Drakes (Avians)

Not to be confused with the quadrupedal tarrasque, a drake, also called swamp monarch mallards is a gigantic carnivorous bird that superficially resembles a mallard, with retractable claws and teeth in the wings and beak respectively.
Swamp dwellers with a fierce feed call. Drakes are intelligent creatures, they will let out a feed call to scare birds into fleeing while the others will plunge into the flock and eat them.
== Biology ==
The status of Drakes as beasts is debated, as they can be naturally born among regular mallard ducks (known as monarchs) and produce mallards as offspring, while others are born from drakes and produce offspring that are also drakes (known as gregarious drakes).
=== Monarch variant ===
The beast form of a mallard duck, monarch mallards lead flocks of ducks and periodically feed on its subjects.
=== Gregarious variant ===
These Drakes are social hunters, usually traveling in small flocks of 3 to 20 individuals.
== Animal traits ==
Drakes are proud creatures, and will announce their challenge or intent to attack before charging at an enemy.
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