Birthday Sharkiñata

The Chupacabras celebrate the birthday of their pups by hanging a dead Sand Shark, which they call the Sharkiñata, filled with small rodents who either have been freshly butchered or knocked unconscious from the top of their desert sub. They usually do this in by drilling a special rope in a teeth on the top row of the Death Worm's mouth which they also use to lift heavy loads from outside the worm into their living area. During the celebrations the pups get blindfolded, spun around 33 times, and then have to find the shark with their own smell. Once they find the Sharkiñata they have to rip through the though sand shark skin with nothing but their their bare fangs. During the celebrations it is a common and amusing sight is to see an entire litter hang a few meters above the ground with their teeth stuck in the shark, none of them willing to give up no matter how much the adult shakes it. When the pups finally manage to rip the the shark open the rodents will fall out for all to grab. All attendants are then allowed to pick up at least rodent (although the pups usually get more if available) to suck dry as a celebratory treat. Al thou it is a lot rarer to see, some adult chupacabras also like to use a Sharkiñata on their birthdays for the sake of nostalgia. However they usually feed the rodents rotten fruits beforehand to fill them with alcohol and knock them out. Then when the chupacabras suck the alcohol filled creatures dry they get intoxicated themselves. This is often done by chupacabra's who have turned away from their traditional lifestyle and have taken up residence in a city as they have more free time and expandable resources than their nomadic brethren.

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Coarse Sea

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