(You gotta be kidding me....) The "Terror Turkey" is a fairly remarkable species. It is an enormous species of flightless bird. Genetic testing has revealed it is within the order Galliformes, the same family that includes modern day turkeys and further testing shows that it is indeed closest related to turkeys. Our first encounter with them was during an expedition into the World Below's jungles. It was...startling to suddenly encounter these birds, not knowing what to expect. In a panic, they fled, they are incredibly fast despite being over 9ft tall. Some of our men fired at them, mistaking their fleeing for attacking when they seemingly, charged at us, which I assume is how they got their stupid name of "Terror Turkey" A NAME THAT I DID NOT APPROVE OF
when we set up our main base, three "Terror Turkeys" became regular visitors that ate nearby fruits growing. We decided to build a pen for them and lured them in for further study. we learned that the fruits they eat are calorically dense and packed with energy, which may shed some light on why the animals in the world below can grow so large.
It was believed we had captured three females, until one day, one of the three had went through a drastic, rapid, change in which its body flooded with hormones and its body grew larger, its head and neck became grotesquely wrinkled and its tail plumage had grown massive. We later found out one the three was a male
This was an incredible transformation as; the three specimens we had were all fully grown. This change may have been possibly brought upon by stress, but we believe it was the turkey's breeding season and males go through these changes as a way to better attract mates. alongside changing physically, the males became incredibly violent and aggressive, letting out deep roars.
despite its efforts, neither female was interested in breeding with it and to our shock, the male had suffered a heart attack and quickly expired. we retrieved the body and determined the sudden and massive release of hormones into the body was the most logical candidate to its sudden death.
during the examination, it was Thanksgiving Day...we are not proud of this, but a portion of the male's body was harvested and cooked by our head chef. Overall, the taste was rather gamey, but overall, it wasn't bad. Texture wise, it was similar to beef but had the definite taste of turkey, with a mildly sweet taste, the meat was a tad dry.
The two females we had become rather tame, but another tragedy occurred when a Ravager Skunk broke into their pen, killing both and partially eating the corpses.
Observations in the wild have shown us that behaviorally, they act similar to turkeys on the surface.
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MONSTER OF THE WEEK: Terror Turkey
(You gotta be kidding me....) The "Terror Turkey" is a fairly remarkable species. It is an enormous species of flightless bird. Genetic testing has revealed it is within the order Galliformes, the same family that includes modern day turkeys and further testing shows that it is indeed closest related to turkeys. Our first encounter with them was during an expedition into the World Below's jungles. It was...startling to suddenly encounter these birds, not knowing what to expect. In a panic, they fled, they are incredibly fast despite being over 9ft tall. Some of our men fired at them, mistaking their fleeing for attacking when they seemingly, charged at us, which I assume is how they got their stupid name of "Terror Turkey" A NAME THAT I DID NOT APPROVE OF
when we set up our main base, three "Terror Turkeys" became regular visitors that ate nearby fruits growing. We decided to build a pen for them and lured them in for further study. we learned that the fruits they eat are calorically dense and packed with energy, which may shed some light on why the animals in the world below can grow so large.
It was believed we had captured three females, until one day, one of the three had went through a drastic, rapid, change in which its body flooded with hormones and its body grew larger, its head and neck became grotesquely wrinkled and its tail plumage had grown massive. We later found out one the three was a male
This was an incredible transformation as; the three specimens we had were all fully grown. This change may have been possibly brought upon by stress, but we believe it was the turkey's breeding season and males go through these changes as a way to better attract mates. alongside changing physically, the males became incredibly violent and aggressive, letting out deep roars.
despite its efforts, neither female was interested in breeding with it and to our shock, the male had suffered a heart attack and quickly expired. we retrieved the body and determined the sudden and massive release of hormones into the body was the most logical candidate to its sudden death.
during the examination, it was Thanksgiving Day...we are not proud of this, but a portion of the male's body was harvested and cooked by our head chef. Overall, the taste was rather gamey, but overall, it wasn't bad. Texture wise, it was similar to beef but had the definite taste of turkey, with a mildly sweet taste, the meat was a tad dry.
The two females we had become rather tame, but another tragedy occurred when a Ravager Skunk broke into their pen, killing both and partially eating the corpses.
Observations in the wild have shown us that behaviorally, they act similar to turkeys on the surface.
Their population seems to be thriving
- Sarah Rexson
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