Shug Monkey

Boreaemacaca britanica

Shug Monkey

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Information

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Clade: Synapsida

Class: Mammalia

Order: Primates

Suborder: Haplorhini

Infraorder: Simiiformes

Family: Cercopithecidae

Tribe: Papionini

Genus: Boreaemacaca

Species: Boreaemacaca britanica

Subspecies: Boreaemacaca britanica britanica

Descendant: Macaques

Named by: ???

Year Published: ???

Size: 3.8 meters tall in height, 8.5 meters in length, 175 kilograms in weight

Lifespan: 50+ years

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Pantheon: British

Time Period: Holocene Epoch (Medieval to Future Era / 1000-present)

Alignment: Fearful

Threat Level: ★★★★

Diet: Omnivorous 🌿🥩🥓🐟🍊🌾

Elements: Dark

Inflicts: Darkness; hallucinated

Weaknesses: Fire, electric, light, fae

Casualties: ???

Based On: itself

Conservation Status: Vulnerable

Shug Monkey (Boreaemacaca britanica) is the one of the mythical creature native in United Kingdom and is the last known mythological creature and a monkey along with the real-life Barbary macaque of Gibraltar. This animal introduced in Worldcraft: Moon's Desire.

Etymology

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Physical Appearance

Shug monkeys are an unusual species of dog and macaque that have black, thin hair, gray skin, and peach paws. They have a closer evolutionary relationship to wolves than black dogs. They use their claws, like those of other primates, for climbing and digging. The creature, believed to have the body of a jet-black shaggy sheepdog and the face of a monkey with staring eyes, was believed to be a supernatural ghost or demon.

Abilities

Unlike their subspecies, their deadly speed can bewilder the novice survivor, as they can perform a dive that can send them rolling into their foes and deal out massive damage. When enraged, they can teleport after rolling and create a shadow portal for all organisms passing through portals, and slams release dark gases after impact deals darkness.


Shug monkey breaths shadow gas, which causes darkness. When damaged enough, their rage mode is triggered. The eyes turn red, as will their backside, which also discharges dark gas on their hands, and their aggression increases significantly until cleaned by the Anti-Darkness Cleanser.


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Ecology

Shug monkeys and geledas are the few primates that are graminivorous and grazers in general; up to 90% of their food is made up of grass blades. They are similar to gelatos in this regard. Grass blades and seeds are both consumed by them. Geladas and Shug Monkeys favor the seeds when they can choose between blades and them. When accessible, they dig with their hands for the latter two and eat roots, rhizomes, and flowers. They eat thistles, creepers, shrubs, pine cones, fruits, small plants, herbs, and small plants. However, they also have an appetite for bees and ants and break open bee or ant nests to eat the larvae.


Shug monkeys, excluding any species of macaques, are primarily nocturnal. They rest during the day on the ledges of cliffs or in trees. They depart the cliffs at daylight and make their way to the plateaus' highest points, where they eat and mingle with one another or walk alone. Shug monkeys construct nests for daytime and nighttime use. Nests tend to be simple aggregations of branches and leaves about 6 feet in diameter and are constructed by individuals. One possible predator of Shug Monkeys—especially unattended young gorillas or vulnerable individuals—is the Red Dragon or Afanc. These animal remains have occasionally been discovered in dragon or ancient whale waste, but they could also be those of a juvenile macaque that was killed by a predatory ancient whale or the consequence of scavenging.


When particular plants and trees are in full bloom and the fruits are plentiful, the ranges of Shug Monkeys and black dogs may converge. For the most part, Shug monkeys and black dogs do not appear to compete directly in regions where their ranges overlap.


Folklorist Polly Howat confirms that the Shug Monkey has not been seen since before World War II.

Behavior

This animal is not taken seriously. Despite being fairly passive, they respond well to the presence of herbivores but avoid predators if they are given a wide berth.

Distribution and Habitat

The Shug monkey was located in the United Kingdom. It lives in wooded habitats, shrubland, and near forest edges, but avoids heather moorland, pines, and gorse scrub. It prefers areas away from agriculturally used land. Shug monkeys were also found in Sawintir, Berbania, Reinachos, and Delphia as introduced species.


Tamed

At first, these guys are passive and tame and can be given any type of berry. (Any sweet berries are recommended.) Do not run up to its face.

Lore

Local writer and broadcaster James Wentworth Day, who first related stories of the Shug Monkey in Here Are Ghosts and Witches (1954), described it as a curious variation of Black Shuck, while local folklorist Polly Howat suggests that both share common origins in Norse mythology.

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