Groosling
Flora & Fauna
Groosling is type of wild bird that looks like wild turkey, but is about the size of chickens. Katniss Everdeen often hunts them to trade when she is in District 12. She also hunts them and eats them when she is in the 74th Hunger Games.
Rue, District 11 tribute, talks to Katniss about the bird. She says they can often be found in her district. This gives the image that district 12 and 11 are close in vicinity because they have similar habitats.
Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
74 ADD
Brittany Vlaminck
image: http://www.nwtf.org/nwtf_newsroom/Downloads/eastern_flock1_300.jpg
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Lizard Mutts
Flora & Fauna
These creepy mutations are said to be as tall as humans but with tight, white, scaly skin. They have long, sharp claws and the ability to decapitate a person with one bite. They smell of roses to remind Katniss of President Snow's Roses. They were created to chase down and kill Katniss and other rebels. As they followed the group of rebels through the underground tunnels, they hissed Katniss's name.
These creatures had the ability to jump really far making it easy for them to catch up to the group. Four of the rebels from this group were killed by these beasts including Finnick.
These creatures show the power of manipulation the capital has on their creations and it shows how evil they can be.
Capital Scientists
Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
75 ADD or 76 ADD
Brittany Vlaminck
Lizard Mutts: https://www.tumblr.com/search/lizard+mutts
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Monkey Mutts
Flora & Fauna
The monkey mutts were created for the 75th Hunger Games. The monkeys made up one section of the arena and they attacked tributes that were in that section during the four o'clock hour every twelve hours.
The monkeys were said to be orange and look like mandrills. They also had sharp teeth and claws that popped out like "razor blades". When bitten, the bite would often look harmless but could be deep enough to cause internal bleeding.
When Katniss, Peeta and Finnick were in the monkey's section during a four o'clock hour, one of the "morphlings" sacrificed herself to protect Peeta. The sacrifice showed that the tributes in the games this year were worried about protecting healthier and younger tributes - specifically Katniss and Peeta because of their parts in taking down the Capital after the games.
Capital Scientists
Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
75 ADD (After Dark Days)
Brittany Vlaminck
monkey mutts: http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/mandril,mandrill/Interesting
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Wolf Mutts
Flora & Fauna
The wolf mutts were created to become a part of the 74th Hunger Games. As the game was down to the final four tributes, these mutations popped out of the ground to terrorize the tributes, by either killing them or to leading them towards the cornucopia.
Thresh was killed by these creatures, and they tortured Cato until Katniss took mercy on him and shot him.
These beasts show how evil and manipulative the Capital can be during the games. The mutts were created to force the tributes to run to the same general vicinity so that they would attack one another. The mutts were also given attributes to look like and act like the fallen tributes from the 74th Hunger Games. This was meant to affect the tributes psychologically. This technique worked specifically on Katniss Everdeen, when she noticed the smallest mutt had attributes that reminded her of her friend, Rue.
Capital Scientists
Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
74 ADD (After Dark Days)
74 ADD (After Dark Days)
Brittany Vlaminck
Mutts: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/nailbiter111/news/?a=57771
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Lady
Flora & Fauna
Lady was a birthday present from Katniss to Prim. Originally owned by the Goatman, Katniss bought the goat at a good price due to its lame leg.
The goat produced milk for the family. When Katniss is sent to the 74th Hunger Games, she tells Prim to make cheese from the milk to sell to make money for the family.
Katniss's family is very poor and when Katniss suggests to sell cheese made from Lady's milk, we now this will be the only source of income for the family from now on.
Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
74 ADD (After Dark Days)
Brittany Vlaminck
Lady: http://images5.fanpop.com/image/polls/1110000/1110968_1346465111804_full.jpg
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Buttercup
Flora & Fauna
Buttercup is Primrose's pet cat. He is considered to be an ugly cat because of his matted, dirty fur and his scrunched up nose. He also has an ear with a chunk missing. His name is derived from Prim's belief that his yellow fur is comparable to the flower.
Buttercup was rescued and cured by Prim, making them instant friends. On the other paw, Katniss, Prim's older sister, does not have much luck with the feline. This is because Katniss had tried to drown the animal at one point.
Buttercup serves as a source of comfort for Prim when Katniss is in the 74th and 75th Hunger Games. He later becomes a source of comfort for Katniss when the two put aside their differences after an unfortunate accident.
Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
74 ADD (After Dark Days)
Brittany Vlaminck
Buttercup: http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/Buttercup
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Novel
Rampion
Flora
Rampion is a plant that grew in the garden of a mysterious enchantress. A Queen craved rampion, or Rapunzel, so much that she had her husband sneak into the Enchantress’ garden and steal some. After being caught, the Enchantress told the King that his wife could eat as much of the Rampion as she wanted, as long as he promised their first born child. After the child was born, the Enchantress took it away and named it Rapunzel. <br /><br /><em>Don’t eat other peoples food, especially if they have magical powers.</em>
The Enchantress
<em>Rapunzel</em> from Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ashley Geditz
Image Source:<br /><p>https://www.flickr.com/photos/upsa-daisy/2658805290/</p>
Tracker Jacker
Flora and Fauna
Tracker Jackers are a wasp like mutation who's venom can cause sickness, hallucinations, madness, and sometimes death. These creatures are significantly larger than average wasps and have a distict gold body. Tracker Jackers are known to attack anyone they feel threatened by and have the ability to track down their enemies. One sting from these little guys can create a lump "the size of a plum", there is also a green ooze that drips out of the stings.
The significance to their existence is that they can be perceived as a third party in any war because they do not take sides, but rather they attack anyone or thing that poses a threat to them.
In the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen uses these dangerous little guys to attack and ward off the Careers. This attack kills two of the tributes, Glimmer from District 1 and the girl from District 4.
While dropping the nest on the Careers helps her escape, Katniss does not leave untouched. She suffers from three stings from the tracker jacker nest. This causes her to hallucinate, making an encounter with Peeta seem unreal.
Capital scientists
Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
These wasp like mutations were created in the Dark Days of Panem.
Brittany Vlaminck
Lecky, Daniel. Tracker Jacker Concept. Digital image. Catching Fire Concept Art Project. Daniel Lecky: Artist/Designer, 2014. Web. 14 Nov. 2014. <http://www.leckydesigns.com/2012/07/12/catching-fire-concept-art-project/>.
Mockingjay
Flora and Fauna
Mocking jays are an accidental mutation that came into existence when male jabberjays mated with female mocking jays after being released into the wild during the Dark Days.
While mockingjays do not have the same abilities as the jabberjay to remember whole conversations or even to enunciate words; they do have the ability to recite notes, tunes, and even melodies to whole songs when they are sung to by a human voice that they think is beautiful. These birds can also recreate songs.
The significance of the appearance of the mockingjays in the hunger games series is that they are considered a symbol of rebellion against the capital because their existence was caused by a mistake made by the capital. Their presence is also a reminder for Katniss Everdeen of her father and of her friend and 74th hunger game ally, Rue.
The presence of mockingjays in the 74th hunger games also becomes important to how Katniss and Rue communicate when they separate to "take out" the career's food supply.
Mockingjays are the product of cross breeding Mocking Birds with Jabberjays.
Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
These birds originated sometime during the Dark Days. Their existence happened shortly after Jabberjays were released into the wild. This would have been over 75 years before Katniss Everdeen took down the Capital.
Brittany Vlaminck
Mockingjay Bird. Digital image. Gallery for Mockingjay Bird Drawings. Online Image Arcade, n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2014. <http://imgarcade.com/1/mockingjay-bird-drawing/>.
Nightlock
Plants
<p>Nightlock is a wild plant with poisonous berries that Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark used to win the 74th Hunger Games. The berries are infamous for the lethal poisonous juices that are inside. The nightlock juice is so toxic that it can kill anyone who eats it in a matter of seconds.</p>
<p><em>“The only known sources for these deadly berries are in the arena of the 74th Hunger Games and around District 12 and District 13.”</em></p>
Unknown
<em>Hunger Games </em>Series by Suzanne Collins
74 ADD (After the Dark Days)
Sarah Sproul
Margaerstyrell. "Nightlock." <em>Tumblr</em>. Tumblr, Inc, n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.