Bickers

Bickers are large feathered beetles that chatter and grumble at other creatures. This chatter and grumble sounds like an angry old man, grumbling away from a conversation they did not like, hence the name "Bicker".

Basic Information

Anatomy

Bickers are large white beetles that are covered in large white feathers. Bickers tend to grow up to 1ft tall in all dimensions, though older ones can be up to 1 1/2 to 2ft in dimensions. Visually, they appear to be just a feather colored hemisphere that glides across the ground. they have a small set of mandibles, four eyes, and six short legs.

Growth Rate & Stages

Bickers tend to grow to adulthood in about 18 months. They are considered "old" by 2 1/2 years, and they tend to die of old age at year 3.

Ecology and Habitats

They prefer badlands near fossilrivers, due to these locations having a high number of dead creatures near nutient-rich fossilgrit beaches which benefits their scavenger lifestyles.

Dietary Needs and Habits

Bickers are omnivorous scavengers with a resistance to fossilwater. They use their mandibles along side a small sucker to consume dead creatures and plants. They tend to stick near fossilrivers but are known to migrate if there are too many predators or other bickers in one place.

Biological Cycle

A young bicker start off with short dark grey feathers which lighten over time. Once they get old, their feathers slowly fall out over the rest of their lifespan, revealing the light grey carapace underneath.

Additional Information

Social Structure

Bickers tend to avoid one another, even when they are in pastures with other bickers. They do not mate for life, and mothers are infamous for abandoning their young.

Uses, Products & Exploitation

They are easy to farm due to their large dietary pool, and they are typically harvested for their meat and feathers, however their carapaces have found some niche uses in some households.

Geographic Origin and Distribution

They are found in badlands all over Endais, avoiding the mountains, deserts, and oases.

Average Intelligence

They are fairly stupid, but easy to domesticate.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

They have poor hearing, vision, and smell, mostly due to the feathers.

Symbiotic and Parasitic organisms

They are very easy to domesticate, and most tend to domesticate themselves.

Lifespan

3 Years

Conservation Status

Bickers are, currently, the most populous and heavily farmed creatures on Endais.

Average Physique

They are of poor physique, they might injure a mortal child with their mandibles but they lack the ability to kill or effectively run away from predators.