Dracilust
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Post by Dracilust on Mar 8, 2010 2:04:28 GMT
The brothers are asleep so...
A pack of unknown dromaeosaurs (not mantooth's pack) were eyeing the carcass that the Daspletosaurus was eating.It still had some meat on it and looked still good from their angle.The team of 6 then dispatched.3 hid behind a bush to get the carcass while another 2 distracted the Daspletosaurus.The last one hid near the other 2 to ambush the Daspletosaurus only if things got edgy.The 2 raptors hissed at the Daspletosaurus trying to lure it away from the meal.
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Post by Dino589 on Mar 8, 2010 2:16:05 GMT
Torosus looked down at the two dromaeosaurs. He though that they were intending to scavenge from his carcass, although he didn't care much. He had eaten his fill and no longer felt hungry, and all he could get out of the carcass now were a couple bones to gnaw on. Still, he always did find little critters like this annoying and he didn't want them following him. He roared at them, hoping to scare them off.
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Dracilust
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Zehark the Albertosaurus
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Post by Dracilust on Mar 8, 2010 5:16:28 GMT
The raptors backed down a bit,but noticed the carnivore wasn't really intrested in the carcass anymore.They then snarled a signal for the pack and they all went to the carcass ignoring the Daspletosaurus.Unfortunately,the carcass was picked clean.Just bones.Surprised by this,the pack was snarling at eachother wondering what to do.The leader then screeched,meaning they should search for food elsewhere.The pack then ran off into the forest,disappearing...
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Post by schnautzr on Mar 8, 2010 16:41:33 GMT
(Lol, not immortal-- they just don't degenerate with old age like humans do and can regenerate tentacles if one falls off or if it eats one of its own tentacles (which does happen if it gets hungry enough!). They can die for all kinds of reasons-- suffocation, starvation, live burial, being eaten, etc., maybe even disease, but no one knows yet. I'm not studying their "immortality", though (which is really better described as senescence). I'm just studying how prey density affects the functional response of a specific species of hydra-- that is, if there are more available sea monkeys to eat, does Hydra littoralis eat more or fewer of them? My hypothesis is that the two are actually unrelated and that it has more to do with how many sea monkeys are killed. Oh, and I now have an awesome preserved collection of local wildlife on my desk in jars-- I may be failing my zoology and botany classes,but I'm all over this!)
Ed's vacuoles were working hard, pushing the water out of his cells, and were starting to get all wrinkly from overexertion of water. If you've never seen a wrinkly Euoplocephalus, consider yourself privileged. He realized he'd been in the water too long and got out, shook himself off, and went to a clearing to bathe in the sun.
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hermes888
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Pterafrax the Quetzalcoatlus [F4:Hermes888]
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Post by hermes888 on Mar 8, 2010 20:33:07 GMT
(Lol, not immortal-- they just don't degenerate with old age like humans do and can regenerate tentacles if one falls off or if it eats one of its own tentacles (which does happen if it gets hungry enough!). They can die for all kinds of reasons-- suffocation, starvation, live burial, being eaten, etc., maybe even disease, but no one knows yet. I'm not studying their "immortality", though (which is really better described as senescence). I'm just studying how prey density affects the functional response of a specific species of hydra-- that is, if there are more available sea monkeys to eat, does Hydra littoralis eat more or fewer of them? My hypothesis is that the two are actually unrelated and that it has more to do with how many sea monkeys are killed. Oh, and I now have an awesome preserved collection of local wildlife on my desk in jars-- I may be failing my zoology and botany classes,but I'm all over this!) Ed's vacuoles were working hard, pushing the water out of his cells, and were starting to get all wrinkly from overexertion of water. If you've never seen a wrinkly Euoplocephalus, consider yourself privileged. He realized he'd been in the water too long and got out, shook himself off, and went to a clearing to bathe in the sun. That's what I meant by "immortality." Unaging. Dawkins has been out for a while. I think I'm going to switch characters. Can I? I can't think of how to continue the Troodon story after 7 were killed *coughcough* Hesperonychusa large pterosaur resembling QuetzalcoatlusDidelphodonTorosaurusWhat about these guys? Can I haz them?
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Post by Dino589 on Mar 8, 2010 20:49:37 GMT
(Lol, not immortal-- they just don't degenerate with old age like humans do and can regenerate tentacles if one falls off or if it eats one of its own tentacles (which does happen if it gets hungry enough!). They can die for all kinds of reasons-- suffocation, starvation, live burial, being eaten, etc., maybe even disease, but no one knows yet. I'm not studying their "immortality", though (which is really better described as senescence). I'm just studying how prey density affects the functional response of a specific species of hydra-- that is, if there are more available sea monkeys to eat, does Hydra littoralis eat more or fewer of them? My hypothesis is that the two are actually unrelated and that it has more to do with how many sea monkeys are killed. Oh, and I now have an awesome preserved collection of local wildlife on my desk in jars-- I may be failing my zoology and botany classes,but I'm all over this!) Ed's vacuoles were working hard, pushing the water out of his cells, and were starting to get all wrinkly from overexertion of water. If you've never seen a wrinkly Euoplocephalus, consider yourself privileged. He realized he'd been in the water too long and got out, shook himself off, and went to a clearing to bathe in the sun. That's what I meant by "immortality." Unaging. Dawkins has been out for a while. I think I'm going to switch characters. Can I? I can't think of how to continue the Troodon story after 7 were killed *coughcough* Hesperonychusa large pterosaur resembling QuetzalcoatlusDidelphodonTorosaurusWhat about these guys? Can I haz them? Go ahead. Just say which one you want and I can switch that up for you.
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hermes888
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Pterafrax the Quetzalcoatlus [F4:Hermes888]
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Post by hermes888 on Mar 8, 2010 20:55:33 GMT
Whoops. Spent to long getting pics. I'll have to think about that. A pterosaur would be cool, but not much interaction. Hesperonychus is small, and while I like the lemur-like quality, it is like Dave, my last one. And prey would be hard. Didelphodon would be cool, I could eat eggs. If Mantooth wouldn't mind, I could eat his eggs. We don't have many herbivores, so I guess Torosaurus would be a good choice. I'll think about it, all right? Tell you in a while. What happens to Dawkins?
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Post by Dino589 on Mar 8, 2010 21:01:31 GMT
Whoops. Spent to long getting pics. I'll have to think about that. A pterosaur would be cool, but not much interaction. Hesperonychus is small, and while I like the lemur-like quality, it is like Dave, my last one. And prey would be hard. Didelphodon would be cool, I could eat eggs. If Mantooth wouldn't mind, I could eat his eggs. We don't have many herbivores, so I guess Torosaurus would be a good choice. I'll think about it, all right? Tell you in a while. What happens to Dawkins? If somebody else wants to control him they can, otherwise you can feel free to kill him off, let somebody else kill him, or do what you want to with him.
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hermes888
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Pterafrax the Quetzalcoatlus [F4:Hermes888]
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Post by hermes888 on Mar 8, 2010 21:34:00 GMT
Rabid the Didelphodon was having a bad day. It was three months after his parents stopped taking care of him. He was trying to find a clutch of eggs. He soon found them. Troodon, good. They less chance eat me. He crunched down and licked off the yolk on the inside before eating the embryo. It was delicious. That was the last thing he thought before his spine was crushed, and he was killed. A young Quetzalcoatlus crunched down on Rabid's body. He was 5 feet tall, and hungry. He soon cracked open the eggs, and ate the insides. He heard a screech behind him, the mother Troodon. Currie, the alpha female. The young Quetz turned around, and flashed his red-spotted wings and gave a loud SQUACK! before flapping his wings a few times and taking off.
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Dracilust
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Zehark the Albertosaurus
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Post by Dracilust on Mar 8, 2010 23:49:17 GMT
So you're a pterosaur now eh?Alright...as for your pack,just call me Therizinosaurus (AKA the "Reaper Lizard").Let's add a bit more to that...(Oh and I'm not really a therizinosaurus.Just said that as a joke since it's called the "Reaper Lizard".Yknow?Grim Reaper?Embodiement of Death?Ah forget it...)
As the giant pterosaur flew away from the nest,an old bull Torosaurus was agitated.His body was filled with adrenaline from fighting with another Torosaurus and losing it.Now banished from his herd,he decides to take out his rage on the Troodons.Like a rhino,the old bull slammed into all of them and crushed the eggshells.The Troodons flew off (dead) and landed near another nest where 8 Psittacosaurus lay dead.The babies of the said nest were getting ready to hatch.
Feeling better now,the old Torosaurus plodded to the lake for a drink.As he drunk,he saw a basking "wrinkly" ankylosaurus.Normally his species got along with these tanks,but...perhaps he could try to sociallize with it later.
At another part of the valley,the Albertosaur brothers awoke to the sounds of a screeching Quetzacoatlus.Time to find some breakfast.The two took a drink and headed off into the forest looking for something to eat.
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hermes888
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Pterafrax the Quetzalcoatlus [F4:Hermes888]
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Post by hermes888 on Mar 9, 2010 1:29:04 GMT
Sigh... we can't have any time warps...
Anyway: Name: Pterafrax Species: Quetzalcoatlus Age: Juvenile
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Post by Dino589 on Mar 9, 2010 1:33:45 GMT
Depending on what you believe in, there may be no need for time warps. Two species of therizinosaur have been found in North America (Nothronychus and Falcarius). Granted, they both come from more southerly regions, however it is possible that a species did exist further up north for at least a period of time.
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hermes888
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Pterafrax the Quetzalcoatlus [F4:Hermes888]
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Post by hermes888 on Mar 9, 2010 1:45:30 GMT
Oh dang. They pulled a picture remover. Replaced it though. I guess I should add another ad as a replacement. Depending on what you believe in...
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Dracilust
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Zehark the Albertosaurus
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Post by Dracilust on Mar 9, 2010 1:49:10 GMT
lol lets not get off-topic with my "lame" joke. ;D
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Post by schnautzr on Mar 9, 2010 4:43:23 GMT
As Ed bathed in the sun, he thought. He was a thinker. He thought about how the prey density affected the functional response of hydra. He thought about how temperature affected the rate at which vinegar eels wiggle. And he though about joining the Church of the Therizinosaur.
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