Whangdoodle
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The Whangdoodle is a fanciful creature, as described in folklore and children's literature, usually of the United States.(See Fearsome Critters)
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[edit] Roald Dahl Books
[edit] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
In Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Whangdoodles are described as one of the main natural enemies of the Oompa-Loompas. They are extremely large and hungry, capable of eating over a dozen Oompa-Loompas at one time.
[edit] The Minpins
In another one of Roald Dahl's books called The Minpins, the whangdoodles are mentioned by the mother of one of the main characters, when she is telling him not to go in a forest, because Whangdoodles live there.
[edit] James and the Giant Peach
One of the firemen near the end of the book refers to the centipede as a Whangdoodle.
[edit] The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
A different Whangdoodle is described in the childrens' novel The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by singer and actress Dame Julie Andrews (under her pen name Julie Andrews Edwards).
This whangdoodle is intelligent and capable of speech. It resembles a moose, sports fantastic horns and has a sweet tooth often marked with a buttercup. It can change colour based on its emotions ( for example, blue is depressed) and grows a new set of carpet slippers on its feet each year.
In the story, the spread of humanity and technology across the world threatens the species with extinction: the creatures are not hunted by humans but rather endangered by their own shyness and depression caused by humankind's rationalistic disbelief in fantastic creatures. The last surviving whangdoodle retreats to a place where humans could not follow and lives in a castle as a king. This land is called Whangdoodleland.
