Copper Alicanto

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Alicantos are simple sparrow-like finches covered in various metals, with metallic scales and feathers throughout the body and metallic eyes. The beak of the Copper Alicanto is identical to that of a Huia bird, and when oxidized, its brownish-red-covered bioluminescent material turns greenish-cyan.

The variant of the Copper Alicanto that is fully oxidized in green color and is aposematic is known as Oxidized Copper Alicanto. We begin to oxidize around the age of three and have the potential to turn greenish, but the copper eye patches that are present stop this process, serving the same purpose as wax and tears.

Due to its phosphorescence, an alicanto does not cast a shadow. The Copper Alicanto shoots oxidized copper in saliva, deals poison using their sharp copper-coated talons, and also flashes their own body with metallic feathers, causing blindness and poison.

Only a small number of birds, known as alicantos, eat ores, metals, and foils made of copper, silver, or gold that, when digested, harm the immune system and lead to illness. Unknown metal-eating bacteria in their stomachs aided their digestive system and helped them expel the poison.

The Alicanto consumes too much metal, turning metallic and glossy and becoming more temperate than males, depending on its breed and the elements that are present. The body's vitality, connective tissues, and blood vessels weaken if the Alicanto consumes the incorrect metal, such as gold, copper, or silver, and it vomits. While copper is an essential nutrient, excessive amounts can be toxic, leading to health problems, including organ damage and, in severe cases, death. 

• Sun Halo

  • Those that eat gold shine like the sun, while those that eat silver shine like the moon.

Alicanto cannot fly; the gold they eat weighs them down too much. Instead, they run with their wings spread. A hungry Alicanto can run quickly, but one that has gorged itself can barely move at all. Alicanto's diet consists of inside its chest special organs used for regulating body temperature. This body will rapidly heat up when it digests it for the special organ.

Copper alicanto produces a powerful magnetic force that attracts metals and minerals to itself. The shell particles on the feathers are silver or gold, depending on what the bird eats. It's also unknown if it has any predators. All Alicantos are immune to copper toxicity due to their special bacteria in their guts, which are allowed to remove toxins from copper. Like all finches, the Alicantos are basically not restricted to ore-eaters, but they enjoy a range of foods, including pelleted food, seeds, vegetables, fruits, and the occasional treat. Alicantos should always have access to either dirty or clean water.

Alicantos are timid and docile creatures when a miner wants to share with Alicanto a metal as permission, or if they don't, can flash themselves to lead their pursuers to a cliff to death, as well as a kind of death bait.

The Alicantos are found in Chile as an endemic species according to Mapuches. The Copper Alicanto birds collected the materials for their nests and covered their feathers in forests or plains with copper-rich mines.

• Movement Pattern: Not a Migrant

• Individual Type: Solo

• Population Trend: Decreasing

• Population: 450,000

• Locomotion: Airborne

• Habitat: Taiga; Montane Grasslands and Shrublands; Temperate Coniferous Forests; Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests; Temperate Deciduous Forests; Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Coniferous Forests; Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Stone Forest; Tropical Coniferous Forests; Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Grasslands; Tropical Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Mushroom Forests; Mushroom Fields; Deserts and Xeric Shrublands; Badlands; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mangrove Forest; Cold Bamboo Forests; Tropical Bamboo Forests; Air-breathing Coral Reefs; Graveyard Vale; Mountain; Sky; Karst Cave; Karst Spring; Lush Cavern; Crystal Cave; Magnetic Cave; Radiated Vale; Radiated Citadel; Volcano; Lava Trench; Warm Ghost Town; Cold Ghost Town; Ruined Skyscraper.

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  • Extant (Resident): Chile

Feeding Copper Alicanto with copper flakes. However, there are no nutritional or health benefits associated with its consumption for humans, but some creatures can.

Project Pashneia, a scientific initiative by the Terran branch of the Gods to create any creatures—animals, monsters, or humans—in terms of themselves, resulted in the production of Silver and Copper Alicantos.

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• French: Alicanto de cuivr

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicanto

• https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Alicanto

• https://abookofcreatures.com/2015/06/24/alicanto/

• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Copper-Alicanto-896035449