Ostrelephant

A bizarre combination of ostrich and elephant, these creatures can be encountered in Nintendo/Brownie Brown/HAL Laboratory's 2006 Mother 3 Gameboy Advance roleplaying video game. While said title was never officially released outside of Japan, the ROM received an English fan translation, courtesy of Starmen.net, in 2008. Ostrelephant [駝鳥象 (Dachou Zou), literally "Ostrich Elephant", in the original Japanese version] is just one example of the many strange animal amalgams that the game's protagonists will have to contend with throughout their adventures.
Ostrelephant Statistics
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Japanese Name:
駝鳥象 Dachou Zou (Ostrich Elephant)
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Encounter:
Outside the Chimera Lab (Chapter 7)
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Hit Points (HP):
400
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Psi Points (PP):
0
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Experience Level:
37
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Experience Points (EXP):
374
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Dragon Power (DP):
$75
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Item Drops:
Beef Jerky (5% chance)
[Recover 60 HP]
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Offense:
105
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Defense:
50
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IQ:
25
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Speed:
48
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Attacks:
Charge Forward: Inflicts 70-80 points of damage.
Continuous Peck Attack: Hits twice, inflicting 20-30 points of damage with each strike.
Fans its Ears: No damage or effects.
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Resistances:
Strong: DCMC and Poison.
Moderate: Apologize, Cry, Ice, Laugh, Paralyze, Sleep, Strange, and Wall Staple.
Weak: Bomb, Fire, Flammable, Freezable, and Light.
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Materials:
Newsprint, tissue paper, white glue, acrylic paint, super glue, and transparent plastic (disc base only).
Dimensions:
4.3 cm (1.7") x 5.5 cm (2.2") [widest point x highest point]
Time:
Two days; December 16 and 18, 2013.

Below are several mid-construction photos of my Ostrelephant figure:
For comparison/informational purposes, below are several relevant images:
Lucas and his dog, Boney, run afoul of an Ostrelephant.
Ostrelephant running animations that I made from the game's overworld sprites using the GIMP software.
Ostrelephant battle sprites.
The back view appears to show a short tail, but, as none of the other sprites reflect this, I opted not to put one on my figure.
Ostrelephant skeleton display.
A couple of fan-made Ostrelephant images by "chainsawlegs" (left) and "honeymustard" (right), created via photo manipulation using pictures of real ostriches and elephants.
REFERENCES:
GameFAQs Mother 3 guides/walkthroughs.
Spriter's Resource Ostrelephant sprite sheet, ripped by "redblueyellow".
Starmen.net Mother 3 enemy and item lists.
Wikipedia Mother 3 article.
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The midi music playing is "Summers", one of the themes from the SNES video game Earthbound (Mother 2).
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