Buzzard wasp

History
Buzzard-Wasps are horrible, filthy flying monsters that live in caves they dig out of Si Wong Rock located in the Si Wong Desert. These hideous creatures are four legged insects that have a bird like head and a bee or wasp like body. They are brown in color except for their beaks, a collar of greyish fur around their neck and grey or white stripes on their abdomens. They have wings attached to their midsections and are capable of flight.

While they primarily subsist on carrion and prefer not to hunt live game, they will attack if absolutely desperate for food or are provoked by something invading their home caves. In such cases they can be incredibly dangerous, as their beaks and talons are razor sharp. The females produce a sticky substance similar to honey that they feed to their young. The fluid Buzzard-Wasps produce is akin to honey but has the flavor of "rotten penguin meat." This "honey" is possibly created from the carrion that the buzzard-wasps eat, in the same fashion bees make real honey from flower nectar. This would account for the rotten meat flavor.



Buzzard-Wasps appear in the episode, "The Desert."

Connection
Buzzard-Wasps seem to be a combination of a vulture and a wasp. Vultures are large scavenger birds that are distinguised by their bald heads.