Creature:Rastie

Biology
The Rasti are a race of quadrupedal creatures that have feathers, a mouth with a ring of teach with a beak at the center to crack hard food. They are omnivorous, but they prefer meat. They have two arms which are not particularly strong, and they have a very fast metabolism. The there legs are strong and are hard and leathery like a rhinoceros foot. But by far the most interesting thing about there biology is that there are three genders.

Male
The males are strong and aggressive, they are highly territorial, they do not tolerate the uninvited intrusion of another male. They are solitary, and live by themselves until they mate, after which they will live together for life.

Female
The females are just as aggressive and territorial as the males, and will drive away any female that intrudes uninvited on there territory or there mate. They are powerful hunters and often accompany there mates on the hunt, but they do not rear the young, that they leave to the third gender, the Neither.

Neither
The neither is the third gender, and they are far smaller and weaker than male or female genders. The neither are very timid and are more sociable than the other two genders, and they tend to live in large groups for mutual protection and for support. There are often one neither born for every five males or females, and often all neither live in the house of the clan in which they were born. The neither take care of children, maintain the household, and preform all labor that males and females would delegate as being beneath them. Overall the neither gender is considered weak and cowardly by the rest of the species, and are often treated like second class citizens.

Culture
The Rasti are a race that developed from hunters, and they are highly aggressive and territorial. They live together in clan houses which are basically towns or cities which multiple Rasti families live. The clan houses are divided into two sections, the male and female, in which up and coming members of the genders live and are taught how to be a male or how to be a female. The rasti often have hunting parties which go into the wilderness and

Society
The Rasti family is basically a mated pair which has multiple neither who raise and take care of the any children born. Children live with the neither until the children come of age. At which point they are separated and taken to the male and female sections of the clan house, and taught how to be adults. The neither children stay with there care takers and are inducted into being a neither. Each gender has special rituals and ceremonies that are kept secret from the other genders and are considered sacred to the respective genders.