The first new Animal has appeared in Thylara (World of Marsupials) and it’s… a Bird?

In the Early Primordian period (5-18 million years A.S.) due to vacant niches and early predation pressures, the introduced North Island Brown Kiwis have evolved to resemble most of their Ratite brethren, growing larger for better defense from predators.

The Giant Kiwis would quickly become on of the most diverse Avians on the planet. There a multiple species but for now we’ll focus on Apteronis Gracilis, the Shrub Giant Kiwi.

The main characteristics of these birds are their strong legs and their wings… or lack there of. They usually roam long distances in search for foods, they’re preferred habitats are Scrublands, Grasslands, and Savannahs

In the rare occasion if they are confronted by a predator, they will try escape, these Birds are fast and can reach up to 35 MPH, if that doesn’t work, they will proceed to try to kick and stomp the predators in self defense, these kicks are devastating, usually killing anything on impact, so they are usually avoided.

Males are usually seen with chicks, like with most ratites, these males can have from 10 up to 30 offspring, 50 is rare but not in heard of. The females, which are slightly larger than the males, will dump their eggs into the nest of males deemed most viable for parenthood, and then they leave the male to do the rest of the work.

I would like to say thank you to any of you who see this. This is my first speculative evolution project, any type of feed back is welcomed. I hope to share more with you all soon as I can.

The Big Bird of Thylara