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==ECOLOGY== |
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''Ala culta'' is omnivorous, known to eat plants including grains, nuts, leaves and many types of fruit, alongside animals including [[fish]], [[mammals]], and other [[Sauria|saurians]]. Specific diets vary depending on the population. They can eat up to 20% their body mass, which would aid in them surviving harsh environments and travelling through arid habitats such as [[deserts]]. |
''Ala culta'' is omnivorous, known to eat plants including grains, nuts, leaves and many types of fruit, alongside animals including [[fish]], [[mammals]], and other [[Sauria|saurians]]. Specific diets vary depending on the population. They can eat up to 20% their body mass, which would aid in them surviving harsh environments and travelling through arid habitats such as [[deserts]]. |
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==GROWTH== |
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''Ala culta'' is among the slowest birds in terms of [[maturity]], taking as much as a year to reach adult size. |
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==INTELLIGENCE== |
==INTELLIGENCE== |
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''Ala culta'' is the only bird known to develop [[civilization]]. |
''Ala culta'' is the only bird known to develop [[civilization]]. Taking as much as a year to reach [[maturity]] means that growing individuals are constantly vulnerable to predators. To make up for this vulnerablility, they are often seen gathering in the thousands on a single tree, giving the juveniles time to learn. |
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==LOCOMOTION== |
==LOCOMOTION== |
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Revision as of 22:44, 31 August 2023
Ala culta is a future species of avian dinosaur and is the only known to develop civilization.
DESCRIPTION
Ala culta is moderate among birds in terms of size. The exact beak shape varies among populations, but they are all proportionally small with a thick triangular shape. They have 25 remiges on each wing, consisting of 10 primaries, 10 secondaries and 5 tertials. Unlike most perching birds, they have 10 rectrices on their tails. They have little to no feathers on their shins, and some races even have featherless thighs. The species has a very diverse genetic pool, with a great variety of plumage types among billions of its specimens over the planet.
ECOLOGY
Ala culta is omnivorous, known to eat plants including grains, nuts, leaves and many types of fruit, alongside animals including fish, mammals, and other saurians. Specific diets vary depending on the population. They can eat up to 20% their body mass, which would aid in them surviving harsh environments and travelling through arid habitats such as deserts.
INTELLIGENCE
Ala culta is the only bird known to develop civilization. Taking as much as a year to reach maturity means that growing individuals are constantly vulnerable to predators. To make up for this vulnerablility, they are often seen gathering in the thousands on a single tree, giving the juveniles time to learn.
LOCOMOTION
Ala culta is capable of moving in air, on land, and occasionally underwater. Their forelimbs provide support for their wings, which are short and round, the ideal shape for agility that helps them fly through areas full of obstacles like forests with ease. Powerful arms drive them through the air at speeds of up to 25 m/s, but that would still make them easy to be caught up by falcons when in the open air. Their hindlimbs are supported by exceptionally thick bones up to 80 mm in circumference, which is seen as an adaption to their larger size and more land-based locomotion. Long legs up to 50% their body length and flat, straighter claws allow them to effortlessly walk on land and reach speeds of 10 m/s.
STATS
Ala culta is by far the largest member of Passeriformes ever known, averaging 2.5 kg in mass for an average adult. Many large specimens have reached weights of almost 4 kg in the long history of these birds, leading to a maximum mass estimation of 4 kg. The considerable size they carry make them safe from the most aerial predators.
| Measurement | Record |
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| Length (Rostrum to rectrices) | 100 cm |
| Length (Rostrum to pygostyle) | 64 cm |
| Width (Within longest primaries) | 160 cm |
| Width (Within distal phalanges) | 128 cm |
| Height (Ground to head) | 80 cm |
| Height (Ground to sacrum) | 50 cm |
| Cranium (Rostrum to occipital) | 20 cm |
| Mandible (Rostrum to angular) | 16 cm |
TAXONOMY
Ala culta is the sole representative of the family Alaidae, which is believed to have emerged from the crow family, and inherited the high intelligence alongside the superior ability of tool-making from their common ancestor that lived in the present day. The genus Ala originated in Australia around 10 million years in the future, but the transition between more primitive species and Ala culta remains unclear.