Woolly wumpo (SciiFii)

The woolly wumpo (Proboscirostrus lanatus) is an odd species of flightless, totally wingless bird that originally did not exist, but has since been created by SciiFii. Along with the Island wumpo, the woolly wumpo is one of the only two living members of the wumpo subfamily Proboscirostrorninae, which are most closely related to a widespread subfamily Carduelinae. The woolly wumpo is the largest living terrestrial sapient species on Earth, usually weighing as much as 2,200 lbs and standing up to eleven feet (3.3 meters) high. Woolly wumpos are adapted to survive hostile cold and hot desert environments with either mild or extreme temperature swings and scarce food and water. The woolly wumpo's characteristics for adapting to arid environments includes digesting limited food intake with maximum efficiency and reducing water requirements, as well as the wumpo's higher endurance and stronger sense of smell. The woolly wumpo has a large pointed defensive claw on the innermost toe which is used for self-defense. As an omnivore, it can feed on a wide range of edible food sources, similarly to humans. It creates tools, tailoring them for specific needs, and it learns these skills from its parents culturally, it has the mental capacity to think of abstract concepts, to produce art, and to dream of the future, like other sapient species such as humans. It has a wide array of languages, not just the basic set of social and alarm calls common to all social birds. The woolly wumpo also has a wide range of cultures, religions, technologies, etc. The conservation status of the woolly wumpo is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the woolly wumpo's wide range and its tolerance to many of the human activities.
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