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 climbRateMps: 2.6
      },
      ground: { walkSpeed: 0.45, hurrySpeed: 1.1, strideLengthM: 0.07, turnRateRad: 3.2 },
      surfaceSuitability: {
        minRadiusM: 0.10, maxSlopeDeg: 28, gripFeet: true,
        kinds: { branch: 1.0, rock: 0.85, rooftop: 0.9, ledge: 0.85, railing: 0.6, glass: 0.0, ground: 1.0 }
      },
      behavior: { fleeDistanceM: 2.6, alertDistanceM: 5.0, curiosity: 0.55, restlessness: 0.6, sociality: 0.8, decisionIntervalS: 2.5 },
      descriptions: {
        PERCHED: [
          'The parakeet settles onto the branch, gripping the wood while its long tail hangs below. Its green wings fold against its body. It turns its yellow-and-orange head toward movement nearby, then shifts along the branch.',
          'Perched and watchful, the parakeet sits with folded wings, tail angled for balance, cocking its head at each small sound from the ground below.'
        ],
        SURFACE_REST: [
          'The parakeet stands on the flat top, wings folded, and turns slowly on the spot to survey the ground below — head cocking at every new sound. From here, it can choose its next direction in its own time.',
          'On the flat surface the parakeet rests with wings folded tight, occasionally taking a sidling step to reposition, its long tail held clear of the stone.'
        ],
        GROUND_IDLE: [
          'On the ground the parakeet stands alert, tail tilted up, taking quick sidelong looks before deciding where to hop next.'
        ],
        GROUND_FORAGE: [
          'The parakeet picks at fallen seeds on the ground, head bobbing down and up, pausing often to look around — a flock bird, never fully at ease alone on the ground.'
        ],
        TAKEOFF: [
          'The parakeet looks toward its destination, leans, and lets go — pushing off hard as its wings snap open, dropping a little before the first strong wingbeats take hold.'
        ],
        FLIGHT: [
          'The parakeet flies fast and direct, wings beating in strong, even strokes, its long pointed tail streaming behind like a green banner.',
          'In flight the parakeet is all purpose: quick wingbeats, a slight bounding rhythm, the yellow head leading the way.'
        ],
        FLIGHT_GLIDE: [
          'For a moment the parakeet holds its wings outstretched and glides, easing downward, before the wingbeats resume.'
        ],
        LAND_BRANCH: [
          'The parakeet swings its feet forward, wings fanning wide to brake, and reaches for the branch — toes closing around the wood as its tail dips to balance, and only then do the wings fold away.'
        ],
        LAND_SURFACE: [
          'The parakeet brakes hard above the flat top, wings fanning, and drops the last short distance — feet touching, a quick step to catch its balance, then the wings fold.'
        ],
        LAND_GROUND: [
          'The parakeet comes down in a steep, braking descent, feet reaching, and touches the ground with two quick running steps before folding its wings.'
        ],
        ALERT: [
          'The parakeet freezes, head high and still, watching the movement that startled it.'
        ]
      }
    },

    'dodo': {
      id: 'dodo',
      commonName: 'Dodo',
      scientificName: 'Raphus cucullatus',
      family: 'Columbidae (pigeons and doves) — a giant flightless island pigeon',
      extinctYear: 1681,
      lastRecordNote: 'Last widely accepted sighting 1662 on Mauritius; statistical extinction estimate ~1690.',
      evidence: {
        identity:   { 'class': 'DOCUMENTED', note: 'Known from subfossil bones, preserved specimens (head/foot in museum collections), and contemporary accounts.' },
        coloration: { 'class': 'INFERRED', display: 'RECONSTRUCTED', note: 'Grey-brown plumage from written descriptions and period paintings; exact shades reconstructed — labeled as such wherever shown.' },
        size:       { 'class': 'DOCUMENTED', note: '~1 m tall, roughly 10-17 kg — skeletal measurements and historical accounts.' },
        flight:     { 'class': 'DOCUMENTED', note: 'Flightless: reduced wings, massive body, island evolution without mammalian predators.' },
        gait:       { 'class': 'INFERRED',   note: 'Walking gait inferred from skeletal biomechanics and its living relatives among pigeons and ratite-like walkers.' },
        behavior:   { 'class': 'INFERRED',   note: 'Ground forager (fallen fruit, seeds, bulbs); accounts describe little fear of humans — island tameness.' },
        vocalization:{ 'class': 'SPECULATIVE', note: 'No recording can exist (extinct 1681). This simulation is silent rather than inventing a call.' }
      },
      size: { lengthM: 0.85, heightM: 1.0, wingspanM: 0.0, massKg: 13.5 },
      capabilities: { canFly: false, canPerch: false, canSwim: false, canDive: false, gait: 'stride', flightStyle: null },
      colors: {
        body: 0x8a7f72, belly: 0x9c9184, head: 0x7d7268, face: 0x6e6459,
        wing: 0xb8a888, wingTip: 0xcabfa4, tail: 0xd