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such rare animals that they are mentioned only in the Imperial personal archive of the great almaur library and in private collections in the form of records of travelers and paleonic pilgrims-NOK-noki or night hibuki

NOK-NOK are found in the Northern paleon, on plains, but most often in pine forests without undergrowth and exclusively at night.
everyone who has met them notes that they avoid the light of the lantern, but do not behave aggressively. they are able to speak many languages, and they will try all the languages they know until they find a suitable one for the person they are talking to. they note the other person's reaction to their native language, so they don't need verbal confirmation that the other person understood them.
as soon as NOK-NOK has picked up the language, he starts asking questions, communicating. their voice is always quiet, despite the size (less than caniceros NOK-NOK have not met, the size reaches up to 5 meters in the hump), as if the average locust or other erect animal speaks from their mouth. they speak without opening their mouths, but with a grin, however, usually in a friendly voice.
the most terrible thing that travelers describe is that as soon as you answer them something, they throw their heads back and start laughing. their laughter is not at all like the laughter of an erect person, unlike the voice, it is very loud, with mockery and malice. they can laugh for a long time, but they always stop very abruptly, suddenly lowering their head and looking again at the interlocutor and ceasing to shudder. after a while, they continue to try to talk.
the word "give" most often appears in the speech of NOK-NOK, may appear suddenly: "come with us, give, and I can be your neighbor."
in all the references, the NOK-Noks are coal-black, without light spots, and only their eyes are white. those are so white that the pupil is almost invisible.
it is said that they can meet both singly and in large flocks. many references were made to the fact that there are non-proportional NOK-Noks, ridiculously ugly: a huge head, small legs, huge ears and tiny eyes. such individuals behave like ordinary ones, the only available remark: a forked voice, as if speaking several creatures.
we should talk about packs separately. they write that:
they don't have a leader, but they move in sync
they are constantly shouting to each other with sounds similar to the bubbling and cow lowing at the same time
as soon as the traveler begins to speak, the entire pack falls silent, then simultaneously bursts into demonic laughter.

druzhelyunost NOK-NOK deceptive, despite the fact that they do not touch the traveler, any animal that was with him will be instantly killed as soon as the traveler breaks contact with him. for example, peel off ceniceros on the ground and let the reins. they pounce on him in a pack, tearing him to shreds, devouring him in huge chunks.
they react to weapons with retreat and external indignation.
their speech is spontaneous, but structured - they know the meaning of what they are talking about. one of palevsky monks sent on a single knock-knock the sword, after which he, stepping back, said: "we think it's an extra item, and very stupid," and laughed viciously, continuing to walk slowly after the frightened pilgrim.

the strangest reference to NOK-Noks is to an animal with three heads, one of which protruded from its hump, gradually sinking into the beast, while it added to the scale, addressing the traveler: "lead us, join us, give us the same."