FREQUENCY: Rare

FREQUENCY: Rare ([Temperate Wilderness Swamp])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Temperate Wilderness Forest])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Temperate Freshwater Surface])

FREQUENCY: Rare ([Tropical Wilderness Swamp])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Tropical Wilderness Forest])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Tropical Freshwater Surface])

NO. APPEARING: 1-2
ARMOR CLASS: 5
MOVE: 15" / 15" (MC: D)
HIT DICE: 9
% IN LAIR: Nil
TREASURE TYPE: Nil
NO. OF ATTACKS: 3
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-6/1-6/2-16
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Surprises 2 in 8
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Immune to poison
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
INTELLIGENCE: Animal
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: L (12' tall)
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: VI | 900 + 12

SAVES: 8.9.10.9.11

The gigantic boobrie resembles a smaller, marsh-dwelling relative of <sz>
the roc. Its favorite foods, other than the huge marsh catfish, are <sz> <catfish, giant?>
humans && sheep. Its long legs permit fast running and easy movement
through swampy ground, but its claws are relatively weak.

The boobrie's flight is slow. Its principal attack is by means of its long, <slow>
hooked beak. These birds are totally immune to all forms of poison, and if
favored forms of prey are not available they will eat snakes, lizards, and
even spiders of sufficient size. They achieve surprise by crouching
amidst tall grasses. If 2 are encountered they will be either a mated pair
of adults (at least 5 points per hit die) or a pair of young (4 or fewer points per hit die).

A boobrie looks as if it were a huge heron with a beak resembling a cross <symbol.symbol>
between that of a heron and an [eagle]. There are a number of small, <sz>
sharp teeth along the edges of the beak.