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Meet Naika, a young Tookie of the Tookie Island aerie

Naika

Sulpher Crested Cockatoo- Angora cat
Cacatua galerita - Felis catus

Naika is a small but conspicuous griffon. Only 60 centimeters to the top of her bright yellow crest, you still cannot avoid noticing her shining white fur and feathers as she flashes through the tree canopy. Long before you see her though, her carrying voice lets you know you are within her territory.
Naika is a social little griff though, happy to chatter and gossip with anyone. She is incurably curios, and is often sticking her beak into trouble. That powerful beak, capable of cracking the hardest nuts is a formidible weapon when needed, though she uses it more often to carve her nest tree into "artistic" shapes.
She also loves to dance, bobbing and weaving comically to her own inner music.
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Comments: 14

jacij [2012-08-07 02:04:24 +0000 UTC]

This is such a cute combination "D

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Nashoba-Hostina [2010-10-04 01:03:34 +0000 UTC]

Buahaa, Ii love it! You now have the fluffiest tookie-tail of all time XD (Also, looove the wings, by the way)

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ChatLunatique In reply to Nashoba-Hostina [2010-10-07 08:01:35 +0000 UTC]

Wait till you see her excited or frightened, she can really puff it out!

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Navare [2010-09-30 22:31:25 +0000 UTC]

Aaawwwwwsome

cockatoos are the best ^^

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Servaline [2010-09-30 21:19:29 +0000 UTC]

Now this is an amazing combination haha! I love it! And I LOVE how you drew the feet

Now every time I see a sulphur crested cockatoo fly over our house I'll think of this

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ChatLunatique In reply to Servaline [2010-10-01 06:23:57 +0000 UTC]

Cockatoos have the most amazing, dexterous feet. I love them
Since I drew this. I spotted a video of one twisting an unlatched padlock off his cage, on youtube,and now I have pages of nothing but cockatoo feet in my sketchbook!!

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MidnasShadow [2010-09-30 19:52:53 +0000 UTC]

Oh my gosh she is adorable! Love her!

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Silver-Sundog [2010-09-30 14:12:01 +0000 UTC]

This is absurdly adorable. The fluffy cheeks in the top right picture are SOOOO cute.

If I ever saw her dance, I'm sure I would squeal like a schoolgirl. xD

OH MAN, though, I can just see my Tookie gryphon Tirrike trying to pluck out her crest feathers, though. xDDD

SO FREAKIN CUTE. <33

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ChatLunatique In reply to Silver-Sundog [2010-10-01 06:30:31 +0000 UTC]

I wish I could animate. There's an Elanora cockatoo that dances to the Backstreet Boys on youtube(yeah I did a bunch of cockatoo research), who's absolutly adorable.

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Silver-Sundog In reply to ChatLunatique [2010-10-01 19:15:14 +0000 UTC]

OH GOD, SNOWBALL?

I would snuggle that bird into oblivion. Too darn cute for its own good. xD And you captured that chipper birdie cuteness here, which isn't as easy to do as people might think. <3

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ChatLunatique In reply to Silver-Sundog [2010-10-02 06:16:04 +0000 UTC]

Yep, Snowball, queen of cockatoo dancing awesomeness.

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Berrykitten [2010-09-30 13:28:52 +0000 UTC]

What a cute design she has! Adorable tookie islander

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JadeThePredator [2010-09-29 15:52:09 +0000 UTC]

Awww, she's so adorable! I love her design! Suits her character very well! Great work on the wings and her talons, too.

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KesraReulen [2010-09-29 13:44:42 +0000 UTC]

Adoreable concept.

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