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« on: May 18, 2018, 11:23:05 pm »
Guide to Merethian wildlife, The hell eagle.
The hell eagle is 50 pounds of pure Bad attitude and awesomeness. They can have a wingspan of up to twice the size of the next largest bird of prey, and are flock hunters, attacking in groups of up to twenty. These flocks will attack, kill, and eat, just about anything that crosses their flightpath, or is stupid enough to be outside while they are hunting. The list of things they attack includes bears, deer, and humans. Once they have killed prey they haul it back to their nest where their mates, young, and wounded get first pick, then the hunters will eat their fill. These birds are highly intelligent, anything they can't eat from their prey the incorporate into their nest. Some interesting facts about these birds is that they are the only known bird to attack and win against military trucks, the occasional person in bear armor, and planes. This means their nests tend to look like fortresses of scrap metal, walls of salvage bracing the edges of their cave habitats.
At one point the merethian government decided to declare war on the eagles. It was a complete defeat that resulted in the loss of over a hundred men, four truck convoys, several aa guns, and a squadron of fighter planes. This happened due to several flocks banding together to drive off the invaders, the eagles used primitive traps, swarm tactics, and the brutal cold to drive off the human interlopers, the number of eagles killed was 20, with an estimated 50 wounded.
The Emu war has nothing on eagle war one.
The second eagle war resulted in the destruction of five suits of bear armor, another 2 truck convoys, and over 80 men. With similar levels of success.
Don't mess with mereth's wildlife
