Shug Monkey
“ The black monkey wasn't a black dog in the primitive ways of a true European monkey. These are the descendants of the Barbary macaque without any tail is too vestigial. The bad omen returns in the midnight hour from the demons the monkey hates. ”
– Eostre
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
Activity: Nocturnal 🌃
Thermoregulate: Endotherm
Type:
Synapsids
Mammals (Primates)
Mythical
Guardian
Title:
Black Dog of Britian
Black Dog Monkey
Dark Bruiser
Cysgod Digroeso (by Welsh people)
Pantheon:
Terran/Gaian 🇺🇳
British 🇬🇧
Time Period: Holocene Epoch (Medieval to Future Era / 1000-present)
Alignment: Fearful
Threat Level: ★★★★
Diet: Omnivorous 🌿🥩🥓🐟🍊🌾
Elements: Dark 🌑
Inflicts: Darkblight 🌑, Stunned 😵
Weaknesses: Fire 🔥, Light 🔆, Fae 🧚, Time 🕛, Sleep 😴, Stunned 😵, Blastblight 💣
Casualties: ???
Based On: itself
Conservation Status: Vulnerable (VU) – IUCN Red List
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.
Skills
Shadowing Pouch - Shug Monkey dashes and pokes the enemy deals stun.
Gloom Gas - Shug Monkey releases black gas in their mouth and deals darkened and darkness altogether.
Shadow Exodus - Shug Monkey performs a dive that can send them rolling into their foes and deal out massive damage, when enraged can teleport after rolling and creates shadow portal for all organisms passing through portals, and slams release dark gases after impact deals darkness.
“ Initialed dark ape like a hound ”
Black Friday Exorcist - Shug Monkey hurts a lot, increasing a defense and attack damage depending on their attack, receiving lost health after enhanced.
Weather Phenomenon
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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.
Movement Pattern: Random
Individual Type: Nomadic
Population Trend: Stable
Population: 5,000
Locomotion: Terrestrial
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; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mangrove Forest; Cold Bamboo Forests; Tropical Bamboo Forests; Graveyard Vale; Mountain; Karst Cave; Karst Spring; Lush Cavern; Ghost Town.
Earth:
Native (resident): United Kingdom
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.
Known Individuals
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Gallery
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Main Theme Music
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Updates
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Foreign Languages
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Trivia
The first-ever drawing a primate in this century.