Oryx and Crake is a 2003 novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. Birds taken by Prut wildcats include warblers, ferruginous duck, Eurasian coot, spotted crake, and gadwall. Ren and Toby meet up with Jimmy, the protagonist from "Oryx and Crake". "Oryx and Crake" is a speculative fiction, not a science fiction proper. They are in length, and are similar to the only slightly larger little crake. The Amazon River is based on the River Crake. There are habitats for the rare corn crake ("Crex crex") in the county. Loss of habitat is the other major threat to the corn crake. They are all operated by a single puppeteer, named Crake Villeridge. It drains to the sea via the River Crake. The corn crake is silent in Africa. Inland wetlands provide refuge for pukeko, crake and New Zealand dabchicks. "Porzana" crakes, particularly the ash-throated crake ("Porzana albicollis") are near relatives of the genus "Crex". The corn crake, corncrake or landrail ("Crex crex") is a bird in the rail family. The Ascension crake became extinct around the beginning of the nineteenth century.