
#104 Shantaks are a species of flying bird-like creatures that lay eggs of colossal size with rich flavor. Very few humans are known to have seen them in person. In the story of "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" describe this creature like this..." They were not any birds or bats known elsewhere on earth or in dreamland, for they were larger than elephants and had heads like a horse. Carter knew that they must be the Shantak-birds of ill rumour, and wondered no more what evil guardians and nameless sentinels made men avoid the boreal rock desert. It was hard work ascending, for the Shantak-bird has scales instead of feathers, and those scales are very slippery." | Book II - Lovecraft Alien