Copper Shug Monkey
“ A living primate adjusts to life alone in the desolate sands. ”
– 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 solidaritus
Descendant: Macaques
Named by: ???
Year Published: ???
Size: 4.5 meters tall in height, 9 meters in length, 250 kilograms in weight
Lifespan: 50+ years
Type:
Synapsids
Mammals (Primates)
Mythical
Guardian
Title:
Brown Dune Monkey
Dune Warrior
Pantheon: British
Time Period: Holocene Epoch (Medieval to Future Era / 1000-present)
Alignment: Fearful
Threat Level: ★★★★
Diet: Omnivorous 🌿🥩🥓🍊
Elements: Earth
Inflicts: Earthed, sanded, stunned
Weaknesses: Fire, electric, light, fae
Casualties: ???
Based On:
itself
Copper Blangonga from Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Copper Shug Monkey or Dune Shug Monkey (Boreaemacaca solidaritus) is another species of mythical Shug Monkey of the United Kingdom. This guardian was first introduced in Doruntina and Martinez.
Etymology
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Physical Appearance
The copper shug monkeys are an unusual species of macaque that have a bluish gray face and ears, short and thin dark brown to light orange bronw hair, dark brown to copper skin, and peach paws. They have a closer evolutionary relationship to wolves than black dogs.
Abilities
Instead of hurling solid blocks into the air, Copper Shug Monkey hurls enormous rocks across the ground, and it employs a sand breath attack rather than a black breath attack to knock any adversaries out and make them queasy.
Skills
Dune Rush: Copper Shug Monkey dashes and pokes the enemy's stun.
Dust Breath: 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.
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, 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 Red 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.
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
This species is native to both Agartha and Sawintir (introduced in Reinachos and Delphia) due to war between two realms from resource depletion. Many people want to reintroduce species of this guardian into the Pustyira Desert (Romanian: pustiire, for "desolation") in Agartha and the Balasir Desert in Sawintir. However, in the Pliocene, Copper Shug was very uncommon until forced migration to Avalon to prevent any more megafauna extinction.
Movement Pattern: Random
Individual Type: Nomadic
Population Trend: Stable
Population: 50,000
Locomotion: Terrestrial
Habitat: Polar; tundra; 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; salt plains; limestone 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; deserts and xeric shrublands; badlands; flooded grasslands and savannas; swamp; riparian; wetland; mangrove forest; bamboo forest; air-breathing coral reefs; graveyard vale; basalt deltas; corruption grove
Earth:
Native (resident): United Kingdom
Tamed
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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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Main Theme Music
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Foreign Languages
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Trivia
The first-ever drawing a primate in this century.