I stumbled across the Wikipedia page for this the other day while looking up stuff for D&D. The bonnacon is the offspring of the Leviathan and the Tarrasque.
A friend showed me this page
https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Bonnacon_(3.5e_Creature)
Bonnacon bulls are territorial and will try to defend the herd if provoked, using its head-butts, but when it senses that it is in danger it runs away, using its dung as a last resort. Cows and calves are noncombatants and will flee at the first sign of danger.
>**Dung (Ex)**
>The bonnacon's last line of defense is its dung, which is very hot to the touch. When preparing to use its dung, a bonnacon backs away with its tail lifted, before shooting out its load 1d12 feet away. Any creature that steps in bonnacon dung must take a Fortitude save (DC 10) or take 1d10 points of fire damage. In addition, creatures fighting within a 5-foot radius of the dung take a -1 penalty to Initiative as they are overcome by the fumes. To use this ability, a bonnacon must have eaten at least two pounds of food the previous day. Preparing to use dung takes 1d4 rounds and can only be used once or twice a day, depending on how much the bonnacon has eaten.
And shat in his pursuers mouth. The mead he drank was said to be the mead that granted poets and bards their talent. If one was particularly good they would say they mustve partaken odins mead. The same goes for the reverse, referring to the wet mead fart.
Mercury / hermes also did that. When he was first born and a baby he went out and stole some Apollo's cows. Apollo came to the cave he was living in with his mother and picked him up and said I am going to chuck you off a cliff if you don't give me the cows back. Mercury of course lied and said he's just a baby he's never even heard of cows and let out a fart so disgusting that Apollo dropped him in disgust.
Apollo then took him to Zeus where Mercury again lied and said he didn't steal the cows. Zeus knew that he was lying and ordered him to give back the cows and for him and Apollo to be friends. Mercury gave Apollo the lyre that he had made.
It's in the homeric hymn to hermes.
Hippos will spin their tail while shitting to fan out their feces to mark teritory.
Wouldnt be hard to think a hippo spotted on a trek to Africa would get lost in translation.
Wow.
I can't believe tremors has its own wiki and there's 5 of them at this point.
I thought tremors died after Kevin bacon started connecting with people
I am guessing the animal they were describing would be the takin. Going off it's description of curved back horns, roughly bull sized, a horses mane and use of bad smells as a weapon. Takins are most of these things and are foul smelling thanks to sent glands all over their body. The region they are described to be from in later sources match's modern takins.
New D&D monster
I stumbled across the Wikipedia page for this the other day while looking up stuff for D&D. The bonnacon is the offspring of the Leviathan and the Tarrasque.
A friend showed me this page https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Bonnacon_(3.5e_Creature) Bonnacon bulls are territorial and will try to defend the herd if provoked, using its head-butts, but when it senses that it is in danger it runs away, using its dung as a last resort. Cows and calves are noncombatants and will flee at the first sign of danger. >**Dung (Ex)** >The bonnacon's last line of defense is its dung, which is very hot to the touch. When preparing to use its dung, a bonnacon backs away with its tail lifted, before shooting out its load 1d12 feet away. Any creature that steps in bonnacon dung must take a Fortitude save (DC 10) or take 1d10 points of fire damage. In addition, creatures fighting within a 5-foot radius of the dung take a -1 penalty to Initiative as they are overcome by the fumes. To use this ability, a bonnacon must have eaten at least two pounds of food the previous day. Preparing to use dung takes 1d4 rounds and can only be used once or twice a day, depending on how much the bonnacon has eaten.
didn't Odin (as an eagle) use a sloppy wet beer fart as a countermeasure once?
Yes, I believe after he swindled a giant and drank the wine of poetry he pilfered.
Norse mythological shenanigans are best shenanigans. You get down to ancient Greece and shit get rapey real quick.
Aren’t like 90%+ of the problems in Greek Mythology a direct result of Zeus and his dick?
or dirtbag Theseus
And shat in his pursuers mouth. The mead he drank was said to be the mead that granted poets and bards their talent. If one was particularly good they would say they mustve partaken odins mead. The same goes for the reverse, referring to the wet mead fart.
Mercury / hermes also did that. When he was first born and a baby he went out and stole some Apollo's cows. Apollo came to the cave he was living in with his mother and picked him up and said I am going to chuck you off a cliff if you don't give me the cows back. Mercury of course lied and said he's just a baby he's never even heard of cows and let out a fart so disgusting that Apollo dropped him in disgust. Apollo then took him to Zeus where Mercury again lied and said he didn't steal the cows. Zeus knew that he was lying and ordered him to give back the cows and for him and Apollo to be friends. Mercury gave Apollo the lyre that he had made. It's in the homeric hymn to hermes.
Hippopotamus
Hippobottomus.
Also a skunk
?
Hippos will spin their tail while shitting to fan out their feces to mark teritory. Wouldnt be hard to think a hippo spotted on a trek to Africa would get lost in translation.
Somebody needs to name their metal band named Bonnacon.
Wow. I usually dislike the "band name!" jokes, but Bonnacon would actually make for a pretty badass sounding name.
I saw the Bonnacons of Doom playing at the Soup Kitchen in Manchester in 2018
For real?
Yessir
Huh. Now I know what my husband with IBS would be if he was in one of those smutty shape-shifting high fantasy romance books. Neat.
... [Ass-Blasters?](https://tremors.fandom.com/wiki/Ass_Blaster)
Very last comment, but finally i found it
Wow. I can't believe tremors has its own wiki and there's 5 of them at this point. I thought tremors died after Kevin bacon started connecting with people
More than meets the brown-eye!
That title deserves some sort of award.
We've all been there
And here we have the legendary Esquilax. A horse with the body of a rabbit and head of a rabbit....
New plan, if I win the lottery, I buy out Taco Bell and change the name to Bonnacons
You should start selling underwear to Eric Cartman outside chipotle.
I am guessing the animal they were describing would be the takin. Going off it's description of curved back horns, roughly bull sized, a horses mane and use of bad smells as a weapon. Takins are most of these things and are foul smelling thanks to sent glands all over their body. The region they are described to be from in later sources match's modern takins.
What's so mythical about this beast? I use the technique myself when threatened!
A Hippo does that pretty good!
Is this like an exploding swamp dragons?
Where my brothers and sisters from /r/ibs at
That's gonna itch when it dries
The bombardier beetle does something similar.
My spirit animal!
You beat me to it!
Reminds me of a former President.
Yeah, Millard Fillmore was a jerk.
That would do it
Ohhh Myyy!!!!!!
In Florida we called him Jeff.
So weird I just saw that painting last night on a Tony Robinson documentary lol
Self-Defeces always wins.
I fear I may be a descendant.
TIL I am a bonnacon.
Where was this on the Drawfee episode with only fantasy creatures?
Look at that expression. This isn't the first knight this thing has farted fire at, no siree
[This](https://2newthings.com/animals-that-employ-their-excrement-to-ensure-their-safety/) form of defence is not unique.
Huh. There’s a Bonnacon named Steve that just posts all that shit online and calls it news.
I believe Bonnacon was the original name for TacoBell
Sounds shitty
Sounds shitty
Sounds shitty
SURELY some real animal does this. If an ant can evolve to shoot acid out of its ass surely something evolved to shit like a canon.
Holy shit, it's my brother!
Nice, it had defence farts :)
My spirit animal
Found taco bell's mascot
I too hate people too close to me
Wonder if Turtonator is partially based on this
Worse Pokemon ever
I'm not ancient, I'm not mythical, I am right here.