Jubjub bird

The Jubjub bird is a dangerous creature mentioned in Lewis Carroll's nonsense poems "Jabberwocky" and "The Hunting of the Snark".

In "Jabberwocky", the only detail given about the bird is that the protagonist should "beware" it. In The Hunting of the Snark, however, the creature is described in much greater depth. It is found in a narrow, dark, depressing and isolated valley. Its voice when heard is described "a scream, shrill and high" like a pencil squeaking on a slate, and significantly scares those who hear it, including the Beaver, who "turn[s] pale to the tip of its tail" Its character traits include that it is "desperate" and "lives in perpetual passion", it "knows any friend it has met once before" and will not "look at a bribe".

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

The Jubjub bird appears in Tim Burton's 2010 version of Alice in Wonderland as a giant bird resembling a vulture and a speckled chicken with a red head, long yellow beak and a blue tongue. It is first seen when it captures both Tweedledum and Tweedledee while trying to escape with Alice. It is not seen again until the Red Queen releases the Jubjub Bird onto a rebellious crowd. During the final battle, after the Mad Hatter's interference the Jubjub bird joins to fight for the Red Queen, only to later have its head crushed by a giant boulder from a catapult.

Other appearances

In the computer game WarBreeds, a reptilian version of the Jubjub is the flying unit of the Tanu race.

The Bluetones recorded a song titled "The Jub-Jub Bird", which was released in 1998 on their second album Return to the Last Chance Saloon.Damas, Jason. "Return to the Last Chance Saloon - The Bluetones". allmusic. Retrieved 26 December 2013. 

A Disney Channel show titled Austin & Ally had an episode where there was a coat made of "Jub-Jub Bird" feathers.

The Jub-Jub Bird appears in the lyrics from Endless Forms Most Beautiful, in the song Alpenglow, from the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish.

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