# Jubjub bird

J jubjub bird 

Difficulty

17

Attacks

Bite 1d10 physical, Claw 1d10 physical

J jubjub bird 

Difficulty

17

Attacks

Bite 1d10 physical, Claw 1d10 physical

Base level

15

Base experience

489

Speed

12

Base AC

−2

Base MR

50

Alignment

0 (neutral)

Frequency (by normal means)

1 (Very rare)

Genocidable

Yes

Weight

1000

Nutritional value

100

Size

medium

Resistances

Resistances conveyed

A jubjub bird:

 has no hands.

 is an animal.

 is herbivorous.

 is normally generated hostile.

 is nasty.

 can be seen through infravision.
 does not appear in Gehennom.
 appears only in Gehennom.

 cannot be tamed.

The jubjub bird is a monster in dNetHack. They periodically "scream shrill and high", frightening all monsters on the level and stunning the player character. Any pets that are frightened by the scream also have their tameness increased by one.
A blessed tin of jubjub bird meat is "symmetrical" and particularly nutritious, giving 600 nutrition and acting as a single-use unicorn horn.

A player polymorphed into a jubjub bird can use the #monster command to scream.

But the valley grew narrow and narrower still,
		And the evening got darker and colder,
	Till (merely from nervousness, not from goodwill)
		They marched along shoulder to shoulder.
	Then a scream, shrill and high, rent the shuddering sky,
		And they knew that some danger was near:
	The Beaver turned pale to the tip of its tail,
		And even the Butcher felt queer.
	[...]
	Such friends, as the Beaver and Butcher became,
		Have seldom if ever been known;
	In winter or summer, 'twas always the same—
		You could never meet either alone.

	And when quarrels arose—as one frequently finds
		Quarrels will, spite of every endeavour—
	The song of the Jubjub recurred to their minds,
		And cemented their friendship for ever!

The Hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll 