Jackpot Hirse

The Jackpot Hirse is a species of Pseudogroundhirse, a close family to regular aerial hirses (though is not to be confused with Groundhirses.) It gets its name from folktales about a rare luck-imbuing beast in the mountain range. It is endangered, and was thought for a long time to be extinct before a sighting from a lost lumberjack in 2013. The are found on hillsides and mountains or any high-up area, and grow to be around 8 feet tall.
==Biology==
===Overview===
While Jackpot Hirses are visually interesting alone for their eye-catching red color on their eyes, beak, and legs, it is not what they get their fame from, but rather their eggs.
===Square Eggs===
The eggs the Jackpot Hirse lays are square, and spotted with a near perfect dice pattern. It is speculated the eggs are like this so that they do not roll off the sides of mountains or otherwise steep slopes, though the reason for building a nest sideways in the first place calls the intelligence of the Jackpot Hirse into question.
===Diet===
The diet of the Jackpot Hirse is unknown, but it is likely omnivorous like most hirses. Urban legend tells of it coming to eat children who try their hand at gambling and turn up unlucky.
===Hybridization===
Jackpot Hirses were proven to be capable of being hybridized with human DNA in the 2002 Hirse Hybridization Studies. Pom-Pom is a known Hirse-Human Hybrid derived from the species.
==Folklore==
Tales have been passed around by campers, explorers, lumberjacks and small village inhabitants of the Jackpot Hirse being a sort of "Luck Do-Over". The story states that if one were to happen upon the nest of a Jackpot Hirse and push the eggs down the mountain as if they were foot-tall dice, and manage to roll a high number (while also not breaking the eggs), they would be imbued with good luck for the rest of their days. However, if you roll a low number, your luck will get far worse than it already is. As a result, many Jackpot Hirse eggs were rolled down mountains, either breaking the eggs or separating the children from their nests so they would never hatch. This is thought to be why Jackpot Hirses are endangered.
==Trivia==
*Also known as the "Dice Hirse", "Galloo Hirse" or "Snake Eyes Hirse" by some.
Category:Creatures
Category:Hirses