Kau

Kau
Description:	Kau
Info Page:	Kau
Special Day:	19 June
Amount Created:	4,977,417 (22th - 1.78%)
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The Kau (a homophone for cow) is a cow-like Neopet. They roam Neopia in herds looking for pastures to play in and graze. Kaus have cloven hooves and horns, but don't appear to have udders.

Kaus seem to have a penchant for magic - Kalandra and the Kau Fortune Teller both use crystal balls to predict the future, and Kauvara is Neopia's foremost potion maker. They also love to sing - although they only know one note, "Moo!".

While Kaus can eat many foods, if they eat any milk item, like Kau Kau Farm Milk, their hit points are fully restored. In the Neopets Trading Card Game, they are associated with the element of earth.

Battledome

In the Battledome, Kaus take 10% less damage from all elements - Air, Earth, Fire, Light, Physical, and Water. They also have three species abilities:

Kau Abilities
Kau Charge	Attack: 1 - 2•Physical	Available from Level 2
Kau Kick	Attack: 2•Earth	Available from Level 14
Kau Restore	Defence: 1 - 2•Fire Defence  Other: Gives 1 - 3 Lime Elixirs	Available from Level 20

There are also fifteen pieces of equipment that can only be used by a Kau.

Old designs

The Kau was first introduced at the site's founding as the Macy Gray, based on the singer of the same name but armed with a ray gun. It was replaced with the bovine-like Kau on 26 July 2000 "for legal reasons".

Colours

As of June 2011, the Kau can come in 47 different colours:

Baby - August 6, 2002 Biscuit - June 19, 2008 Blue - Natural Brown - May 5, 2003 Camouflage - January 23, 2006 Checkered - September 1, 2000 Christmas - ? Cloud - ? Custard - October 25, 2004 Darigan - June 17, 2005 Desert - July 9, 2001 Disco - May 20, 2004 Electric - ? Faerie - June 3, 2002 Fire - July 10, 2002 Ghost - June 19, 2003

Glowing - June 19, 2010 Green - Natural Grey - June 19, 2003 Halloween - November 2, 2000 Invisible - June 19, 2007 Island - June 19, 2007 Jelly - ? Magma - December 15, 2009 Maraquan - September 29, 2004 Mutant - June 19, 2009 Orange - June 17, 2005 Pink - September 20, 2002 Pirate - June 19th, 2008 Plushie - January 2, 2003 Purple - ? Rainbow - February 14, 2003

Red - Natural Robot - June 19, 2002 Royal - June 17, 2006 Shadow - ? Sketch - June 18, 2004 Skunk - June 21, 2011 Speckled - June 19, 2009 Spotted - July 24, 2001 Starry - June 19, 2002 Striped - ? Swamp Gas - June 21, 2011 Tyrannian - June 19, 2003 White - August 12, 2005 Yellow - Natural Zombie - June 19, 2010

Trivia

• As of March 2010, over 4.8 million of Kau's have been created, placing them 22nd in popularity out of 54 Neopets. They are also featured in 151 different items.

See also

• Famous Kaus: Kalora, Kauvara, Leera Heggle, Miss Stryke, Kalandra
• Games: Kau Korral, NeoQuest I, NeoQuest II

External links

• NeoDeck: Kau, Kau Seer
• Neopets TCG: Spotted Kau, Red Kau, Blue Kau
• Caption Competition: #11, #24, #53, #54, #73, #143, #181, #185, #191, #291, #294, #295, #297, #331, #429, #474, #584, #627, #688, #712, #727, #817
• Pet Spotlight: picanmix
• Neopets Poems: Kau Day Special 2007