User blog comment:Zephyr the Exalted/Make-a-Mutt Workshop/@comment-24037865-20150804135353

Name: Chameron Harpy

Appearance: The Chameron Harpy resembles an eagle, except it is the size of a bear. It has a wide wingspan compared to its size, with rough plumage. It has long, pointed talons that can both shred you to pieces and poison you once scratched. The same goes for its fanged teeth. The colour of its body and feathers is unknown, since it changes depending on its background. It looks harmless from afar, but don't let it fool you—one wrong move and you are dead.

Abilities: The Chameron Harpy is able to fly long distances at an incredible speed. Its talons and teeth are poisonous, and once scratched, you only have twenty-four hours to live. The reason for the long time before a tribute dies is to give more suspense to the Capitol audience. It has extremely good vision, especially at night, and hunts tributes for food. Its screeches can deafen tributes. Oh, and its most prominent ability is to change colours to camoflauge to its background.

Weaknesses: The Chameron Harpy is a very, very rare mutt that rarely shows up. It never shows up during the day, either, due to its nocturnality. If it is somehow fed and full, it would not attack tributes. In fact, if a tribute feeds it, the tribute has a chance of taming it and being overpowered. It also has a low guard, so it can be killed if it isn't attacking you first.

Samples' history: DNAs for all three required animals were taken and added equally. This resulted in a very neutral animal who would only attack if attacked, and only kill small animals for food. The DNA for the great horned owl was increased, and this caused the mutt to be damaged by sunlight. However, this also made the mutt more hostile, so the mutt-creators decided to keep the great horned owl's DNA like this and only release it at night. When no one could decide how the mutt would look like, one scientist suggested to have it change colours. This is why they created a multi-coloured feather that would be able to change colours once in the arena. They also increased the harpy eagle DNA, which caused its screams to be defeaning. A few scientists' ears bled in the process, but the mutt was contained soon afterwards. Because the pitohui can poison things, the scientists created a personalised poison and injected it in the mutt's teeth and talons. The end result was the Chameron Harpy.

Additional information: The Chameron Harpy is so called because the "cham" part is for camoflauge, which the great horned owl provides, the "on" is from the pitohui, and the "harpy" for the harpy eagle.