Siebowski's Spinehawk
| Siebowski's Spinehawk | |
|---|---|
| Base Information | |
| Classification | Carnivore/pouncer |
| Terrain | |
| Locomotion | Flyer |
| Size | |
| Speed | |
| Strength | |
| Social Structure | Few |
| Weapons | Claws |
| Armor | None |
| Source | |
| Homeworld | Miana (Dagudashaag 2140) |
| Multi-world | No |
| Canon | Yes |
| Extinct | No |
| Reference | "Library Data: Sapphyre." Signal-GK 07 18. |
Siebowski's Spinehawk is an avian predator native to Miana (Dagudashaag 2140).
Physiology and Ecology[edit]
Adult specimens mass 10kg - 20kg and have a wingspan of up to 7 meters. The jagged spines on the leading edges of its mantis like wings are used to good effect in crippling its prey, a balloon-like grazing invertebrates.
Life Cycle & Reproduction[edit]
No information yet available.
Diet & Trophics[edit]
No information yet available.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
No information yet available.
Travellers' Aid Society Advisory[edit]
The Spinehawks pose a significant hazard to human explorers on Maina, as they are intensively territorial and prone to attack without warning. Using echo-location, they are able to strike even in total darkness. Many survey and mining personnel have lost their lives to Spinehawk attacks.
The sheer number of Spikehawk attacks in the early years of Maina's colonization mystified experts.It seemed like the attacks were deliberate. After much research an answer was finally found. The General Products oxygen pumps in the environmental suits worn by the work crews made a faint hum which closely mimicked the herding calls of one of the Spinehawk's prey animals. Changing the design of the suits seems to have cured the problem.
References & Contributors / Sources[edit]
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- Jae Campbell. "Library Data: Sapphyre." Signal-GK 07 (1993): 18.
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science