Kankurur
| Kankurur | |
|---|---|
| Base Information | |
| Classification | Herbivore/gatherer |
| Terrain | Unknown |
| Locomotion | Flyer |
| Size | Unknown |
| Speed | Unknown |
| Strength | Unknown |
| Social Structure | Unknown |
| Weapons | Beak & talon |
| Armor | Unknown |
| Source | |
| Homeworld | Vland (Vland 1717) |
| Multi-world | Yes |
| Canon | No |
| Extinct | Extant |
| Reference | "Daibei Sector: Library and Map." The Travellers' Digest 15 22. |
The Kankurur is a large bird of prey native to Vland (Vland 1717).
Description (Specifications)
No information yet available.
Physiology & Ecology
It has been successfully transplanted to a number of planets, including several in the Daibei Sector and Dagudashaag Sector. A Kankurur has a beautful multi-coloured plumage, large unblinking eyes and and sharp, hooked talons capable of carrying up to 20 kg. Kankurur's are renowned for their bad tempers and evil dispositions.
Life Cycle & Reproduction
No information yet available.
Diet & Trophics
No information yet available.
History & Background (Dossier)
Capable of carrying up to 20.0 kg in its talons, the bird was trained and used like the carrier pigeon of Terra (Solomani Rim 1827). The Kankurur could carry small cargos as well as paper messages.
The Kankurur has lent its name to the Kankurur-class G-Carrier used by the Scouts and Navy of the Third Imperium.
Derived Products (Goods & Services)
No information yet available.
Travellers' Aid Society Advisory
The Travellers' Aid Society (TAS) classifies the Kankurur as highly threatening to most sophonts and makes a special advisory to avoid this predator if at all possible. They are aggressive.
Image Repository
No information yet available.
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)
This creature can primarily be found in the following areas:
Charted Space:
Homeworld: 1105
The homeworld of this creature is:
World Listing: 1105
Significant communities of this creature are known to be found within the following systems and worlds:
References
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- Joe Fugate, J. Andrew Keith, Gary L. Thomas. World Builder's Handbook (Digest Group Publications, 1989), 46.
- Gary L. Thomas. "Daibei Sector: Library and Map." The Travellers' Digest 15 (1989): 22.
- Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 181.