Ru Kel: Butcher of the Dead | The Giant Parrot of Arvel

For #ParrotDay, take a journey to the dark forests of Arvel and discover the 'Butcher of the Dead', a giant flightless parrot. The ru kel is notorious for its brutality and the display of cleaned skulls to mark their nest and territory.
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[@sivanlevi3867]

If you are still in doubt about the idea of a carnivorous parrot, even after watching this, there is a parrot from New Zealand called the Kea, the only known alpine parrot on Earth. It typically feeds on seeds, flowers and plants in summer, but in leaner times, it tends towards carnivory. It likes feeding on the eggs of other birds and will dig through snow to find something to eat. Unfortunately, sheep farmers have a problem with that because the Kea will attack a sheep to get at the fat layer surrounding its kidneys. As a result, the sheep can die of blood poisoning, and sometimes you don't see it happen because Keas can attack in the dark. They will also menace hikers and mountain climbers for their food, and with a beak like a Swiss-army knife, this parrot can pick away at anything, even rubber boot soles!

[@sivanlevi3867]

Second pinned comment for me!

[@Nigel_BC]

I love keas! Sad that they are persecuted though.

[@sivanlevi3867]

@@Nigel_BC Yeah, New Zealand is the land of the birds, including the Kea. We're just living in it.

[@TalesofKaimere]

@@sivanlevi3867 I'm a simple man: provide some interesting relevant scientific facts, I give it a pin!

[@sivanlevi3867]

@@TalesofKaimere Good to know. You and me both.

[@KnightlyNerd]

"And those that tasted the bite of his beak named him - The Doom Squawker." [sick riffs commence]

[@alghoulaj7172]

The parrot who made theropods proud. This is just one of the coolest concepts I had ever watched. Thank you, and a Huge thank you for the sponsor.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thanks and absolutely! Was so fun to debut this perhaps unexpected major player in the western forests.

[@transnewt]

all parrots have made their ancestors proud.

[@HelloHello-wn4gd]

I won't lie to you. Before watching this my favourite creature from kaimere was the Uktan, because of it resemblence to a lion while being a dinosaur. But after hearing about the "Butcher of the Dead" and it's connections to the kaimeran settlements on Arvel and the fact it decorates its nest with the SKULLS of DEMONS to impress females and ward of predators like an absolute giga-chad has earned them the top spot on my list of favourite kaimeran fauna

[@dudotolivier6363]

The Vulture Parrot remind me a LOT to the Scavenger Macaws from the extended book of the "Peter Jackson's King Kong" 2005 movie titled "The World of KOng : A Natural history of Skull Island". Truly a great book, with really interesting concept and species who are in normal time cute and not dangerous who become scary looking and killer animals !

[@Iterator_NSH]

As someone who's seen Kea literally rip apart a car, and then try to bite off the fingers of the owner, I completely believe Ru Kel are plausible.

[@Nigel_BC]

The Ru Kel is both terrifying and fascinating! I love it! That intro too 😨. It sort of reminds me of early depictions of non-human hominids. Ruthless, intelligent, and overall very creepy. Thank you Peter for helping to design and sponsoring the debut of this really interesting creature!

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thanks so much! I’m super glad with the collab and how that came together!

[@lucassmith992]

Absolutely love the terrifying ape bird serial killer. Always fun to have one lurking around the trees

[@dudotolivier6363]

The Ru Kel may be not a Kakapo specie or even a relative of this later, he's truly what this later animal we all know and love for his cuteness can be if he was in Killer mode ! Also, pretty good convergent evolution ! The comparaison between these two is stunned !

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thank you! Yeah they’re descended from Oligocene American parrots so totally different lineage. Convergence in coloration from also being forest dwellers with no flight.

[@liambrandley2716]

I have a couple questions for this video: What other parrots still exist in the known world, were hummingbirds a part of the Oligocene harvests, and did that witch hunter have tusks or was he just wearing a mask?

[@TalesofKaimere]

All parrots shown in that sketch still have known world cousins but are much more diverse on the Eastern continent. Hummingbirds we’re first brought in the Oligocene but more in subsequent harvests. The Aznarith Order revere the boar (used to be peccaries but boar are affiliated with the republic and civilization so the symbol changed with consolidation) and their masks have tusks

[@loisonnut]

The first descriptions of the Ru Kel did NOT prepare me for a demon hunting ninja bird. That homunculus image is truly bizarre. 1. Since they're not quite human level, are there any other sapient parrots on the planet? 2. How big were the ancient similar parrots? 3. How often does it win encounters with leopards or homunculi on average?

[@TalesofKaimere]

1. No plans for fully sapient parrots. 2. The predatory flightless parrots were second biggest getting up to a hundred pounds. 3. In a direct fight leopard vs ru kel the parrot has the advantage, although leopards are much faster and usually able to escape if not killed on impact (which they often are). Homunculi are definitely at an advantage if they know it’s coming but ru kel are devastating from an ambush.

[@haydend.maniac227]

I like the Ru Kel, flightless birds in general I like Ratites, Terror birds and any speculative birds too Even all these years later I still love the Carakiller EDIT: why does autocorrect suck so much *facepalms

[@extraordinarytv5451]

Yeah it had a dumb name like every creature in that show but the speculative return of terror birds was just too good to not love

[@Littlekoji-df1cf]

@@extraordinarytv5451 i hope a new spec evo series gould come to life. Theres already a amazing new dinosaur documentary. The possibilities are endless.

[@haydend.maniac227]

ExtraordinaryTV agreed with the terror bird love Could you tell me about your funny names from the TFIW creatures please

[@TalesofKaimere]

Heck yeah!

[@coreys.2456]

I like your take on parrots. We typically associate most parrots today with beauty and cunning, so seeing them specializing in brutality and carnivory on Kaimere is definitely very refreshing. I’m assuming this was probably partially inspired by the ones from The World of Kong: An Natural History of Skull Island book. If so (and even if not), very cool. Just curious, with this talk of birds having mythical qualities, were the Indrakai inspired by phoenixes or something else? I already know that owl traits are present (especially in the facial region).

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thank you! Wasn’t inspired by the king book directly but I did flip through it once so I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the visuals stuck in my head! Phoenixes are indeed a partial inspiration for the firebirds, yes!

[@dudotolivier6363]

On Kaimere, in the Knwon World, they're mostly recent harvested modern lineages and species of Parrot (more generic looking), but there still some of them who are very original compared to the others. For example, there also the Luka Parrot ! It's a coastal cliffs bird that share the same ecological life as the Oligocene radiation Puffin Parrot we see in the video. This specie belong to the subfamily Psittrichadinae, being a relative of the only memeber of this group : the Pesquet Parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus). This specie decend from a Parrot that came there 30 million years ago and belong to the Oligocene radiation Parrot lineage. He is a member of the Puffin Parrots group. They feed on crustaceans. They mate for life and have no need to migrate. They are very intelligent bird, like others parrots, and are time to time use as a pet by Kaimeran since they are easily keep in captivity at the moment they are not alone, otherwise they will be destructive, depressive and will wait without eating to death. In past time, efforts to utilize them as recognizance animals have thus far proven futile, as although they can understand commands and can remember phrases spoken by an enemy they are sent to spy on, they are easily distracted or feel lonely, at which point they inevitably return before the mission is complete. They are high talktative animal and can mimic a high range of sounds, words or dicussions, and can use them in many ways.

[@taliesincoleman6569]

love this drum rhythm

[@TalesofKaimere]

Heck yeah! Epidemic Sounds never misses

[@WILDMUTTDude]

Great work as always Keenan! But I must say: in Brazilian Portuguese, "Puffin" is translated as "papagaio do mar" - literally "Sea Parrot". So it's really funny to me as a Brazilian to se a "Puffin Parrot" Oh the beauty of language XD

[@TalesofKaimere]

Haha that’s excellent!

[@absolutelyunepic3072]

You are Brazilian and a nature lover I take it? How is all the wildlife down there?

[@travisgould5423]

if only this was a dedication to Iago, may he rest in peace, since Ariel was in the last video!

[@TalesofKaimere]

Didn’t even think about that!

[@dudotolivier6363]

The Ru Kel's nest look frightennig, scarring, and badass as the same time ! All my Respects ! Also, in the nest picture at 8:18, the perspective they take remind me a lot of Owls, but since they take almost the same convergent evolution way than the famous Kakapo (Strigops habroptila) from New Zealand and since this later specie is most commonly known under the name of "Parrot-Owl", it's not a surprise if the Ru Kel remind us these nocturnal birds of prey too !

[@cosmopoiesecriandomundos7446]

I don't think the kakapo is more known as parrot owl than kakapo. In facy, I've never heard it being called such

[@dudotolivier6363]

@@cosmopoiesecriandomundos7446 He is truly call like that. OK, maybe it's not his man vernacular name, but one of the few we and the local aborigene uses to refers this specie (plus, he look really like an owl under some perspective)

[@BobBob-tr7wi]

Imagine someday, Kakapos take a similar route. New Zealand's wildife would be saved XD

[@andresmarrero8666]

Or they take the opposite route, being intelligent but rather friendly and passive for the most part. Why fight opposition when you can use them?

[@TalesofKaimere]

The world isn’t ready but I welcome them!

[@BobBob-tr7wi]

@@andresmarrero8666 Cause the opposition wants to eat them. Edit: By that I mean the invasive species XD

[@andresmarrero8666]

@@BobBob-tr7wi ah but they also have humans giving them everything they need. Instead of being aggresive and attacking perceived threats they instead formed complex interspecies relationships with everyone so that none one would want to kill them. They effectively tamed everyone to a degree being more devious than cats. Instead of warriors they instead became puppet masters. At least that is a path I can them taking.

[@Yeitsjames]

Deadly birdie 😎

[@Bullmooseroughrider]

Best video yet (no bias). The passage in the beginning has me very excited for a possible strotus novella in the setting. Great art and info. Can’t wait to see this wonderful creature in the stories of kaimere.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Hell yeah! Thanks so much for the sponsorship man it was so great to reveal our monster.

[@dudotolivier6363]

A Wiki !? There will be really a sort of Wiki site for Kaimere's World !? Jesus ! It's awesome !

[@TalesofKaimere]

Yup! Progress is happening and it’s hopefully ready in the near future (at least a foundation)

[@dudotolivier6363]

It's a great episode ! But since it's dedicated to the ancient past lineages of Parrot and the Ru Kel specie more specifically... Will there be a overall video about all the Parrot present inside and outside the Known World (with previous harvests lineage and recent moderns species) ? Sure, not for now, but one day ?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Someday I would love to! Not had time to do this one focus and I had a lot to say about them!

[@burksaurus9410]

The Ru Kel is a cool but terrifying parrot being a giant carnivorous flightless parrot like a Kakapo from New Zealand. But it sounds cool it feeds on homunculi and different animals resembling a jaguar given how they kill their prey.

[@jacobjerny7502]

Now that you have somewhat confirmed that chimps may still be present in the forests of Arvel outside the Known World, it brings to my mind images of Chimps and Ru-Kel having generations-long wars and retribution killings.

[@1998topornik]

Ru Kel- not your friendly kakapo.

[@absolutelyunepic3072]

You should try to branch more into those narrative parts along with your normal vids. The story was short but instantly captivating for me, I bet those parrots are intelligent enough to actually negotiate with humans

[@FuckingHedo]

Thank you, now i love and fear more the Ru Kel

[@TalesofKaimere]

Gooood

[@Ezihkhel]

I can imagine how loud the squawks and screams a Ru Kel could make. Large parrots are already loud enough, but the sounds a parrot the size or a small bear could make must be something else. Nice voice acting with the characters in the opening sequence by the way.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thank you! Haha I was talking to Peter yesterday and I wish I’d considered their vocalizations more. Probably is their primary defense. They may not reliably be able to kill things past 500 pounds, but that scream will clear a region of forest QUICK.

[@Ezihkhel]

@@TalesofKaimere Maybe I could try creating an audio concept of what that scream could sound like?I sometimes dabble a bit on creating the sounds of a fictional creature before, so maybe I can try my hand at it again haha.

[@TalesofKaimere]

@@Ezihkhel That would be awesome!

[@koushikdeit]

The nests are gory😮

[@manateeoverlord7507]

Love the video. The Ru Kel are very scary. To be honest I would choose to be killed by the Vaskalamaldus over them.

[@dudotolivier6363]

Twitter Post description of Keenan Taylor : - Ru Kel hunting a Trident deer at 6:29 and 9:49 : "Although a majority of the ru kel's diet is nuts, seeds, fruit, and foliage, they are proficient short-range ambush hunters, notorious for dropping out of trees and killing prey with a single neck or back-breaking bite." - A Proud Father, at 8:34 and 9:53 : "A young ru kel helps his father bring the skill of a titan crow back to the nest. The father won't display the scavenged skull, as it was not his or his mate's kill, but it will be added to the pile at the base of the tree." - Ru Kel and Leopard picture at 9:04 and 10:08 : "Ru Kel are extreme K-selection specialists. Young remain with their parents for up to eight years before leaving to establish their own territory. Females only lay one egg a year, one of the largest eggs laid in Kaimere, and it must be carefully incubated and, due to its size and shell thickness, cannot hatch on its own. Because of this, ru kel are very defensive of their young and well known to hunt and kill potential threats. Leopards are quite proficient at sneaking into a ru kel nest and snatching a hatchling. Ru Kel are particularly vicious to leopards because of this, although the cats are so common that there’s always work to be done." - The Demon Slayer at 10:17 : "Lacking magic, ru kel are not equipped to kill homunculi. However, they are capable of dispatching homunculi if they succeed in an ambush, often taking the head as a focal display of their nest. A homunculus beheaded without magic and not burned will regenerate in a few weeks, days if they recently fed, but it is an inconvenience to the point that they usually avoid ru kel territory." Also, good to know, but the creature the Ru Kel fight we see in the last picture is not a Demon (despite the title) but a horned Homunculi. He also possess retractables hooves on his feet ! It's said that calling his name brought bad luck, and because of that, Kaimeran are affraid of it ! Despite Ru Kel rarely kill this beast (see upper description) he use his skull like decoration for his nest when the occassion happen !

[@dudotolivier6363]

Wait ! Now there is Orcs in Kaimere !? Who and what is the dude in the prologue who have long inferior tusk and who hold a stick with a bull head ?

[@TalesofKaimere]

That’s an Aznarith knight. The tusks are part of his mask (they revere boar)

[@dudotolivier6363]

@@TalesofKaimere OOOHHHHHH ! Okay, sorry, there any orcs ! Orcs race not exist in Kaimere ! Sorry. It's just a mask who replic a Boar face hu hu hu 😅. But wearing this thing give him truly a Orc face ! At least this knight have truly the vibe of an Orc ! Also it's funny that this vibe is given to the fact that come from a replic of a Boar face, because in many recent heroic fantasy japan anime show (like "That Time I got reincarnated as a Slime" for example, or even "Tsukimichi Moonlight fantasy" fo ex), Orcs are depicted as Antropomorphic human like Boars ! That truly made my laugh of the day !

[@chancegivens9390]

Absolutely fantastic! Definitely one of my favorite Kaimere beasts! I'll absolutely have to make a figurine of this incredible slayer of predators.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Heck yeah!!

[@ryanchen1819]

It's basically a giant flightless kea.

[@shingtiong9425]

We finally have a flightless bird video.I hope ratties and terror birds get their episode soon.

[@TalesofKaimere]

They’re both on the agenda!

[@markhewett9307]

The best birb

[@Sabatuar]

Giant predatory kākāpōs. I love them. EDIT: Correction, not predatory, but still love them.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Sometimes predatory. Ain't wrong!

[@beastmaster0934]

These things make the keas of New Zealand look like saints.

[@wildtoonproductions4427]

good video Keenan as always love the interesting lore and design, behaviour of Ru Kel and the folklore of the Kaimere who live somewhat near it, and the fact it would sometimes kill homunculi is interesting. Behold the parrot who make trophies of demons

[@SCR_ProductionsYT]

Parrots found a Parro-dise.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Ayyyy

[@sivanlevi3867]

This is one for the birds!

[@MrT_Rex]

Giant predatory parrot ?! Incredible

[@OviraptorFan]

Could one theoretically have a Ru Kel as a pet or even friend, or would they likely just kill you for curiosity?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Many have tried, few have succeeded lol

[@oddjam]

This is quality fam. Genuinely

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thank you!

[@matteorossi8240]

I have 3 questions for this video: 1) are there also some species of parrots comes from recent harvest? 2) how the amunchuline are real creatures in the know world, but are there others ouside of the know world? 3) do you have new plans for kaishel and for the rest of the North and western continent?

[@callum7512]

I am a big fan of this world building project. I was just wondering will there be an episode on the Hadrosauridae species of dinosaur. This group includes Parasaurolophus and Corythosaurus but there are many more. I would love to see a video on these dinosaurs

[@TheGreatAuk]

man it's like a kakapo ate steroids! love this big mean and green bird! also, is the puffin parrot still around?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Puffin parrot is indeed still around! Or at least a relative

[@dudotolivier6363]

Can we call the human with deer antlers and having a bat face and ears at 10:19 to be a (sort of) Wendigo ? Because this Homunculus (and not a demon, even if they are more common in the Western Continent where the Ru Kel live, but for him there any differences thus), like you precise this fact in another comment, remind a lot this popular North American legendary beast ! And in our popular culture, the Wendigo is often depicted as a bloodthirsty antropomorphic deer and/or a giant, which is the case here ! Again, I love when new homunculies are included !

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thank you! It’s not a W*ndigo since it’s far from traditional depictions, was not my intention, and it’s been brought to my attention that it’s bad luck to even say their name by Algonquin peoples. As I said in my deer episode, the First Children really like deer and add their antlers to a lot of homunculi. Just a coincidence and a look I and many others think is neat!

[@sivanlevi3867]

Besides Ru Kel, did any parrots of the other clades survive?

[@TalesofKaimere]

They sure did! All other clades have at least one survivor

[@charmainejoycepusta1618]

your videos are good to listen tbh

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thanks!

[@dudotolivier6363]

The Ru Kel is not only the last surviving member of his family, but also the last surviving Oligocene Parrot lineage descendant who remain in the Known World region ! HOWEVER, if all the others groups and families of Parrots who descend from the Oligocene Harvest lineage are extinct in this region, each of them always have surviving representatives members OUTSIDE the Known World region ! It's revealed by the 25 April 2022 post on Keenan Taylor Twitter account, with this following text : - "Parrots were one of the breakout stars of the Oligocene harvest. Their adaptability enabled them to reinvent niches then occupied by enantiornithean birds, and also exploit niches no other birds were exploring. Scavengers, predators, crustacean specialists, and flightless arboreal omnivores all came about from small, generalist parrots. Although most in the known world have lost ground to more recent arrivals, each clade has survivors, most notably the giant flightless parrot Ru Kel on the Western continent." So, yes, cool info to know, like that we will maybe have the possibility to see these others species on future video content who will explore others part of Kaimere planet !

[@TalesofKaimere]

The parrots of each clade shown have indeed surviving descendants in the known world and beyond, just not as common or diverse as they once were.

[@FatFish7600]

That is a one deadly gigachad

[@BigBossMan538]

This brightened up my day during a shit work day. Thanks

[@TalesofKaimere]

Hope your day continues to improve!

[@BigBossMan538]

@@TalesofKaimere Thanks, me too

[@mastercharlesdiltardino8058]

So cool. It's amazing to watch a fictional universe to be formed.

[@balenfalotico2283]

Loved the short narrative at the start of the video. Was that a portion of a upcoming short story?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Sure is! Strotus (brother of Sorenatus in The Lost Hellfighter) has an adventure north of the wall and runs into Ru Kel

[@seanessdragon4142]

Wanna hear of how parrots ( and parrot like animals ) are doing in the biodome

[@TalesofKaimere]

Go for it!

[@seanessdragon4142]

@@TalesofKaimere So first we got the Fairy parrot These parrots are known for their tiny size and shiny pink and green feathers They act as pollinators ( humming birds ) and so many of them are protected by people there They are big as the palm of a adult human hand Their often killed by snake called Ooshanzu ( titanoboa descendent ) The gooznos ( the harpy parrot ) These guys resemble a New Zealand carnivorous parrot but with more of a eagle like body but with a robust and jagged parrot beak Their are as big as harpogornis Now onto the parrot like creatures First Fozzuos ( dodo ) These were thought to be flightless parrots with elongated beaks because their feathers are the classic parrot colour but until recently they were confirmed not to be parrots but a totally unique bird And they have been domesticated to be not a source of food But as a tracker ( sniffing out potential diseases ) The terror parrot These guys are a highly aggressive descendent of Gastornis with a more parrot like beak for eating plants and meat and being highly protective of their eggs Killing one is considered a stroke of luck They are 8 ft tall And 6 ft long And finally …. THE *COCKATRICES* ( oviraptorids ) Pygmy cockatrice ( basically tiny anzu ) These guys are know for being highly protective of their eggs but with the ability to spray a skunk like spray from its behind and getting sprayed Is considered a curse They are about 1 ft tall And 5 ft long ( he got a reeeeeeeeaaaallly long tail ) The greater cockatrice These creatures are know to be beasts of burden ( stealing live stock and even killing children in a field ) With a terror bird like beak and a cassowary like head creat on the nose These guys are like a carnivorous rhino with feathers Their about 6 ft tall And a 10 ft tail And the biggest of the cockatrices is Zonafotor These cockatrice are strangely very passive of the cockatrice family as a hole (even allowing humans to go on its back for a while and sleep ) But don’t be fooled the large oviraptor is ready to pull some punches With big meaty claws ( like dienochierus ) it’s the dinosaurs primary source of defence And along with a goose like bill These creatures fill in the role of dienochierus of the biodome ( and go toe toe with baryzonkryx ) Their about 10 ft tall And 7 ft at the tail You like these guys ?

[@dudotolivier6363]

@Marshal Marrs Is not an Orcs but a Kaimeran who wear a Boar mask, where the confusion come from !

[@shingtiong9425]

@@seanessdragon4142 Well good for you.While I'm here still working on the penguin crocs.

[@seanessdragon4142]

@@shingtiong9425 cool

[@juanisol8275]

😯🦜What a Ravenous Psycho-killer and Crooked Trisker!! Men.. its been a wild...(University whas bussy hard 😅) Nice intro and interesting developt of such butcher of warriors and terror of Villages! Like a Moking Dragón clever like a Snake and sádic as Ape!!

[@aaronbeckett4062]

Once again amazing video!!! I can't wait to sponsor a video on the enteledonts of Kaimere! Also I have chosen a fully terrestrial, polar spinosaur, evolved from ichthyovenator. However, since it no longer is a piscivore, it's head has become more akin to an alligators, wider and such, for strong, powerful bites. I have had the arms shorten and become less used, as it no longer needed them in the forests where it hunts. It's feathered, like the deinocheirus in Prehistoric Planet, and they are usually all black. Females are born with a black body and a grey streak along their sides, each unique and identifying them as individuals in their lifelong mating courtships dine every year with the same mate. Females top out at 60 feet long and are the apex predators of their environments. Males are usually about 45 feet long, being much more slender than females, but having a much higher, and more colorful spine than the females, having accents of blue on the tops of their long-feathered spines. They are mainly nocturnal in behavior, because for 3 months of Priad's year, the only light comes from the twin moons. Over the past 20 million years their has been cooling of the globe, and the ichthyovenator population in the south has adapted in the absence of any larger predators in their environment. Also the reason for their massive sizes is that Priad has 15 percent less gravity than earth, but a slightly thicker atmosphere with much more oxygen in it. Is has an interesting affect on the humans in my book. Utahraptors evolutionary children are still a central part to the book as well, just around 30 feet long and about 2,000 pounds due to the lessened gravity of Priad and the higher oxygen content. They have evolved.... Interesting characteristics. Like an asymetrical body plan, utilized with deadly efficiency. (If you think I should make the animals smaller because my estimations are off please do tell!)

[@TalesofKaimere]

Looking forward to it! Sounds like a really neat critter! Asymmetry is always a really neat trait to explore!

[@Littlekoji-df1cf]

Ok! The parrots are my top 5 favs! Along with titanosaurs, megaraptorans, bigs and beavers!

[@TalesofKaimere]

Heck yeah!

[@tutubism]

It's aggressive behaviour reminds me of donkeys that attacks and kills canids or animals that resemble canids.

[@dudotolivier6363]

Random question : You said that there only two bears species in the Known World : the Cave Bear and the Uku bear (a relative of the Asiatics Bears specie, who look also in appearance like a Atlas Brown bear, but it's convergent evolution). BUT when the Northern Eurasian Ice Age harvest happen, who brought the Cave Bears, there was also our current Brown Bear specie that live as the same time and place. And since the Cave Bear and the Brown Bear were able to cohabit togethers during this period, is it possible to include the Brown Bear into Kaimere like one of the species who inhabit the Highland of Arvel biome ?

[@TalesofKaimere]

There are still only two species of bear. Uku bear has outcompeted most other bears including brown bears that came from Eurasia.

[@victorvonben6915]

Wouldn't u say the parrots found a "parrotdise" lol

[@TalesofKaimere]

Lol

[@angelrosales5286]

By any chance are there any more magical items in Kaimere ?. And we’re most of those items created by witches

[@TalesofKaimere]

There are, although at this point most are in private collections since there are so few malevolent demons left in the known world. Many were made by witches during the Age of Witches although a few are relics of the First Children. Artifacts can lose their magic over time so a lot of them aren’t in tact anymore.

[@deinowolfhybridhero5101]

So parrots also have their phorusrhacidaes!

[@TalesofKaimere]

Pretty much!

[@dudotolivier6363]

This Parrot specie, the Ru Kel, I think if my memories are good, was first mean to be a neothenic arboreal Terror Bird, no ?

[@TalesofKaimere]

It absolutely was! Went with a true parrot instead mostly because I realized their adaptive radiation after the Oligocene was plenty of time to evolve this sort of creature and I was pressed for evolutionary time in making this a terror bird.

[@dudotolivier6363]

@@TalesofKaimere And since this change, have you alway plans for at least some others true Terrors Birds ?

[@claok4324]

Hey Kennan let me just start off saying I’m a big fan of your work your art and descriptions of this wonderful world and its creatures has fascinated and amaze me i’m truly happy that people like you can work on such things which leads me to my next question I am planning to make a Roblox creature survival game based on your universe predominantly in the house in Prairie and I was wondering if I can have your permission to work on this game if you like you could be the creator supervisor.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Absolutely! I gave a more thorough answer on the Lynx episode. Sounds like a cool project!

[@rextexan4727]

So it's like a killer Kakapo

[@TalesofKaimere]

Pretty much!

[@MM-vm2mh]

How close is the Ru Kel to sapience?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Probably higher end of parrots but not fully human levels.

[@MediumDSpeaks]

How odd, this video came out just as a certain package 📦 arrived at my house... I sure do wonder what could be in this box I've just received, perhaps some product that may be related to this video or something

[@TalesofKaimere]

Hope you enjoy!!

[@fablelost2642]

It would be neat to skin change to one of these.

[@TalesofKaimere]

It would indeed!

[@amm019]

How much would a video on the parrots of Kaimere would cost?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Depends on how much you want me to say! A $300 budget is pretty typical for clade videos, but it does mean I won't be able to do a lot of extra art, and perhaps only one bird from each clade. Basically I can work with whatever your budget is, but the budget does determine length and amount of art.

[@dudotolivier6363]

What is the prey at 6:30 that the Ru Kel hunt ? A generic deer ?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Trident deer (Cervavitus) the most common deer in Arvel forests

[@Evenape]

Thanks to the breadcrumbs I'm now wondering what enantiornithines survived to the present (I hope a plethora of relict forms)

[@TalesofKaimere]

There’s a bunch!

[@Evenape]

@@TalesofKaimere That's good to know, and I can't wait for the exposition!

[@mr.mystery9940]

Wait, I still don't get it. Does Ru Kel is the last known parrot species on Kaimere overall or it's the last one of the Oligocene's parrots?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Ru kel is the last of the flightless parrots. Still tons of Oligocene parrots. Sorry for any confusion!

[@mr.mystery9940]

@@TalesofKaimere oh, ok, thanks for the answer, because I thought, there's no way, that Parrots are almost absent on Kaimere

[@TalesofKaimere]

@@mr.mystery9940 Oh parrots are thriving, both from the Oligocene and from subsequent harvests.

[@dudotolivier6363]

In the recents videos, you use a picture who not only show in the first ground a Renzhuyo but aslo two hippos like animals at right at the background, aniamsl you awnser me to be a specie of rhino. But what specie in question this rhino is ? From far distance, she have no horns but instead one pair of inferior tusk who remind me a lot the Aceratherium or the Chilotherium ? This two belong to one of these species or from a relative of these later ? And how many rhinos specie they are on Kaimere since in your Special Rhino Day Video you said that rhino do well since they have a thick skin who prevent predators attack and in general horns for efficient defense ?

[@TalesofKaimere]

That picture depicts a giant cousin of the renzhuyo on the eastern continent. There will be hippo like rhinos but I haven’t established their species.

[@dudotolivier6363]

@@TalesofKaimere Okay, sorry, I never know that the Aquatic Creodontid in the first ground wasn't in fact the Renzhuyo himself ! But instead a cousin, from the Eastern Continent. Thus the confusion is high ! These two Aquatic Creodontid are litterally identical !

[@joshuagonzalez4183]

“dominant mammal my A$$!!” 9:03

[@jessehunter362]

Do you have any considerations for coliiformes?

[@TalesofKaimere]

None planned but they’ll almost certainly have representation!

[@jessehunter362]

@@TalesofKaimere Nice, they’re very precious birds

[@terrynewsome6698]

So is gunpowder a thing in this universe?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Not on a large scale.

[@andresmarrero8666]

So the Ru Kel is the aggressive cousin of the Kakapo. Does the word spirit have the same meaning to them as it does to us? What are spirits to them?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Kaimerans have a strain of hereditary magic which gives them their long lives. Each Kaimeran has this small hive that dies with the host. Their understanding of this magic is what they call spirits or souls.

[@andresmarrero8666]

@@TalesofKaimere so the terms we have for supernatural and spiritual instances are all more physical to them. If they ever encounter a ghost, phantom, or sprite I recond they would be quite confused.

[@TalesofKaimere]

@@andresmarrero8666 Indeed. Ghosts are often these small hives of magic still bound to their physical form but not yet dead themselves. Clinging to memories and feeling shadows of human emotion.

[@andresmarrero8666]

@@TalesofKaimere so ghosts to them are echoes projected by a dying hive trying to cling onto life while for us ghosts are the souls of the dead who have not moved on for whatever reason. At times similar but ultimately very different in nature.

[@dudotolivier6363]

The Ru kel and the Kakapo are unrelated, just convergent evolution.

[@skistorm739]

sheep/goat? Diplocaulus

[@Huitizilopochtli]

Amazing video, but are you telling me all that beautiful parrot adaptive radiation went extinct???????

[@TalesofKaimere]

Nope! All clades have survivors I just haven’t designed em yet aside from the eagle parrot.

[@baeuy5019]

Bird

[@pangeaman0395]

Is the antlered humanoid a demon?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Sure is! A homunculus specifically.

[@elshebactm6769]

🤠👍🏿

[@AlexandrePereira-cr6hx]

When ur a demon in Arvel and you hear the trees repeat what you just said: "Ahah I'm in danger." Also what the hell is that tall guy on 1:29 ? An good Homunculi? someone with just a mask?

[@TalesofKaimere]

That’s an Aznarith (witch hunter with magic of their own). They revere boar and their mask reflects that!

[@AlexandrePereira-cr6hx]

@@TalesofKaimere Oooh Interesting

[@praise_kek340]

Wait what about penguins? Weren't they successful

[@TalesofKaimere]

They are! Didn’t come in the Oligocene though

[@praise_kek340]

@@TalesofKaimere oh ok then