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Kea

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Kea
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Urist likes kea for their intelligence.
Portrait

No portrait

Biome

Variations

Kea - Kea man - Giant kea

Attributes

· Flying · Steals food · Steals items · Egglaying

Tamed Attributes
Pet value 25

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Not hunting/war trainable 

Size
Birth: 60 cm3
Mid: 500 cm3
Max: 1,000 cm3
Food products
Eggs 2-5
Age
Adult at: 1
Max age: 30-50
Butchering returns

Food items

Raw materials

Skull 1

Wikipedia article

v50.14 · v0.47.05
This article is about the current version of DF.
Note that some content may still need to be updated.
A small, green, intelligent mountain parrot.

Kea are flying pests that like to steal valuable items. They are attracted to things like cloth, gems, metal bars, stacks of crossbow bolts, and even wheelbarrows or anvils. They may even steal fish from a barrel after interrupting the dwarf hauling it. They are similar to a raccoon or rhesus macaque, but smaller and winged; the fact that they are winged and capable of flight makes them extremely annoying if they find a way into any unoccupied areas of your fortress.

Kea are skittish around other creatures, so pastured livestock are generally enough to send them winging away empty-clawed. Unfortunately, the livestock appear to be equally scared of the pilfering pests, so your dwarves will spend considerable time herding them back into their pastures when a kea flock appears.

Kea are often too small to be butchered, but may be a source of eggs if captured and tamed. They can and will draw blood on dwarves and small pets, like cats. A wagon newly deployed to a fortress can be beset by a large, ravenous group of kea and have their stuff stolen and their days ruined. If you find that your newly founded fortress is infested with kea, a good defensive measure is to move the contents of your wagon underground as quickly as possible, using temporary stockpiles in your fortress entrance if necessary. This will force the pests to stop flying if they want to come and steal something, making them no more or less threatening than other thieving beasts.


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Apparently undead versions of keas are instantly transformed into kung-fu masters at the moment of their infection , being witnessed on multiple accounts to shatter bones of dwarf sized creatures including femurs through bronze greaves with no more than a light tap of their first toe , as utterly improbable as it may seem for a bird weighing in on average less than 1 kg , the only scholarly explanation for this odd phenomena so far is that it may be a cruel inside joke of Armok himself .


Admired for their curiosity and intelligence
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