Kráka



The Kráka (Retem: ; plural kráka or krákas) is a flightless bird, native to Ŋēksip, a small island off the coast of Kraj tu Ungu.

History
There is fossil evidence that suggests that the kráka evolved on mainland Noco, to the south of the Kraj tu Ungu Peninsula, and only got to Ŋēksip during the first period of the Second Glaciation. Later on, it became extinct on the mainland, probably due to human activity.

Archaeological evidence shows that the kráka might have been first domesticated in the island as early as the 52nd century AIA. The first written mention of the kráka is in a 61st century Fãngra papyrus written by a sailor that describes the landscape of the coast of Ŋēksip and mentions distinctive "dumb birds" that cannot fly and make a squeaking sound, which the natives use as a source of meat, eggs, leather and down.

Around the year 6800 AIA, almost two thousand years after the domestication of the bird, the kráka started to be exported to mainland Kraj tu Ungu for its ability to lay edible eggs almost daily, a characteristic that must have been selected through breeding, since it's not present in wild birds. From thereon, the bird was quickly exported to almost the entirety of Noco in just a few centuries, getting even to some areas in Soco through the Athi and Fecharese colonies.

Diet
The bird is omnivorous and eats a wide range of both animal and plant foods. Its diet is mainly composed of insects, gastropods and annelids, together with seeds, fruits, roots and grass, although it will also eat meat if given to it.