling size), carrion, including bones🍖 and will kill sick and dying animals to eat them

 

Habitat:

these birds live in the Savannah, jungle and swamp biomes, often resting atop large rocks, stumps and trees, really only leaving when there is food to eat, they can also wade through rivers and shallow sea and fly through the sky

 

Predators:

Though being a huge and extremely powerful bird, Bearyenas, Gorobats and apes can occasionally take one down, but often don't bother as it will most likely take off and peck them, and it can also brawl with the gorobat, being a fierce adversary to it, both being gigantic aerial hunters that take down terrestrial prey, and compete for the same turf, often however these fights are bluffs, with one of them fleeing after hits are exchanged, but they may end in death, they deal 2 extra damage to apes and other large predators, due to their act of attack the eyes, ears and snout of large animals

 

Hunting:

These birds hunt small game by finding suitable bait, like a piece of meat, algae, or a fruit/nut, then they position themselves next to a body of water, or on a tree, stump or rock, away from the prying eyes of smaller prey, the bait will determine where they will try to lure in a catch and where they stay while waiting

fruit/nut - on a tree, rock or stump nearby, occasionally into the sea to lure crabbits

algae - wading in a body of water

meat - anywhere

once a prey takes the bait, the stork flies into the sky, lands next to its prey, and before it can fight back or run, grabs it and kills it instantly(unless it has poison or defense) or it simply seizes it if close enough

They hunt slightly larger prey by waiting in a tree or in water, then fly at them, then begin their assault, the birds cannot move and attack against large animals on the same turn, so this is the preys chance to flee

They can also use the elements to help them, for instance, during a wildfire, they often march or soar(which makes them visible like a bluebird) in front of it, picking off fleeing prey

 

 

To kill one is difficult, as they have monstrously high stats and are best left avoided at all costs, hiding in burrows will work, as well as sheltering in deep water or on nests will work nicely, poison will also deter them, but spikyness won't as their scaly legs and huge beaks allow them to still attack while being unphased by the spines, also mimicry of poisonous animals works(warning colors)

However you can kill one with powerful defensive creatures, usually armored bodied ones with enough attack to break its 1 defense, but it will fly away rather well, unless you can chase it down with sufficient speed, flight or swimming, it also not immune to poison, making that an effective strategy to take it down

 

stats:

lifespan: 100 days

3 attack

1 defense

6 flight

2 speed

3 fishing

bluebird esque sight, but cannot see creatures in nests, trees or deep water

1 smelling

3 hearing

0 stealth

0 odor disguise

 

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