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Knifelet
What offspring of the members of the Aceraperid family are known as, Knifelets are small, fluffy incomplete mirror images of their parents. Their bodies, still covered in a feathery down has not yet grown the defensive feathered covering their adults sport. This means Knifelets are very vulnerable to danger, giving their parents more than a reason to watch over them.
Knifelets are given their name for their knife-like beak, significantly smaller than that of an adult Aceraperid. These beaks grow over the course of the youngster's life, by mimicking the hunting methods used by their parents. Different Aceraperid young can, in fact, change to that of another's if they were adopted by the other species. A Swordbeak's young for example, can change to that of an Axebeak's if the young mimics their adopted parent's hunting methods. Some special cases have mutations that occur to Knifelets who are half way in development of their beaks, causing longer, shorter, or misshapen beak variants.
In preparation for adulthood, Knifelets also sharpen their beaks against rocks and play fight among each other. Most of the time when they practice hunting, they are unsuccessful and usually just rely on their parents for food during the first few weeks of hatching. Their young metabolisms demand a large amount of food, ranging from small insects to chunks of fruit to even little chunklets of meat. A very irritating cry is emitted from a hungry Knifelet if demands aren't met.
Although very soft, Knifelets are not recommended to be picked up. Their beaks, though small, can still cause some severe damage to exposed flesh if the Knifelet jabs at it. If one does want to carry a Knifelet in their hands, one must be sure to wear a pair of reinforced gloves to prevent any harm to one's skin. You can find these gloves at your local general department store.
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I wonder if people could make Robotic copies made to look like Aceraperids with special variants of beaks thataren't found in the wild to produce a man made new variant of Aceraperid ( Laserbeak anybody?).