Ghyll:Tuckarando - Revision history

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2005-03-12T05:22:29Z

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2005-03-12T05:21:56Z

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How they're made

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-land vulture, platypus dog, the beaked blight
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-===Similar Species:=== Tuckarandos are, as previously mentioned, related to the [[Mute Chukarandos]].  Also, there are at least two sub-species, the dwarf tuckarando, which never exceeds a single nanit in length, and the giant tuckarando, which always exceeds five nanits in length.  There is rumored to be a more heavily furred mountain tuckarando, as well, but no one has survived to verify, or renounce, their existence.
+Also known as: land vulture, platypus dog, the beaked blight.
-===Habitat:=== Originally found in the foothills of [[Mount Yurch]], the living blight known as the tuckarando has migrated to virtually any area of Ghyll that has soft enough ground for them to make their burrows.  They can also be found in many major cities in Ghyll, thanks in no small part to the illegal tuckarando trade perpetuated by the infamous [[Jackie Tuckarando|Jack "Jackie Tuckarando" Tockanski]]. (see below)
+==Identification and Field Marks==
-===Habits:=== The favorite prey of the tuckarando is the Ghyllian ankle.  Alternately, they will gnaw fingers stuck into their burrows and, as a last resort, will eat anything else they can get their furry, little paws on.  It is unclear on how early their natural development was disturbed by Ghyllians hiking up [[Mount Yurch]], but tuckarandos must have surely sought other prey at one time.  They have a very sweet song, rather like an astatic [''You call this a word?  --Burgengute''  (''Sorry, that should have read athsmatic.  Damn [[Pyxie|pyxies]]! --[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]'')] [[Freege Horn]], which will draw animal visitors from miles around.  However, it is their amazing ability to mimic sounds, including the Ghyllian voice, that naturalists find so interesting.  Is it this ability that let them lure their earlier prey to its doom?  Or have they simply made a pact with the forces of darkness?  Who can say?  In any case, it is this ability that makes them both so valued and so illicit. (see below)
+==Similar Species==
-===Young and Breeding:===
+==Habitat==
-As implied by their family name, tuckarandos are egg-layers.  They prefer to lay their freshly fertilized eggs in the toe-jam of Ghyllians who have hiked up [[Mount Yurch]], but they'll tuck their eggs into any fleshy nook or cranny that they can find.  These eggs hatch just a few days after being fertilized and implanted on their host.  The resulting immature tuckarandos are a fraction of a nanit in size and quickly burrow into the soft parts of the unfortunate Ghyllian who incubated them.  The result is not pretty at all and results in painful warts in the affected area.  Six to eight weeks later, the adolescent tuckarandos work their way back to the surface of their host and begin to devour him or her.  Any tuckarandos that survive that process scamper off to find their first ankle to bite, thus perpetuating their species.  No one has actually seen tuckarandos mate, but it is assumed to be a process rather like [[Ghyllian reproduction]], but without as much fanfare.
+Originally found in the foothills of [[Mount Yurch]], the living blight known as the tuckarando has migrated to virtually any area of Ghyll that has soft enough ground for them to make their burrows.  They can also be found in many major cities, thanks in no small part to the illegal tuckarando trade perpetuated by the infamous [[Jackie Tuckarando|Jack "Jackie Tuckarando" Tockanski]] (below).
-===Economic Importance:===
+==Habits==
 Because of their reproductive habits, tuckarandos are outlawed in every "civilized" Ghyllian settlement; however, as previously mentioned, that has not prevented a stiff trade in "Back Market" tuckarandos.  The individual primarily responsible for creating both the demand and the supply in this illicit pet market is none other than [[Jackie Tuckarando|Jack "Jackie Tuckarando" Tockanski]].  He discovered that the vile, little beasts had one interesting ability which made them quite popular pets with a certain wealthy class of people, namely, their ability to imitate sound.  Rather like a mynah bird, these disgusting creatures can mimic virtually any sound, including the Ghyllian voice.  Specially trained tuckarandos became quite the sensation for some time and there were even rumors that some of the poxy creatures could actually carry on conversations with their Ghyllian owners.  In fact, it is this rumor that inspired the story of the most famous tuckarando of all, [[P'Jubal]], [[Fijjit Mejora]]’s long-time friend in the best-selling "[[Fijjit Mejora|Fijjit]] and the [[Fefferberry]] Failure".
-'''Citations:'''  [[Mute Chukarandos]], [[Jackie Tuckarando]], [[P'Jubal]]
+'''Citations:''' [[Jackie Tuckarando]], [[Mute Chukarandos]], [[P'Jubal]].

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 ===Habitat:=== Originally found in the foothills of [[Mount Yurch]], the living blight known as the tuckarando has migrated to virtually any area of Ghyll that has soft enough ground for them to make their burrows.  They can also be found in many major cities in Ghyll, thanks in no small part to the illegal tuckarando trade perpetuated by the infamous [[Jackie Tuckarando|Jack "Jackie Tuckarando" Tockanski]]. (see below)
-===Habits:=== The favorite prey of the tuckarando is the Ghyllian ankle.  Alternately, they will gnaw fingers stuck into their burrows and, as a last resort, will eat anything else they can get their furry, little paws on.  It is unclear on how early their natural development was disturbed by Ghyllians hiking up [[Mount Yurch]], but tuckarandos must have surely sought other prey at one time.  They have a very sweet song, rather like an astatic [''You call this a word?  --Burgengute''  ''Sorry, that should have read athsmatic.  Damn [[Pyxie|pyxies]]! --[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]''] [[Freege Horn]], which will draw animal visitors from miles around.  However, it is their amazing ability to mimic sounds, including the Ghyllian voice, that naturalists find so interesting.  Is it this ability that let them lure their earlier prey to its doom?  Or have they simply made a pact with the forces of darkness?  Who can say?  In any case, it is this ability that makes them both so valued and so illicit. (see below)
+===Habits:=== The favorite prey of the tuckarando is the Ghyllian ankle.  Alternately, they will gnaw fingers stuck into their burrows and, as a last resort, will eat anything else they can get their furry, little paws on.  It is unclear on how early their natural development was disturbed by Ghyllians hiking up [[Mount Yurch]], but tuckarandos must have surely sought other prey at one time.  They have a very sweet song, rather like an astatic [''You call this a word?  --Burgengute''  (''Sorry, that should have read athsmatic.  Damn [[Pyxie|pyxies]]! --[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]'')] [[Freege Horn]], which will draw animal visitors from miles around.  However, it is their amazing ability to mimic sounds, including the Ghyllian voice, that naturalists find so interesting.  Is it this ability that let them lure their earlier prey to its doom?  Or have they simply made a pact with the forces of darkness?  Who can say?  In any case, it is this ability that makes them both so valued and so illicit. (see below)
 ===Young and Breeding:===

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 ===Habitat:=== Originally found in the foothills of [[Mount Yurch]], the living blight known as the tuckarando has migrated to virtually any area of Ghyll that has soft enough ground for them to make their burrows.  They can also be found in many major cities in Ghyll, thanks in no small part to the illegal tuckarando trade perpetuated by the infamous [[Jackie Tuckarando|Jack "Jackie Tuckarando" Tockanski]]. (see below)
-===Habits:=== The favorite prey of the tuckarando is the Ghyllian ankle.  Alternately, they will gnaw fingers stuck into their burrows and, as a last resort, will eat anything else they can get their furry, little paws on.  It is unclear on how early their natural development was disturbed by Ghyllians hiking up [[Mount Yurch]], but tuckarandos must have surely sought other prey at one time.  They have a very sweet song, rather like an astatic [''You call this a word?  --Burgengute''] [[Freege Horn]], which will draw animal visitors from miles around.  However, it is their amazing ability to mimic sounds, including the Ghyllian voice, that naturalists find so interesting.  Is it this ability that let them lure their earlier prey to its doom?  Or have they simply made a pact with the forces of darkness?  Who can say?  In any case, it is this ability that makes them both so valued and so illicit. (see below)
+===Habits:=== The favorite prey of the tuckarando is the Ghyllian ankle.  Alternately, they will gnaw fingers stuck into their burrows and, as a last resort, will eat anything else they can get their furry, little paws on.  It is unclear on how early their natural development was disturbed by Ghyllians hiking up [[Mount Yurch]], but tuckarandos must have surely sought other prey at one time.  They have a very sweet song, rather like an astatic [''You call this a word?  --Burgengute''  ''Sorry, that should have read athsmatic.  Damn [[Pyxie|pyxies]]! --[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]''] [[Freege Horn]], which will draw animal visitors from miles around.  However, it is their amazing ability to mimic sounds, including the Ghyllian voice, that naturalists find so interesting.  Is it this ability that let them lure their earlier prey to its doom?  Or have they simply made a pact with the forces of darkness?  Who can say?  In any case, it is this ability that makes them both so valued and so illicit. (see below)
 ===Young and Breeding:===

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-land vulture, platypus dog, the beaked blight
+===Similar Species:=== Tuckarandos are, as previously mentioned, related to the [[Mute Chukarandos]].  Also, there are at least two sub-species, the dwarf tuckarando, which never exceeds a single nanit in length, and the giant tuckarando, which always exceeds five nanits in length.  There is rumored to be a more heavily furred mountain tuckarando, as well, but no one has survived to verify, or renounce, their existence.
 ===Habitat:=== Originally found in the foothills of [[Mount Yurch]], the living blight known as the tuckarando has migrated to virtually any area of Ghyll that has soft enough ground for them to make their burrows.  They can also be found in many major cities in Ghyll, thanks in no small part to the illegal tuckarando trade perpetuated by the infamous [[Jackie Tuckarando|Jack "Jackie Tuckarando" Tockanski]]. (see below)
 ===Habits:=== The favorite prey of the tuckarando is the Ghyllian ankle.  Alternately, they will gnaw fingers stuck into their burrows and, as a last resort, will eat anything else they can get their furry, little paws on.  It is unclear on how early their natural development was disturbed by Ghyllians hiking up [[Mount Yurch]], but tuckarandos must have surely sought other prey at one time.  They have a very sweet song, rather like an astatic [[Freege Horn]] which will draw animal visitors from miles around.  However, it is their amazing ability to mimic sounds, including the Ghyllian voice, that naturalists find so interesting.  Is it this ability that let them lure their earlier prey to its doom?  Or have they simply made a pact with the forces of darkness?  Who can say?  In any case, it is this ability that makes them both so valued and illicit. (see below)
 ===Young and Breeding:===
-As implied by their family name, tuckarandos are egg-layers.  They prefer to lay their freshly fertilized eggs in the toe-jam of Ghyllians who have hiked up [[Mount Yurch]], but they'll tuck their eggs into any fleshy nook or cranny that they can find.  These eggs hatch just a few days after being fertilized and implanted on their host.  The resulting immature tuckarandos are a fraction of a nanit in size and quickly burrow into the soft parts of the unfortunate Ghyllian who incubated them.  The result is not pretty at all and results in painful warts in the affected area.  Six to eight weeks later, the adolescent tukarandos work their way back to the surface of their host and begin to devour them.  Any tuckarandos that survive that process scamper off to find their first ankle to bite, thus perpetuating their species.  No one has actually seen tuckarandos mate, but it is assumed to be a process rather like [[Ghyllian reproduction]], but without as much fanfare.
+As implied by their family name, tuckarandos are egg-layers.  They prefer to lay their freshly fertilized eggs in the toe-jam of Ghyllians who have hiked up [[Mount Yurch]], but they'll tuck their eggs into any fleshy nook or cranny that they can find.  These eggs hatch just a few days after being fertilized and implanted on their host.  The resulting immature tuckarandos are a fraction of a nanit in size and quickly burrow into the soft parts of the unfortunate Ghyllian who incubated them.  The result is not pretty at all and results in painful warts in the affected area.  Six to eight weeks later, the adolescent tuckarandos work their way back to the surface of their host and begin to devour him or her.  Any tuckarandos that survive that process scamper off to find their first ankle to bite, thus perpetuating their species.  No one has actually seen tuckarandos mate, but it is assumed to be a process rather like [[Ghyllian reproduction]], but without as much fanfare.
 ===Economic Importance:===
-Because of their reproductive habits, tuckarandos are outlawed in every "civilized" Ghyllian settlement, however, as previously mentioned, that has not kept a stiff trade in "Back Market" tuckarandos.  The individual primarily responsible for creating both the demand and the supply in this illicit pet market is none other than [[Jackie Tuckarando|Jack "Jackie Tuckarando" Tockanski]].  He discovered that the vile, little beasts had one interesting ability which made them quite popular pets with a certain wealthy class of people, namely, their ability to imitate sound.  Rather like a mynah bird, these disgusting creatures can mimic virtually any sound, including the Ghyllian voice.  Specially trained tuckarandos became quite the sensation for some time and there were even rumors that some of the poxy creatures could actually carry on conversations with their Ghyllian owners.  In fact, it is this rumor that inspired the story of the most famous tuckarando of all, [[P'Jubal]], [[Fijjit Mejora]]’s long-time friend in the best-selling “[[Fijjit Mejora|Fijjit]] and the [[Fefferberry]] Failure”.
+Because of their reproductive habits, tuckarandos are outlawed in every "civilized" Ghyllian settlement; however, as previously mentioned, that has not prevented a stiff trade in "Back Market" tuckarandos.  The individual primarily responsible for creating both the demand and the supply in this illicit pet market is none other than [[Jackie Tuckarando|Jack "Jackie Tuckarando" Tockanski]].  He discovered that the vile, little beasts had one interesting ability which made them quite popular pets with a certain wealthy class of people, namely, their ability to imitate sound.  Rather like a mynah bird, these disgusting creatures can mimic virtually any sound, including the Ghyllian voice.  Specially trained tuckarandos became quite the sensation for some time and there were even rumors that some of the poxy creatures could actually carry on conversations with their Ghyllian owners.  In fact, it is this rumor that inspired the story of the most famous tuckarando of all, [[P'Jubal]], [[Fijjit Mejora]]’s long-time friend in the best-selling "[[Fijjit Mejora|Fijjit]] and the [[Fefferberry]] Failure".
 '''Citations:'''  [[Mute Chukarandos]], [[Jackie Tuckarando]], [[P'Jubal]]

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 land vulture, platypus dog, the beaked blight
-===Identification and Field Marks:=== These nasty, little relatives of the [[Mute Chukarandos]] are also members of the ghastly-things-with-fur-that-lay-eggs family and have certain traits in common with other members of their family, namely thick, brown, curly fur with black stripes and a white underbelly.  However, the '''tuckarando''' only grows to a maximum of two nanits.  Also, these wicked, little beasts have the unusual feature of a hooked beak quite reminiscent of Crank's Pocket Eel (no relation). Oddly enough, that predatory beak conceals a viscious set of carnivorous teeth with which the tuckarando tears its prey.
+===Identification and Field Marks:=== These nasty, little relatives of the [[Mute Chukarandos]] are also members of the ghastly-things-with-fur-that-lay-eggs family and have certain traits in common with other members of their family, namely thick, brown, curly fur with black stripes and a white underbelly.  However, the '''tuckarando''' only grows to a maximum of two nanits.  Also, these wicked, little beasts have the unusual feature of a hooked beak quite reminiscent of Crank's Pocket Eel (no relation). Oddly enough, that predatory beak conceals a vicious set of carnivorous teeth with which the tuckarando tears its prey.
-===Similar Species:=== Tukarandos are, as previously mentioned, related to the [[Mute Chukarandos]].  Also, there are at least two sub-species, the dwarf tuckarandos, which never exceeds a single nanit in length, and the giant tuckarandos, which always exceeds five nanits in length.  There is rumored to be a more heavily furred mountain tuckarando, as well, but no one has survived to verify, or renouce, their existance.
+===Similar Species:=== Tukarandos are, as previously mentioned, related to the [[Mute Chukarandos]].  Also, there are at least two sub-species, the dwarf tuckarandos, which never exceeds a single nanit in length, and the giant tuckarandos, which always exceeds five nanits in length.  There is rumored to be a more heavily furred mountain tuckarando, as well, but no one has survived to verify, or renounce, their existence.
-===Habitat:=== Originally found in the foothils of [[Mount Yurch]], the living blight known as the tuckarando has migrated to virtually any area of Ghyll that has soft enough ground for them to make their burrows.  They can also be found in many major cities in Ghyll, thanks in no small part to the illegal tuckarando trade perpetuated by the infamous Jack "Jackie Tuckarando" Tockanski. (see below)
+===Habitat:=== Originally found in the foothills of [[Mount Yurch]], the living blight known as the tuckarando has migrated to virtually any area of Ghyll that has soft enough ground for them to make their burrows.  They can also be found in many major cities in Ghyll, thanks in no small part to the illegal tuckarando trade perpetuated by the infamous [[Jackie Tuckarando|Jack "Jackie Tuckarando" Tockanski]]. (see below)
-===Habits:=== The favorite prey of the tuckarnado is the Ghyllian ankle.  Alternately, they will gnaw fingers stuck into their burrows and, as a last resort, will eat anything else they can get their furry, little paws on.  It is unclear on how early their natural development was disturbed by Ghyllians hiking up [[Mount Yurch]], but tuckarandos must have surely sought other prey at one time.  They have a very sweet song, rather like an asmatic [[Freege Horn]] which will draw animal visitors from miles around.  However, it is their amazing ability to mimic sounds, including the Ghyllian voice, that naturalists find so interesting.  Is it this ability that let them lure their earlier prey to its doom?  Or have they simply made a pact with the forces of darkness?  Who can say?  In any case, it is this ability that makes them both so valued and illicit. (see below)
+===Habits:=== The favorite prey of the tuckarando is the Ghyllian ankle.  Alternately, they will gnaw fingers stuck into their burrows and, as a last resort, will eat anything else they can get their furry, little paws on.  It is unclear on how early their natural development was disturbed by Ghyllians hiking up [[Mount Yurch]], but tuckarandos must have surely sought other prey at one time.  They have a very sweet song, rather like an astatic [[Freege Horn]] which will draw animal visitors from miles around.  However, it is their amazing ability to mimic sounds, including the Ghyllian voice, that naturalists find so interesting.  Is it this ability that let them lure their earlier prey to its doom?  Or have they simply made a pact with the forces of darkness?  Who can say?  In any case, it is this ability that makes them both so valued and illicit. (see below)
 ===Young and Breeding:===
-As implied by their family name, tuckarandos are egg-layers.  They prefer to lay their freshly fertilized eggs in the toe-jam of Ghyllians who have hiked up [[Mount Yurch]], but they'll tuck their eggs into any fleshy nook or crany that they can find.  These eggs hatch just a few days after being fertilized and implanted on their host.  The resulting immature tuckarandos are a fraction of a nanit in size and quickly burrow into the soft parts of the unfortunate Ghyllian who incubated them.  The result is not pretty at all and results in painful warts in the affected area.  Six to eight weeks later, the adolescent tukarandos work their way back to the surface of their host and begin to devour them.  Any tuckarandos that survive that process scamper off to find their first ankle to bite, thus perpetutating their species.  No one has actually seen tuckarandos mate, but it is assumed to be a process rather like [[Ghyllian reproduction]], but without as much fanfare.
+As implied by their family name, tuckarandos are egg-layers.  They prefer to lay their freshly fertilized eggs in the toe-jam of Ghyllians who have hiked up [[Mount Yurch]], but they'll tuck their eggs into any fleshy nook or cranny that they can find.  These eggs hatch just a few days after being fertilized and implanted on their host.  The resulting immature tuckarandos are a fraction of a nanit in size and quickly burrow into the soft parts of the unfortunate Ghyllian who incubated them.  The result is not pretty at all and results in painful warts in the affected area.  Six to eight weeks later, the adolescent tukarandos work their way back to the surface of their host and begin to devour them.  Any tuckarandos that survive that process scamper off to find their first ankle to bite, thus perpetuating their species.  No one has actually seen tuckarandos mate, but it is assumed to be a process rather like [[Ghyllian reproduction]], but without as much fanfare.
 ===Economic Importance:===
-Of course we all remember the most famous tuckarando of all, P'Jubal, [[Fijjit Mejora]]’s long-time friend in the best-selling “[[Fijjit Mejora|Fijjit]] and the [[Fefferberry]] Failure”.
+Because of their reproductive habits, tuckarandos are outlawed in every "civilized" Ghyllian settlement, however, as previously mentioned, that has not kept a stiff trade in "Back Market" tuckarandos.  The individual primarily responsible for creating both the demand and the supply in this illicit pet market is none other than [[Jackie Tuckarando|Jack "Jackie Tuckarando" Tockanski]].  He discovered that the vile, little beasts had one interesting ability which made them quite popular pets with a certain wealthy class of people, namely, their ability to imitate sound.  Rather like a mynah bird, these disgusting creatures can mimic virtually any sound, including the Ghyllian voice.  Specially trained tuckarandos became quite the sensation for some time and there were even rumors that some of the poxy creatures could actually carry on conversations with their Ghyllian owners.  In fact, it is this rumor that inspired the story of the most famous tuckarando of all, [[P'Jubal]], [[Fijjit Mejora]]’s long-time friend in the best-selling “[[Fijjit Mejora|Fijjit]] and the [[Fefferberry]] Failure”.

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 ===Similar Species:=== Tukarandos are, as previously mentioned, related to the [[Mute Chukarandos]].  Also, there are at least two sub-species, the dwarf tuckarandos, which never exceeds a single nanit in length, and the giant tuckarandos, which always exceeds five nanits in length.  There is rumored to be a more heavily furred mountain tuckarando, as well, but no one has survived to verify, or renouce, their existance.
 ===Habitat:=== Originally found in the foothils of [[Mount Yurch]], the living blight known as the tuckarando has migrated to virtually any area of Ghyll that has soft enough ground for them to make their burrows.  They can also be found in many major cities in Ghyll, thanks in no small part to the illegal tuckarando trade perpetuated by the infamous Jack "Jackie Tuckarando" Tockanski.
-===Habits:=== The favorite prey of the tuckarnado is, of course, they Ghyllian ankle.
+===Habits:=== The favorite prey of the tuckarnado is the Ghyllian ankle.
 ===Young and Breeding:=== naughty bits
 ===Economic Importance:=== Of course we all remember the most famous tuckarando of all, P'Jubal, [[Fijjit Mejora]]’s long-time friend in the best-selling “[[Fijjit Mejora|Fijjit]] and the [[Fefferberry]] Failure”.