Strigryphon (Pokémon)

Strigryphon, Pangyps cyanus is an exceedingly rare UB usually only found around. It is an Electric-/Psychic-type. It is not known to evolve but is closely related to.

Other names
They are also known as UB: Crackle by the humans that briefly lived there, and by its Veigzix name Ghaev'aik.

Etymology
It got its name UB: Crackle because of its habit of electricity crackling around its pelage and plumage. Ghaev'aik is Veigzix for "crackling".

Strigryphon is a play on the words "strength" or "Strix" (Ancient Greek for "owl") and "gryphon".

Pangyps is derived from the words Panthera, which is Ancient Greek (πάνθηρ) meaning "all beasts" and Gyps, which is Ancient Greek (γύψ) for "vulture"; cyanus (or cyanos) is Latin for lapis lazuli.

Description
A typical Strigryphon's head, ears, and wattles, which hang from the side of their head all the way to their neck, are baby blue in colour. Their body, front legs, and part of their back legs are midnight blue, almost black in colour. Their front legs end in paws, with dark golden-brown pads and bright blue claws that glow, while their back legs end in birdlike feet, that are yellow, and end in black talons. Draped across their backs, starting from the top their head, above their front legs, halfway to their back, is a sandbar brown mane. Attached to the mane are two, beautiful, broad wings that are ultramarine, with the insides of the wings being a vivid blue, which glow. Their beak was dark brown, almost black in colour, ending in a hook, like a Braviary’s beak. Their eyes are bright, black, compound, with a golden and white iris, underneath their eyes are bright golden cheeks enclosed in a vivid blue, which glow like their claws and wings. At the end of their body is a birdlike tail, which is a bright goldenrod in colour, like the back of their feet. Atypical Strigryphon may have a wide variety of patterns and colours.

Sexes are alike in colour. But like Earth mammalian Pokémon and unlike Earth reptilian Pokémon, they lack a cloaca. Underneath their tails, males have a penis housed in a sheath and a pair of testicles housed in a scrotum, like Scrotiferan mammals such as canids, while females have a vulva and vagina. Both sexes have an anus. However, without looking underneath their tails and belly, females tend to be shorter and smaller than males. Males stand at about 5 ft, while females stand at about 5 ft. Both sexes weigh around 400 lbs on Earth, while weighing around 559.5 lbs on Zilraicarro.

Every time they step, their mane crackles with electricity, for which the species also got the codename UB: Crackle by the humans that were teleported here before Ghislaine Bouchard came.

It is capable of bioluminescence, with its cheek patches, wings and claws being able to glow. The mechanism for this isn't known, but maybe related to it being part-Psychic, or it could be a bioluminescent bacterium similar, or closely related, to Aliivibrio fischeri (syn. Vibrio fischeri).

Similar species
Remarkably similar to the Earth and, because of convergent evolution. However, it is closely related to and shares many characteristics with it, being a mammalian-looking Pokémon with birdlike features.

Behaviour
Strigryphon are considered dangerous to the Veigzix people, as they are known to have an aggressive and tetchy disposition. Their unbridled wildness also makes them hard to tame, hence they are rarely used as partners. However, a select few can and are able to tame them, afterwards, they are extremely loyal and will not abandon their partner, and will protect them at all costs, like how acts towards their trainer. Veigzix people can communicate with them because of their universal translators; however, most are hard to communicate with because of their unpredictable behviours. Their main form of communication is screeching, but can roar, purr, hiss, meow, and spit.

They can see in multiple wavelengths of light, including ultraviolet, allowing them to be able to see the urine trails of their prey. They mainly hunt for rodentlike and squidlike creatures that live on Zilraicarro. Strigryphon is mostly a carnivore but will sometimes eat fruit. Can also feed upon electricity generated from Xurkitree.

Reproduction
Like Earth Pokémon, reproduces sexually. She gives birth to live young, unlike birds; however, like all Pokémon, she can lay an egg if the conditions are unfavourable.

The male mounts the female, like how dogs and cats mate. Like Earth canids, a male's penis becomes engorged and will create a "seal" inside the female's vagina, which is also called "tying" or "knotting." This process can last up to 15-30 minutes.

Females go into estrous many times a year. If a male is interested, he will give her food. If she likes the food, she will invite him to mate with her. If she does not like the food, then the male will go off and look for a different female. Once established as a pair, they will mate for life, unless one of them dies. They will go off and look for a new mate.

Female's gestation period is 45-50 days. Afterwards, she will give birth to a live baby, but if conditions are unsuitable, she will lay an egg instead.

Other mating behaviours include engaging in homosexual behaviour and having more than one mate.

Distribution/habitat
Normally found around Xurkitree, but sometimes it lives in other places, such as forests and jungles. They rarely come into contact with Veigzix, as it avoids their cities.

Xiv'ai
Xiv'ai appears in Nanu's Paradise: chapter 14, along with his partner, Nisieds Scagzils.