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FRIC — Viewing Species: Glass-Winged Mew

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Species Info
Grouping: Avian, Mechanical
Rarity: Very Common
Time Per Stage: 15 Hours
Wild Caught: 6185
Captive Bred: 821
Total Population: 7006

Wild Caught Acquisition

Chroma Coast — Found regularly at the Sector's nest.

Common Chroma Breakdown

Red
606 Total
Green
545 Total
Blue
849 Total
Purple
517 Total
Orange
483 Total
Pink
489 Total
White
654 Total
Tan
406 Total

Rare Chroma Breakdown

Obsidian
317 Total
Silver
324 Total
Gold
309 Total
Bronze
300 Total
Rainbow
352 Total
Sapphire
317 Total
Emerald
294 Total
Ruby
244 Total

Baby Stage Notes

This gold egg has a faintly metallic shell, and semi-translucent patches. You can see a vague silhouette developing inside.

Juvenile Stage Notes

The egg hatched into a fluffy, gangly chick that reminds you of a seagull. Unlike a seagull, though, it has articulated metal wings with flexible glass-like panels for "webbing". It's always hungry, and squawks loudly at you to be fed.

Adult Stage Notes

Based on their resemblance to Earth's seagulls, one might expect the Glass-Winged Mew to be a hardy generalist found along the coast. And this expectation is correct: the noisy squawks of these birds are a near-constant along the shoreline. Glass-Winged Mews primarily skim the surface of the water for any small creatures that swim too far up, and pick at both metallic and biological scraps that wash up along the shore. They live in flocks, and are very sociable creatures that nest in and around cliffs and spend time preening each other.

The biomechanical systems in Glass-Winged Mews are an area of great interest, as their wings and tails grow with the bird, but stay properly proportioned. They appear capable of processing and incorporating scraps of metal and silicate into their bodies as they grow. Researchers are attempting to discover just how these complex systems are integrated into the birds, and speculation about how they became this way runs rampant. Progress is somewhat hindered by the fragility and rapid decay of their systems in dead specimens, and the constant annoying squawking from live ones.

Common Chroma

Red
Green
Blue
Purple
Orange
Pink
White
Tan

Rare Chroma

Obsidian
Silver
Gold
Bronze
Rainbow
Sapphire
Emerald
Ruby


Artwork: Sora