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A Slightly Mediocre Fake Pterosaur

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My good old pal, :iconthedubstepaddict: , challenged me to #BuildAFakePterosaur, and this is what I came up with...

Deinopterus apogoiteifiticus, the Frustrating Terrible Wing, is a hybrid rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur the size of your average Early Cretaceous pterodactyloid. It's a predator, feeding on fish, mollusks, and human-sized land animals respectively. Its DNA is a mix of:

Harpactognathus gentryii (base genome)
Pteranodon longiceps (head shape, size)
Aquila chrysaetos (claws)
Corvus brachyrhynchos (intelligence)

Deinopterus is a diurnal pterosaur, hunting when the sun is still high. It has three killing techniques: one of them is using its big, toothy beak to swallow small (non-armored) prey whole. It also uses its sharp claws to slash larger prey, as well as to grapple onto them while its jaws do the rest of the job. Finally, when dealing with mollusks, it picks them up, flies up to a considerable height, and violently tosses them on the ground, breaking their shells. Deinopterus is usually somewhat territorial, hissing and spreading its wings (with all 4 legs on the ground) as a warning signal to potential foes; if they don't back off immediately, it will fly at them and slash them with its claws. However, if the threat is too dangerous for it to handle, it will turn tail.

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TheDubstepAddict's avatar
I just love how you put "Pterodactyl" in your tags XD