Creatures 615 & 616: Harpy & Tetzcotal Eagle Hippogryphs

[Real]

Harpy Eagle hatchie (male)


And description

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Harpy eagle hippogryphs grow up quickly, in no small part due to the extensive care they receive from their parents and the other hippogryphs in their rookery. During most years, these hippogryphs are solitary or live only with their chosen mate, but every few years, a large group of five to fifteen related creatures will gather at a traditional nesting site and lay their eggs in a single nest. The adult males take turns incubating the eggs while the females guard the nest and hunt. When the eggs hatch, they all receive attentive care from their parents and the other eagle hippogryphs in the rookery. In the following weeks, they are out of the nest and exploring on their own or play-fighting with each other; a few months later, they are being taught to hunt and fly by their parents. Within a year after they hatch, the youngsters are on their own and large enough to care for themselves. It may take several years for the newly-fledged juveniles to find a suitable partner, and when they do, they will return to the nest site and begin their own families.

[Kitei]

Now THAT is adorable. If the adults are anything like as cute, I may put a stall on the pygmy project and start a Harpy Hatchery.

[PhantomRider]

I'm liking these a lot so far. Go, little eggs! Hatch!

[NyxNoire]

Harpy Eagle hatchie (male)


And description

Spoiler

Harpy eagle hippogryphs grow up quickly, in no small part due to the extensive care they receive from their parents and the other hippogryphs in their rookery. During most years, these hippogryphs are solitary or live only with their chosen mate, but every few years, a large group of five to fifteen related creatures will gather at a traditional nesting site and lay their eggs in a single nest. The adult males take turns incubating the eggs while the females guard the nest and hunt. When the eggs hatch, they all receive attentive care from their parents and the other eagle hippogryphs in the rookery. In the following weeks, they are out of the nest and exploring on their own or play-fighting with each other; a few months later, they are being taught to hunt and fly by their parents. Within a year after they hatch, the youngsters are on their own and large enough to care for themselves. It may take several years for the newly-fledged juveniles to find a suitable partner, and when they do, they will return to the nest site and begin their own families.

It's so cuuute! Looks both adorable and fierce.

[kuramalover4ever]

MUST BRED SOME NOW!!!

[Marta]

I love them!
Managed to breed one, need to get the second one though I got rid of my minicorns a while ago

[kuramalover4ever]

ughhhhhhhhhh why didnt mine breeeeedddd????? WHY MEEEE

[Padfootsmistress777]

I thought I had more Rocs ;A; Well at least I have a project now! These seem like they'll be gorgeous as adults, the one hatchie is so cute .

[kuramalover4ever]

i wonder if these will get a fire and ice form like the hyppogriffs, i think that would be epic

[BBkat]

Just hatched a female Harpy Eagle, no dimophism.

And here's a female Tetz hippogryph


Tetzcotal eagle hippogryphs grow up quickly, in no small part due to the extensive care they receive from their parents. These hippogryphs are solitary and live only with their chosen mate, but every few years, they begin to collect sticks and twigs from the forest floor and build an intricate nest in the highest, strongest tree they can find. The male incubates the eggs while the female guards the nest and hunts for herself and her mate. When their single egg hatches, it receives attentive care from its parents. The eagles nest alone because they need a very large range to raise their chick, but within a few weeks, the hatchling is out of the nest and exploring on its own. Over the following months, they continue to be fed by their parents, but are often left to climb, play, and practice hunting and flying on their own. Within a year after they hatch, the youngsters are on their own and large enough to care for themselves. While most gryphons and hippogryphs display intricate courtship rituals, harpy and Tetzcotal eagle hippogryphs have no such behavior, and no one is sure exactly how they choose a mate. It may take several years for the newly-fledged juveniles to find a suitable partner, and when they do, they will find a nest site and begin their own families.