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)

Physiology & Ecology

It has been successfully transplanted to a number of planets, including several in the Daibei and Dagudashaag sectors.

A kankurur has beautiful multi-coloured plumage, large unblinking eyes, and sharp, hooked talons capable of carrying up to 20 kg. Kankurur 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.

A Vilani legend is told of two flying creatures -- the large, swift kankurur, and the small, slow garu. The gods staged a long-distance flying contest to see which of the two creatures would be given the honour of a constellation in the heavens. The over-confident kankurur wasted his time showing off his great flying skill to the gods by flying to great heights, swooping, and trying to win favor by exhibiting his great ability. Meanwhile, the garu quietly flew the distance as prescribed by the gods, and won the contest. So the garu was given a bright, impressive constellation in the night skies of Vland, while the kankurur has no constellation in his honour.

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:

• Dagudashaag Sector (deliberate transplants)
• Daibei Sector (deliberate transplants)
• Vland Sector (native)
  • Vland Subsector

Homeworld: 1105

The homeworld of this creature is:

• Vland

World Listing: 1105

Significant communities of this creature are known to be found within the following systems and worlds:

No world articles for Kankurur

References

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• Gary L. Thomas. Grand Census (Digest Group Publications, 1987), 20.
• 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.
• Gary L. Thomas. The Travellers' Digest 16 (Digest Group Publications, 1989), .
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 181.