Copper Shug Monkey

Boreaemacaca solidaritus

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

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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: ???

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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.


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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.


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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.

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