Post by Kunabee on Jul 18, 2012 0:52:23 GMT -5
Four-legged and Furry
Moose. A moose lives about fifteen to twenty years. They average a height of about one and a half to two meters (five to six and a half feet) at the shoulder and a weight of roughly 820 kilograms (1,800 pounds). They range from a light, almost tan-like brown, all the way to nearly a black color. Their antlers are typically the same color as the fur on their face, and only males have antlers. Male calves start growing antlers after only a couple months. They are purely vegetarian, for their digestive system can not support meat consumption. Adult moose only fear a healthy wolf pack or humans, but the calves are hunted by anything from a coyote pair, lone wolves, mountain lions, and occassionally a desperate black bear.
Start: One herd.
Elk. Living about eight to twelve years in the wild, elk average a height of one and a fifth to one and a half meters (four to five feet). They also weigh around 147 to 499 kilograms (325 to 1,100 pounds). They are typically a tan color, sometimes considered reddish, with a darker mane-like feature. Only the males have antlers, and the antlers are an off-ivory color, thin, and towering tall for older bulls. They are rather social creatures, preferring to live in large gangs. Purely vegetarian, this animal can not digest meat. However, they are hunted by humans, wolves, and mountain lions, and even occasionally a coyote pair. Their calves even have to fear desperate black bears.
Start: One gang.
Gray Wolves. They live anywhere from six to fifteen years. Their average length is 91 to 160 centimeters (36 to 63 inches), with their tails spanning about 33 to 51 centimeters (13 to 20 inches). The gray wolf has very dense and fluffy winter fur, with short underfur and long, coarse guard hairs. Coat colour ranges from almost pure white through various shades of blond, cream, and ochre to grays, browns, and blacks. Variation in fur color tends to increase in higher latitudes. Differences in coat colour between sexes are largely absent, though females may have redder tones. Wolves are considered ominvores, meaning they eat plant and animal products, but they are predominantly meat eaters. Although social animals, single wolves or mated pairs typically have higher success rates in hunting than do large packs, with single wolves having occasionally been observed to kill large prey such as moose and elk. Outside of moose and elk, wolves eat almost animal animal they can catch outside the canine family. They have even been known to scavenge.
Start: One pack.
Deer. Eden's remains homes both the mule deer (also known as the black-tailed deer) and the common white-tailed deer. Living about six to fourteen years, deer are around 1.8 to 2.4 meters (6 to 7.75 feet) tall. They can weigh around 50 to 136 kilograms (110 to 300 pounds). Mule deer can be slightly larger, bulkier, and heavier than their cousins. They are both predominantly dark tan in color, with fur almost reaching a blackish hue along their spine. The mule deer has a white snout, while the white-tail does not. Despite what mule deer's other name suggests, both of them have white undertails (though the very tip of a mule deer's tail has a small splotch of black fur). In both species, only males have antlers, which they shed annually. These creatures are completely vegetarian, foraging amoung a wide variety of plants. They are hunted by wolves, coyote pairs (though fawns can even be taken down by a single coyote), mountain lions, and the occasional black bear.
Start: One herd.
Coyotes. Living up to about fourteen years, they have a length of 81 to 94 centimeters (32 to 37 inches) and a tailspan of roughly 41 centimeters (16 inches). The color of the coyote's pelt varies from grayish-brown to yellowish-gray on the upper parts, while the throat and belly tend to have a buff or white color. The forelegs, sides of the head, muzzle and paws are reddish-brown. The back has tawny-colored underfur and long, black-tipped guard hairs that form a black dorsal stripe and a dark cross on the shoulder area. Their tail is black-tipped. Coyotes are opportunistic, versatile carnivores with a 90% mammalian diet, depending on the season. They primarily eat small mammals, such as voles, prairie dogs, eastern cottontails, ground squirrels, and mice, though they will eat birds, snakes, lizards, deer, javelina, and livestock, as well as large insects and other large invertebrates. The coyote will also target any species of bird that nests on the ground. Though they will consume large amounts of carrion, they tend to prefer fresh meat. Fruits and vegetables are a significant part of the coyote's diet in the autumn and winter months. Part of the coyote's success as a species is its dietary adaptability. As such, coyotes have been known to eat human rubbish and domestic pets. There has even been the occassional incident where a coyote takes down and devours a human being. They are hunted by humans, mountain lions, and sometimes a desperate wolf or black bear.
Start: One pack.
Mountain Lions. Mountain lions are also known as the puma, cougar, mountain cat, catamount or panther. Living about eight to thirteen years, they weigh roughly 62 kilograms (136 pounds). They have a length of one to one and three-fifths meters (3.25 to 5.25 feet) and a tailspan of 60 to 85 centimeters (23.5 to 33.5 inches). Cougar coloring is plain but can vary greatly between individuals and even between siblings. The coat is typically tawny, but ranges to silvery-grey or reddish, with lighter patches on the under body including the jaws, chin, and throat. Infants are spotted and born with blue eyes and rings on their tails; juveniles are pale, and dark spots remain on their flanks. Despite anecdotes to the contrary, all-black coloring (melanism) has never been documented in cougars. A successful generalist predator, the cougar will eat any animal it can catch, from insects to large mammals and fish. Like all cats, it is an obligate carnivore meaning it needs to feed exclusively on meat to survive. Elk, followed by mule deer, are the cougar's primary targets, though it will take down young or ill moose. In desperate times, cougars will hunt coyotes and wolves.
Start: No start, not group animals.
Bears. Black bears weigh in at about 90 to 270 kg (200 to 600 pounds), with a length of one and a half to one and four fifths meters (five to six feet) and a lifespan of roughly twenty years. Despite their name, black bears show a great deal of color variation. Individual coat colors can range from white, blond, cinnamon, or light brown to dark chocolate brown or to jet black, with many intermediate variations existing. Albinos have also been recorded, oddly suviving despite their light color. Though it was once recorded that most black bears were not black in the Rocky Mountains, their numbers are on the rise in Eden's Remains because of bears being pushed to the area. Up to 85% of the black bear's diet consists of vegetation. Young shoots from trees and shrubs, along with grasses and berries, are important to a black bear's diet. They are also fond of honey, and will even eat the honeycome, indifferent to the bee's stings. The majority of the black bear's animal diet consists of insects such as bees, yellow-jackets, ants and their larvae. Black bears will fish for salmon during the night, as their black fur is easily spotted by salmon in the daytime. White furred black bears fish during the day for similar reasons. They will also prey on mule and white-tailed deer fawns. In addition they have been recorded preying on elk calves and moose calves. Black bear predation on adult deer is rare but has been recorded. They may hunt prey as large as adult moose, by ambushing them.
Start: No start, not group animals.
Big Horn Sheep. Living around six to fifteen years, bighorn sheep are often one and a half to one and four fifths meters (five to six feet) tall. Males generally weigh around 260 kilograms (500lbs), while females are generally around 90 kilograms (200lbs). Males' horns can weigh up to 14 kilograms (30lbs), as much as the rest of the bones in the male's body. Bighorn sheep are named for the large, curved horns borne by the rams (males). Ewes (females) also have horns, but they are shorter with less curvature. They range in color from light brown to grayish or dark, chocolate brown, with a white rump and lining on the back of all four legs. They are purely vegetarian, eating mostly short grasses and shrubby bushes. They are also fond of pine needles.
Start: One herd.
Goats. Human tamed. They live anywhere between 15 and 30 years, depending on the breed and human's care. The general rule is the smaller breeds live longer, a lot like canines. They vary too greatly in color, shape, and size to state everything here. Also, some breeds both male and females have horns, while other breeds only the male does. Every breed however, are strict vegetarians, preferring foliage over grasses. They are hunted by almost any carnivore. The kids of some breeds are even threatened by hawks and eagles.
Start: MUST live with humans or be loners.
Other Mammals. The general rule is there will be more of the smaller, less-needy ones.
Two-legged and Feathery
Eagles. Golden eagles live around 30 years and weigh about three to seven kilograms (six to fifteen pounds) and have a wingspan of 1.8 to 2.3 meters (6 to 7.5 feet). Bald eagles weigh around three to six and a half kilograms (six and a half to fourteen pounds) with a wingspan of one and four-fifths to two and two-fifths meters (six to eight feet), and have a lifespan up to 28 years. The Golden Eagle is a large, dark brown raptor. Adults are primarily brown, with gold on the back of the crown and nape, and some grey on the wings and tail. Tarsal feathers range from white to dark brown. In addition, some birds have white "epaulettes" on the upper part of each scapular feather tract. The bill is dark at the tip, fading to a lighter horn color, with a yellow cere. Juveniles have a darker, unfaded color, white patches in the remiges which may be divided by darker feathers, and a large amount of white on the tail with a black terminal band. Occasionally upper wing feathers of juveniles are also white, or birds lack white on the wing entirely. As the bird ages, the amount of white on wings and tail diminishes, and adult plumages is usually acquired by the fifth year. Golden Eagles are first and foremost opportunists and virtually any small to mid-sized animal may be predated if encountered. Rabbits and hares are the preferred prey. Additional mammals regularly taken include smaller rodents, such as mice and voles, mid-sized mammals such as foxes and the offspring of ungulates such as deer, antelope, ibex, goats and sheep. They are hunted, however, but all canines and felines that are fast or stealthy enough to catch them, predominantly mountain lions.
Starting: No start, not group animals.
Hawks. Red-tail hawks have a wingspan of 1.1 to 1.3 meters (38 to 43 inches) and a weight of 690 to 1,460 grams (24.3 to 51.5 ounces). They live roughly 21 years. A whitish underbelly with a dark brown band across the belly, formed by horizontal streaks in feather patterning, is present in most color variations. Especially in younger birds, the underside may be otherwise covered with dark brown spotting. The red tail, which gives this species its name, is uniformly brick-red above and light buff-orange below. The bill is short and dark, in the hooked shape characteristic of raptors, and the head can sometimes appear small in size against the thick body frame. They have a relatively short, broad tails and thick, chunky wings. The cere, the legs, and the feet of the Red-tailed Hawk are all yellow. The Red-tailed Hawk is carnivorous, and an opportunistic feeder. Its diet is mainly small mammals, but it also includes birds and reptiles. They will even take off with a goat kid if it is one of the smaller breeds. They are hunted mostly by moutain lions and foxes.
Starting: No start, not group animals.
Falcons. Praire Falcon lives up to 17 years, they weigh 530 to 1,600 grams (18.8 to 56.5 ounces) and have a wingspan of 1 to 1.1 meters (3.3 to 3.6 feet). Plumage is warm gray-brown (sometimes called "sandy") above and pale with more or less dark mottling below. The darkest part of the upper side is the primary wing feathers; the lightest is the rump and tail, particularly the outer tail feathers. The head has a "mustache" mark like a Peregrine Falcon's but narrower, and a white line over the eye. A conspicuous character is that the "wingpits" and underwing coverts are black, except along the leading edge of the wing. This creates an effect of "struts" from the body along each wing. Juveniles resemble adults except that they have dark streaks on the breast and belly and darker, less grayish upperparts. They feed off small mammals, birds, and lizards. They are hunted mostly by moutain lions and foxes.
Starting: No start, not group animals.
Geese. Canadian geese have a wingspan of 1.3 to 1.7 meters and an average weight of three to nine kilograms (six and three-fifths to nineteen and four-fifths pounds). They live around 24 years. Canadian geese have a gray body, with moddled white throughout. Their slim nicks are black with, usually, a white band along it somewhere. The young are typically a dusty gray color, but can sometimes be down a duckling yellow color. Canada Geese are primarily herbivores, although they sometimes eat small insects and fish. Their diet includes green vegetation and grains. The Canada Goose eats a variety of grasses when on land. It feeds by grasping a blade of grass with the bill, then tearing it with a jerk of the head. The Canada Goose also eats beans and grains such as wheat, rice, and corn when they are available. In the water, it feeds from silt at the bottom of the body of water. It also feeds on aquatic plants, such as seaweeds. Around humans, they are also known eat rubbish. They are hunted by all canines and felines, while their young can even be eaten by birds and fish.
Starting: One flock.
Other birds. The general rule is there will be more of the smaller, less-needy ones.
Magical
Wil-o-the-Wisps. Small, flitting creatures in tones of blue and green. Rarely seen and often gather in groups. Unlike the legends, they do not guide to danger (or destiny); rather they're just curious, and run away because they are shy.
Starting: One gathering.
Forest-Mountain Dragons. The smallest type of dragons without going into the half-dragon, drake or wyvern species, they make their home in small caves. They tend to be solitary, and have a wingspan of around 5 to 6 meters (16.4 to 19.7 feet). They live around 200 to 210 years.
Starting: No start, not group animals.
Unicorns. Able to use telepathy and heal, unicorns are closely connected to nature and have other abilities unique to individuals. Unicorns are able to live about 150 to 170 years.
Start: One herd.
Griffins. Solitary creatures with the head of the eagle, body of a lion, and wings, griffins are loyal but not very friendly. Griffins live about 25 to 30 years, reaching adulthood at about five years. They are raised by their parents from birth until their five years.
Start: No start, not group animals.
Sâlsûns. Never seen before The Ending War, sâlsûns are small humanoid creatures about 0.3 meters (one foot) tall. They make their home in trees, and seem to be made out of water, grass, and flowers. They cause things to grow faster and live for about one hundred fifty years on average. Most sâlsûns reach adulthood in under one year; those that don't begin as adults.
Start: One group.
Other
Humans. Rare. Going to be on the less-of-us-size.
PLEASE make the named animals before the various others that can be found in the Rocky Mountains!
Moose. A moose lives about fifteen to twenty years. They average a height of about one and a half to two meters (five to six and a half feet) at the shoulder and a weight of roughly 820 kilograms (1,800 pounds). They range from a light, almost tan-like brown, all the way to nearly a black color. Their antlers are typically the same color as the fur on their face, and only males have antlers. Male calves start growing antlers after only a couple months. They are purely vegetarian, for their digestive system can not support meat consumption. Adult moose only fear a healthy wolf pack or humans, but the calves are hunted by anything from a coyote pair, lone wolves, mountain lions, and occassionally a desperate black bear.
Start: One herd.
Elk. Living about eight to twelve years in the wild, elk average a height of one and a fifth to one and a half meters (four to five feet). They also weigh around 147 to 499 kilograms (325 to 1,100 pounds). They are typically a tan color, sometimes considered reddish, with a darker mane-like feature. Only the males have antlers, and the antlers are an off-ivory color, thin, and towering tall for older bulls. They are rather social creatures, preferring to live in large gangs. Purely vegetarian, this animal can not digest meat. However, they are hunted by humans, wolves, and mountain lions, and even occasionally a coyote pair. Their calves even have to fear desperate black bears.
Start: One gang.
Gray Wolves. They live anywhere from six to fifteen years. Their average length is 91 to 160 centimeters (36 to 63 inches), with their tails spanning about 33 to 51 centimeters (13 to 20 inches). The gray wolf has very dense and fluffy winter fur, with short underfur and long, coarse guard hairs. Coat colour ranges from almost pure white through various shades of blond, cream, and ochre to grays, browns, and blacks. Variation in fur color tends to increase in higher latitudes. Differences in coat colour between sexes are largely absent, though females may have redder tones. Wolves are considered ominvores, meaning they eat plant and animal products, but they are predominantly meat eaters. Although social animals, single wolves or mated pairs typically have higher success rates in hunting than do large packs, with single wolves having occasionally been observed to kill large prey such as moose and elk. Outside of moose and elk, wolves eat almost animal animal they can catch outside the canine family. They have even been known to scavenge.
Start: One pack.
Deer. Eden's remains homes both the mule deer (also known as the black-tailed deer) and the common white-tailed deer. Living about six to fourteen years, deer are around 1.8 to 2.4 meters (6 to 7.75 feet) tall. They can weigh around 50 to 136 kilograms (110 to 300 pounds). Mule deer can be slightly larger, bulkier, and heavier than their cousins. They are both predominantly dark tan in color, with fur almost reaching a blackish hue along their spine. The mule deer has a white snout, while the white-tail does not. Despite what mule deer's other name suggests, both of them have white undertails (though the very tip of a mule deer's tail has a small splotch of black fur). In both species, only males have antlers, which they shed annually. These creatures are completely vegetarian, foraging amoung a wide variety of plants. They are hunted by wolves, coyote pairs (though fawns can even be taken down by a single coyote), mountain lions, and the occasional black bear.
Start: One herd.
Coyotes. Living up to about fourteen years, they have a length of 81 to 94 centimeters (32 to 37 inches) and a tailspan of roughly 41 centimeters (16 inches). The color of the coyote's pelt varies from grayish-brown to yellowish-gray on the upper parts, while the throat and belly tend to have a buff or white color. The forelegs, sides of the head, muzzle and paws are reddish-brown. The back has tawny-colored underfur and long, black-tipped guard hairs that form a black dorsal stripe and a dark cross on the shoulder area. Their tail is black-tipped. Coyotes are opportunistic, versatile carnivores with a 90% mammalian diet, depending on the season. They primarily eat small mammals, such as voles, prairie dogs, eastern cottontails, ground squirrels, and mice, though they will eat birds, snakes, lizards, deer, javelina, and livestock, as well as large insects and other large invertebrates. The coyote will also target any species of bird that nests on the ground. Though they will consume large amounts of carrion, they tend to prefer fresh meat. Fruits and vegetables are a significant part of the coyote's diet in the autumn and winter months. Part of the coyote's success as a species is its dietary adaptability. As such, coyotes have been known to eat human rubbish and domestic pets. There has even been the occassional incident where a coyote takes down and devours a human being. They are hunted by humans, mountain lions, and sometimes a desperate wolf or black bear.
Start: One pack.
Mountain Lions. Mountain lions are also known as the puma, cougar, mountain cat, catamount or panther. Living about eight to thirteen years, they weigh roughly 62 kilograms (136 pounds). They have a length of one to one and three-fifths meters (3.25 to 5.25 feet) and a tailspan of 60 to 85 centimeters (23.5 to 33.5 inches). Cougar coloring is plain but can vary greatly between individuals and even between siblings. The coat is typically tawny, but ranges to silvery-grey or reddish, with lighter patches on the under body including the jaws, chin, and throat. Infants are spotted and born with blue eyes and rings on their tails; juveniles are pale, and dark spots remain on their flanks. Despite anecdotes to the contrary, all-black coloring (melanism) has never been documented in cougars. A successful generalist predator, the cougar will eat any animal it can catch, from insects to large mammals and fish. Like all cats, it is an obligate carnivore meaning it needs to feed exclusively on meat to survive. Elk, followed by mule deer, are the cougar's primary targets, though it will take down young or ill moose. In desperate times, cougars will hunt coyotes and wolves.
Start: No start, not group animals.
Bears. Black bears weigh in at about 90 to 270 kg (200 to 600 pounds), with a length of one and a half to one and four fifths meters (five to six feet) and a lifespan of roughly twenty years. Despite their name, black bears show a great deal of color variation. Individual coat colors can range from white, blond, cinnamon, or light brown to dark chocolate brown or to jet black, with many intermediate variations existing. Albinos have also been recorded, oddly suviving despite their light color. Though it was once recorded that most black bears were not black in the Rocky Mountains, their numbers are on the rise in Eden's Remains because of bears being pushed to the area. Up to 85% of the black bear's diet consists of vegetation. Young shoots from trees and shrubs, along with grasses and berries, are important to a black bear's diet. They are also fond of honey, and will even eat the honeycome, indifferent to the bee's stings. The majority of the black bear's animal diet consists of insects such as bees, yellow-jackets, ants and their larvae. Black bears will fish for salmon during the night, as their black fur is easily spotted by salmon in the daytime. White furred black bears fish during the day for similar reasons. They will also prey on mule and white-tailed deer fawns. In addition they have been recorded preying on elk calves and moose calves. Black bear predation on adult deer is rare but has been recorded. They may hunt prey as large as adult moose, by ambushing them.
Start: No start, not group animals.
Big Horn Sheep. Living around six to fifteen years, bighorn sheep are often one and a half to one and four fifths meters (five to six feet) tall. Males generally weigh around 260 kilograms (500lbs), while females are generally around 90 kilograms (200lbs). Males' horns can weigh up to 14 kilograms (30lbs), as much as the rest of the bones in the male's body. Bighorn sheep are named for the large, curved horns borne by the rams (males). Ewes (females) also have horns, but they are shorter with less curvature. They range in color from light brown to grayish or dark, chocolate brown, with a white rump and lining on the back of all four legs. They are purely vegetarian, eating mostly short grasses and shrubby bushes. They are also fond of pine needles.
Start: One herd.
Goats. Human tamed. They live anywhere between 15 and 30 years, depending on the breed and human's care. The general rule is the smaller breeds live longer, a lot like canines. They vary too greatly in color, shape, and size to state everything here. Also, some breeds both male and females have horns, while other breeds only the male does. Every breed however, are strict vegetarians, preferring foliage over grasses. They are hunted by almost any carnivore. The kids of some breeds are even threatened by hawks and eagles.
Start: MUST live with humans or be loners.
Other Mammals. The general rule is there will be more of the smaller, less-needy ones.
Two-legged and Feathery
Eagles. Golden eagles live around 30 years and weigh about three to seven kilograms (six to fifteen pounds) and have a wingspan of 1.8 to 2.3 meters (6 to 7.5 feet). Bald eagles weigh around three to six and a half kilograms (six and a half to fourteen pounds) with a wingspan of one and four-fifths to two and two-fifths meters (six to eight feet), and have a lifespan up to 28 years. The Golden Eagle is a large, dark brown raptor. Adults are primarily brown, with gold on the back of the crown and nape, and some grey on the wings and tail. Tarsal feathers range from white to dark brown. In addition, some birds have white "epaulettes" on the upper part of each scapular feather tract. The bill is dark at the tip, fading to a lighter horn color, with a yellow cere. Juveniles have a darker, unfaded color, white patches in the remiges which may be divided by darker feathers, and a large amount of white on the tail with a black terminal band. Occasionally upper wing feathers of juveniles are also white, or birds lack white on the wing entirely. As the bird ages, the amount of white on wings and tail diminishes, and adult plumages is usually acquired by the fifth year. Golden Eagles are first and foremost opportunists and virtually any small to mid-sized animal may be predated if encountered. Rabbits and hares are the preferred prey. Additional mammals regularly taken include smaller rodents, such as mice and voles, mid-sized mammals such as foxes and the offspring of ungulates such as deer, antelope, ibex, goats and sheep. They are hunted, however, but all canines and felines that are fast or stealthy enough to catch them, predominantly mountain lions.
Starting: No start, not group animals.
Hawks. Red-tail hawks have a wingspan of 1.1 to 1.3 meters (38 to 43 inches) and a weight of 690 to 1,460 grams (24.3 to 51.5 ounces). They live roughly 21 years. A whitish underbelly with a dark brown band across the belly, formed by horizontal streaks in feather patterning, is present in most color variations. Especially in younger birds, the underside may be otherwise covered with dark brown spotting. The red tail, which gives this species its name, is uniformly brick-red above and light buff-orange below. The bill is short and dark, in the hooked shape characteristic of raptors, and the head can sometimes appear small in size against the thick body frame. They have a relatively short, broad tails and thick, chunky wings. The cere, the legs, and the feet of the Red-tailed Hawk are all yellow. The Red-tailed Hawk is carnivorous, and an opportunistic feeder. Its diet is mainly small mammals, but it also includes birds and reptiles. They will even take off with a goat kid if it is one of the smaller breeds. They are hunted mostly by moutain lions and foxes.
Starting: No start, not group animals.
Falcons. Praire Falcon lives up to 17 years, they weigh 530 to 1,600 grams (18.8 to 56.5 ounces) and have a wingspan of 1 to 1.1 meters (3.3 to 3.6 feet). Plumage is warm gray-brown (sometimes called "sandy") above and pale with more or less dark mottling below. The darkest part of the upper side is the primary wing feathers; the lightest is the rump and tail, particularly the outer tail feathers. The head has a "mustache" mark like a Peregrine Falcon's but narrower, and a white line over the eye. A conspicuous character is that the "wingpits" and underwing coverts are black, except along the leading edge of the wing. This creates an effect of "struts" from the body along each wing. Juveniles resemble adults except that they have dark streaks on the breast and belly and darker, less grayish upperparts. They feed off small mammals, birds, and lizards. They are hunted mostly by moutain lions and foxes.
Starting: No start, not group animals.
Geese. Canadian geese have a wingspan of 1.3 to 1.7 meters and an average weight of three to nine kilograms (six and three-fifths to nineteen and four-fifths pounds). They live around 24 years. Canadian geese have a gray body, with moddled white throughout. Their slim nicks are black with, usually, a white band along it somewhere. The young are typically a dusty gray color, but can sometimes be down a duckling yellow color. Canada Geese are primarily herbivores, although they sometimes eat small insects and fish. Their diet includes green vegetation and grains. The Canada Goose eats a variety of grasses when on land. It feeds by grasping a blade of grass with the bill, then tearing it with a jerk of the head. The Canada Goose also eats beans and grains such as wheat, rice, and corn when they are available. In the water, it feeds from silt at the bottom of the body of water. It also feeds on aquatic plants, such as seaweeds. Around humans, they are also known eat rubbish. They are hunted by all canines and felines, while their young can even be eaten by birds and fish.
Starting: One flock.
Other birds. The general rule is there will be more of the smaller, less-needy ones.
Magical
Wil-o-the-Wisps. Small, flitting creatures in tones of blue and green. Rarely seen and often gather in groups. Unlike the legends, they do not guide to danger (or destiny); rather they're just curious, and run away because they are shy.
Starting: One gathering.
Forest-Mountain Dragons. The smallest type of dragons without going into the half-dragon, drake or wyvern species, they make their home in small caves. They tend to be solitary, and have a wingspan of around 5 to 6 meters (16.4 to 19.7 feet). They live around 200 to 210 years.
Starting: No start, not group animals.
Unicorns. Able to use telepathy and heal, unicorns are closely connected to nature and have other abilities unique to individuals. Unicorns are able to live about 150 to 170 years.
Start: One herd.
Griffins. Solitary creatures with the head of the eagle, body of a lion, and wings, griffins are loyal but not very friendly. Griffins live about 25 to 30 years, reaching adulthood at about five years. They are raised by their parents from birth until their five years.
Start: No start, not group animals.
Sâlsûns. Never seen before The Ending War, sâlsûns are small humanoid creatures about 0.3 meters (one foot) tall. They make their home in trees, and seem to be made out of water, grass, and flowers. They cause things to grow faster and live for about one hundred fifty years on average. Most sâlsûns reach adulthood in under one year; those that don't begin as adults.
Start: One group.
Other
Humans. Rare. Going to be on the less-of-us-size.
PLEASE make the named animals before the various others that can be found in the Rocky Mountains!