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Flastico

Diet: Omnivore
Danger Level: 8
Social Ability: 10

Observation: A three-legged, flightless flamingo bird that has another unique quality that the Earth version does not. Its feathers have the same make up as synthetic plastics! This naturally-occurring phenomenon continues to baffle astro-biologists to this day. It is hypothesized that the proteins used to create feathers function differently on this creature resulting in a plastic product. Unfortunately, this cannot be tested due to the plexiglass-like nature of the creature’s skin.

Predators that are able to kill this creature due so by inflicting internal injuries through throwing the creature. Once this creature submits to these injuries, they are then brought to a hot spring and boiled by the predator in order to soften the skin for consumption. The process takes approximately 15 minutes.

Reproduction is done through egg laying, and like this creature, the egg has a hard plastic shell that protects the embryo. As the embryo grows, the thickness of the plastic covering thins. When eggs hatch, the broken shells resemble broken Easter Egg capsules commonly found in vending machines on Earth.

Other than that, it behaves very similarly to the Earth flamingo.

~Zeek Slider