Hirse

Taxonomy
Domain: 	Eukarya
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum: 	Chordata
Class: 	Pseudoaves
Order: 	Verusahirscii
Family: 	Hirscia
==Overview==
The Hirse is a family of strange, anomalous & extremely large bird things. They are closely related to the Groundhirse, Pseudogroundhirse, and Seahirse families. Hirses are found all over the world in a variety of different environments and a variety of different sizes, though species are rarely any smaller than 3 ft tall when fully mature. Hirses & related families all share a particularly strange life cycle, and the unique ability to produce offspring with humans. The sound they make is often written as "HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
==Life Cycle==
The life cycle of a Hirse is strange. Upon hatching, a newborn Hirse will have already developed a stumpy body much more akin to that of a mammal than a bird (aside from the feathers.) The Hirse will grow, developing wings and a beak, until it is large enough that the size of it's head is the size of a full adult Hirse. At this point, it has reached sexual maturity. The Hirse will mate with another and lay eggs, and then it's head will detach itself from it's body, often while it is standing in what's known as a Hirse Graveyard, or a collective dumping ground for the gigantic and discarded neck-down bodies of adult hirses. From then, the Hirse (with only wings, eyes, and a beak) will fly somewhere safe and spend about a week in a slow-moving almost hibernation-esque state where it will develop into it's fully mature form, AKA stupid ball bird thing.
==Hybridization==
Hirses have the peculiar ability to produce offspring with other mammals, most notably humans. There is no known reason for this, though it is theorized that it is due to an anomaly in the hirse genome, likely from the first common ancestor of all hirses, that allows for hirse DNA to be processed by mammalian species. This cross-species breeding ability is for some reason only possible one-way, with the mammal being the one to give birth.
The 2002 Hirse Hybridization Studies were performed to test the compatibility of hirses with other mammals, mostly humans, producing 38 successful Hirse-Human Hybrids that lived to at least the age of 18.
==Folklore==
Hirses were long considered to be a myth before research was done, as they don't typically live around populated areas. However, they are commonly accepted to be real, now. Even after this, Hirses remain objects of legend and sometimes even worship for their adaptability, magical features, and the rarity of some varieties.
==Known Genera and Species==
*Hirscia (Generic Hirses)
**Hirscia risupugna (Common Hirse)
*Ingentinubibus (Cloudparter Hirses)
**Ingentinubibus insuladorsum (Worldhirse)
*Psionihirscia (Psionic Hirses)
**Psionihirscia videspiritus (Medium Hirse)
*Novihirscia (Strange Hirses)
**Novihirscia atramentucaecus (Inkblot Hirse)
**Novihirscia suidisstruct (Simmering Mantlehirse)
*Cochcleflectere (Telekenetic Hirses)
**Cochcleflectere malumcustodia (Astro Hirse)
**Cochcleflectere magnetimperium (Pullyhead Hirse)
Category:Creatures
Category:Hirses