Copper Shug Monkey

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Copper shug monkeys are a unique kind of macaque with peach paws, dark brown to copper skin, short, thin dark brown to pale orange-bronze hair, and a bluish-gray face and ears. Compared to black dogs or black wolves, they are more closely related to macaques in terms of evolution. The copper shug monkey is around 4.5 meters tall, 9 meters long, and weighs 250 kg.

Because of their exceptional agility, copper shug monkeys can run over roadways, sand dunes, and dirt and will climb and leap onto rocks, trees, walls, or bulwarks. This macaque is often described as "bounding" like a dog and moves swiftly on land. Since copper shug monkeys are terrestrial primates, most of them avoid the water unless absolutely necessary, even though they can swim or at least paddle. These fast-moving primates, which resemble olive baboons, can attain speeds of roughly 30 to 34 mph (48 to 55 km/h).

Large pebbles are thrown across the ground by the Copper Shug Monkey, which uses a sand breath attack instead of a black breath assault to render any opponents unconscious and sick, even if they are covered in saliva and sand. These enormous macaques can toss three pebbles from the ground in a number of various ways because they have learned to make better use of their surroundings. In order to avoid being attacked, the Copper Shug Monkey burrows into the hard rock or sand surface and keeps doing so until it jumps and emerges from the ground. Their strong bodies and limbs enable them to leap from the ground over great distances.

Skills

• Dune Rush: The Copper Shug Monkey dashes and pokes the enemy's stun.

• Dust Breath: The Copper Shug Monkey releases sand in their mouth and deals stunned

• Beneath No Trace (Welsh: O-dan dim olion): The subsurface mobility of the Copper Shug Monkey allows them to startle unsuspecting prey or elude a potentially harmful situation by shooting two or three rocks after leaping to the surface.

  • "Initiated copper-skinned ape like a mole."

• Isolation Dune Exorcist: Copper Shug Monkey hurts a lot, increasing defense and attack damage depending on their attack, and receiving lost health after enhancement.

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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, 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 night use. Nests tend to be simple aggregations of branches and leaves about 6 ft in diameter and are constructed by individuals. One possible predator of Shug Monkeys—especially unattended young gorillas or vulnerable individuals—is the Welsh Dragon, Afanc, and other sand predatory animals. 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 lions may converge. For the most part, Shug Monkeys and lions do not appear to compete directly in regions where their ranges overlap. Folklorist Polly Howat confirms that the Shug Monkey had not been seen since before World War II.

Reproduction

• Breeding season: Typically spring.

• Gestation: ~8.9 months.

• Births: Usually one infant; twins are rare.

• Parental care:

  • Males participate in caregiving—carrying infants, grooming, providing warmth.

  • This is especially notable and may strengthen male–male bonds.

• Female choice: Females mate with multiple males, reducing paternity certainty and promoting cooperative care.

They hunt alone and rely on their own strength to defeat both enemies and prey because they do not have a pack of Shug monkeys with them. This species becomes more adept at utilizing its surroundings to compensate for the absence of a pack. Due to their rarity, nothing is known about these dog-like macaques. They have only been observed in xeric shrublands and deserts on Earth thus far.

These dog-like macaques, particularly the males during the breeding season, can be aggressive, assertive, and possessive. Because they are wild animals with strong dominant impulses, copper shug monkeys are not inherently amiable to humans. They may raid campsites or crops in some areas; they may get accustomed but not tame. These macaques typically stay away from people unless there is food available, although conflicts between humans and macaques can happen in suburban or agricultural areas, and they can be dangerous if provoked.

Threats

• Habitat loss (desertification, agriculture, human settlement).

• Illegal wildlife trade (especially infants sold as pets).

• Tourism-related stress and food provisioning.

• Road accidents and dog attacks.

• Population fragmentation.

• Climate change.

• Lack of breeding population.

• Starvation and human-wildlife conflict.

Conservation Status

• IUCN Red List: Near Threatened (NT)

Conservation Efforts

• Protected areas in several countries.

• Law enforcement against capture.

• Public awareness campaigns.

• Research and monitoring programs.

• Anti-poaching enforcement.

• Rescue and rehabilitation centers.

• Awareness campaigns against illegal pet trade.

This species is indigenous to Everrealm, or Sawintir. This macaque's primary habitats included arid savannas, semi-desert plains, rocky regions and cliffs (where they preferred to sleep), dry riverbeds and scrublands, abandoned buildings in the desert, and xeric fields. 

Many old people wish to reintroduce species of this guardian into the Balasir Desert in Sawintir and the Pustyira Desert (Romanian: pustiire, for "desolation") in Agarathos (New Agartha). Through transportation from Everrealm to our world, the Copper Shug Monkey was extremely rare during the Pleistocene, when the precursors existed.

The Middle East, the Gobi Desert, North and Southern Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, and the Sonoran parts of North America are among the geographic ranges where these dog-like desert macaques can be found. The Copper Shug Monkey's primary habitats include arid savannas, semi-desert plains, rocky regions and cliffs (where they prefer to sleep), dry riverbeds and scrublands, and infrequently abandoned buildings like Babylon City or the Great Pyramid.

• Movement Pattern: Random

• Individual Type: Nomadic

• Population Trend: Stable

• Population: 50,000

• Locomotion: Terrestrial

• Habitat: Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Tropical Savannas and Shrublands; Deserts and Xeric Shrublands; Badlands.

• Earth: 

  • Extant & Introduced (Resident): Algeria; Bulgaria; Egypt; Greece; Lebanon; Libya; Morocco; Malta; North Macedonia; Syria; North Sudan; Tunisia; United States (Arizona; New Mexico; Texas)

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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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• The first-ever drawing a primate in this century.

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

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

• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Shug-Monkey-887270930

• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Copper-Shug-888193282