Manual Entry #000007
Primary Species | Stellar Cygnet |
ID Number | 40134270 |
Last Known Location | 45.052238°, -82.4846° |
First Tagged | 2011-09-11 |
Height | Unknown |
Weight | Unknown |
Description
These formless exhibit full neotony until finding a surrogate parent. As individuals mature, their external characteristics will change to resemble the parent(s). This can include skin color, patterning, keratin-based growths, and vestigial limbs; with the body plan remaining avian in nature. Their territory disperses and controls refractive particles capable of blinding observers. Adults will use these lights to attract mates and peform courtship displays. Females select mates based on the intricacy of performances and uniqueness of color patterns. Mothers will brood an egg clutch and rear the young for 14 days, thereupon juveniles are left to find another caretaker.