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Re: The Beautiful Marine world

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altgokujr is not online. altgokujr
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25 Jul 2014 06:59 PM
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Rules:
The species length and height and weight listed is the maximum.
Coloration may not be changed drastically and the same goes for physical changes.
No such thing as a Dunkleosteus taking down a Basilosaurus. So don't do overpowered things.
Normal RP rules apply.
And now to the field guild.

Anomalocaris canadensis
Length: 6 ft.
Weight: 60 lb.
Coloration:
Male- Black carapace, with two white stripes running down the back. Flaps and tail are black with white tips. Frontal appendages are yellowish gray. Spines are black and covered with white markings. Eyes are black.
Female and juvenile- Carapace is dirty brown, with many splotches of dark red. Flaps are brown with gray tips. Tail is dark brown with red spots. Frontal appendages are dark grey. Spines are dark blue and covered with white markings. Eyes are black.
Diet: Smaller arthropods as well as soft-bodied animals like clams and snails.
Preferred Habitat: Is a bottom feeder, and thus will stay close to the sea bed at all times, regardless of the depth of the water itself. They are though, very common in underwater caverns
Social Structure: Males are strictly solitary and highly territorial, but they will tolerate females. Females are much calmer, and several of them can be found feeding in a single area, though they feel no attachment to each other.
Description: Body is flat and raindrop shaped, with a rigid exoskeleton for protection. The sides of it's body is covered in eleven flaps that are connected, which Anomalocaris undulates to swim. Tail is fan-shaped and used as a rudder to steer. Directly beneath the tail are two spines the length of Anomalocaris' body and are used for identification purposes, with the markings on the spines being different for every individual. Directly underneath the head are two long, featureless appendages that grab objects and curl up when not in use. These appendages are the "arms" of Anomalocaris, and are surprisingly strong and dexterous, being able to crush the shells of seagoing invertebrates, as well as pluck a strand of seaweed from the water. They are also highly sensitive to vibrations, and Anomalocaris uses them to help find food buried in the sand. Mouth is disk shaped, and located right behind the appendages. Eyes are compound and disproportionately large, being located on top of the head. Eyes are extraordinarily advanced for such an ancient creature, being able to see in the spectrum of light visible to most animals, as well as ultraviolet and infrared light, allowing to see the heat and body fluids of their prey. They can see in nine primary colors (contrast with humans, who can only see in three) and have 360 degree vision, being able focus on many different objects at once. There is little that they can't see, meaning that their prey have nowhere to hide.
Behavior: Anomalocaris spend most of their time swimming at the sea bed, searching for prey with their advanced eyes. They will grab food with their arms and pull it towards their mouths, rocking it back an forth in a sawing motion, tearing flesh and rupturing exoskeletons, giving Anomalocaris access to their soft innards. Anomalocaris mostly feed on the inner organs of their prey, leaving the rest to scavengers. They eat soft-bodied animals such as clams and snails just as easily, ripping open their shells with it's arms and sucking them up. During mating season, a single male will gather a harem of females, which he guards jealously for the duration of the season. If one male intrudes on another males territory, they will perform a ritual in which they swim around each other, rattling their flaps and extending their frontal appendages, each trying to intimidate the other. If that doesn't work, they will fight, smashing into each other and trying to get on top of each other and crack the other male's exoskeleton open, like they do with prey. These fights usually end when one male's exoskeleton is ruptured, but they can be to the death. In any case, the winning male will receive the territory as his prize, along with any females that come with it. Females will lay many thousands of eggs, which the male will then fertilize. They show no parental care whatsoever, and will frequently try to eat their own children.


Archelon ischyros
Length: 13 ft.
Weight: 4,900 lb.
Coloration: Carapace and flippers are very dark blue, nearly black, and dotted with numerous white spots. Underside is light blue.
Diet: Omnivorus, feeding on fish, squid, crustaceans, and sea grass.
Preferred Habitat: Generally stays in shallow water, but will venture into deeper zones in search of food.
Social Structure: Ostensibly solitary, but they will tolerate each other.
Description: A sea turtle the size of a car. Body is teardrop shaped, for better movement in the water. Flippers are large, and flat, even when compared to the rest of the animal. Possess a large, strong beak that can tear flesh and plants in equal measure. Unlike modern sea turtles, Archelon does not have a bony shell, but a thick, leather carapace. Head and flippers are covered in armored scales, making them difficult to injure. Due to it's large size and thick shell, Archelon has few predators, although young are more vulnerable.
Behavior: Archelon are notable in that their diets will change several times as they age. The faster young turtles are mainly carnivorous, eating fish, squid, bivalves, anemones, worms, and sponges. Adults are more herbivorus, preferring sea grass and kelp. The very oldest individuals live on a diet of almost nothing but jellyfish. During the breeding season, several males will mate continually with a single female, which they follow around for the duration of the season until the females lays eggs. Archelon are like other turtles, in that they will come to shore in massive numbers to lay their eggs. They will dig a hole on the beach they were born on, and lay a clutch of hundreds of eggs before burying them and returning to the sea. Archelon are somewhat aggressive, frequently biting unfamiliar objects and animals that get too close to them, and will even attack predators that try to hunt them, biting them viciously and even chasing them for a long distance. Archelon fill the niche of major herbivores in the Muerta Ocean alongside the giant sirenians, with adults keeping kelp and sea grass levels in check.


Aristonectes parvidens
Length: 25 feet
Weight: 9 tons
Coloration: adult-dark blue, almost black on top, a cream color underneath.
juvenile- a lighter blue all over
Diet: filter feeder
Preferred habitat: open waters when in pods, reefs when alone
Social structure: the more open the water is, the larger the congregations are. They have been sighted in groups up to 25.
Description: the Mesozoic equivalent of a whale, Aristonectes is one of the more gentle aquatic giants of the Muerta Ocean. It has the typical plesiosaur shape, but it's teeth look more like baleen due to it's specialized diet of krill, which it eats by diving into groups of them with mouths open, scooping up mouthfuls and straining the water from the soup.
Behavior: Aristonectes either live in solitude or live in pods up to 15 members. In the pods, there is an alpha pair who decide on where to go, but there is no real hierarchy. When the seas bring large blooms of plankton and krill, large numbers of Aristonectes congregate and form feeding frenzies. They often travel with Leedsicthys for protection


Bananogmius ellisensis
Weight: 200 pounds
Length: 5 feet
Height with fin: 6 feet
Coloration: Green body and a white underbelly, with a blue stripe separating the two.
Diet: Clams, Coral; crabs
Preferred Habitat: Coral Reefs
Social Structure: They swim in schools of 5-10, with most of the members being mated pairs until the females give birth.
Physical Description: Bananogmius resembles a tuna and is equipped with flat jaws and palatine plates that helped it crush its favorite prey, clams and mollusks. Their massive dorsal fin takes up 4.5 feet of the 6 feet height of Bananogmius. The fin is a vertical, swooping back into a dip as you go further back. There is also a smaller version of the dorsal fin on the underside of the fish going from the belly to the base of the tail. Lastly, there is one horizontal pectoral on each side of the fish. All fins are green with a black outline.
Behaviors: A massive shoaling fish that functions as the primary control for the hard bodies animals of the Five Death's sea. They perform no mating ritual and do not usually mate for life. Most will give birth to 2-3 live young, each about 50 grams at birth. The school protects the young by having each young swim in the center of the school and moving in formation to confuse a predator.


Basilosaurus cetoides
Length: 57ft
Weight: 35 tons
Coloration - Adult and juvenile (both genders): White underbelly, dark blue coloration, and dark teal or black stretching from the back almost to the top of the tail.
Diet: Fish, mollusks, cetaceans, sharks, and crustaceans
Preferred habitat: Shallow waters
Social structure: Solitary, only seeking another of its kind to mate.
Description: Basilosaurus with an unparalleled elongation of its vertebrae; more closely resembling tha reptilian mosasaur or sea dragon of old than it does a whale. Capable of vertical motion, and carries a dorsal ridge, small, hind limbs, which cannot aid locomotion.
Behaviors: Although its beauty and gentle nature can fool the casual observer, these animals will retaliate against aggressors with their weight and brute force alone. In the case of juveniles they often swim away to escape their attacker, but in the case of the truly massive adults it will more often it will attempt to make distance between the predator and itself so that it can turn back and charge the enemy. Attack consists of biting and shaking the target to cause blood loss and trauma; or by ramming against a wall or onto the ocean floor, using the advantage of water pressure. It will rely on radar-like calls when looking for mates. They will swim through swarms of fish, consuming them on sight. While hunting, they will form temporary pods with others of their kind to catch more food in the case of mass fish spawning or whale migrations.
With their sheer size and mass, Basilosaurus is the leviathan of the Five Death’s sea, rivaling mosasaurs for master of the waves.


Brontoscorpio anglicus
Length: 3 feet
Height: 2.8 feet
Weight: 120 pounds
Coloration: Dark turquoise exoskeleton all over. Stinger is a dark blue, and the tips of the legs are black. Eyes are dark green.
Preferred Habitat: In the rivers and bodies of water of Isla Muerta, and the surrounding ocean floor.
Diet: Carnivorous, as it will eat anything it can overpower; it does prefer aquatic invertebrates, such as other sea scorpions, worms, and small aquatic vertebrates, such as fish or small aquatic reptiles.
Description: Brontoscorpio looks and acts like a modern scorpion on steroids; its hostility is equaled only by its deadly collection of weapons. It has 2 pairs of pincers, a pair of large pincers used for grasping prey, and a pair of smaller pincers used for tearing apart prey. These, coupled together by powerful jaws and a light bulb sized stinger, make Brontoscorpio an apex predator, though it is prey to larger aquatic life. It has four eyes on the front of its head, and four legs to the side. The singer can inject a powerful toxin into the bloodstream of its prey, which leads to paralysis in non Bronotscorpio species; when injected into another Brontoscorpio, it simply knocks it out. Brontoscorpio has primitive lungs, which allows it to walk on land, though its size and inability to breathe air well prevent it from staying on land for too long. Though it is capable of swimming in open water, it prefers to walk along the bottom of the waters in which it lives.
Behaviors: Deadly, vicious, and powerful, Brontoscorpio are terrors of the waters of Isla Muerta. They are solitary creatures, and extremely territorial. They will go after anything they feel is threatening their territory, especially other Brontoscorpio. If two Brontoscorpio are fighting over land, the two will grapple with each other by gripping each other’s pincers. They will then try to stab the other in the head with their stinger; one is almost always guaranteed to die.
Brontoscorpio are ambush predators; they sit at the bottom of the water and cover themselves with sand. When a potential victim swims by, the Brontoscorpio springs into action and tries to catch their prey. When they manage to grab their victim with their larger pincers, they pull them in close to their heads and stab the victim with their stinger, which then injects a toxin into the target’s body, killing it. Afterwards, the Brontoscorpio will take their meal to a nearby reef or underwater cave, where they then tear it apart and feast on the soft insides.
Despite the fact that they are alpha predators, Brontoscorpio are actually preyed on by large aquatic organisms, such as Nothosaurus, Tanystropheus, and Basilosaurus. Whenever predators like these are around, Brontoscorpio take cover in nearby reefs or bury themselves deep within sand in an attempt hide themselves. When the danger has passed, they emerge from hiding and go back to their daily activities.
Brontoscorpio have primitive lungs, which allow them to walk on land. There, they molt out of their exoskeletons when they need to grow. They also go onto land when they lay their eggs. They mate every eight months on land; both males and females collect together at the place where they were born. Males will fight over females by trying to inject each other with enough venom to knock out their opponent. When one male manages to knock the other male out, it will proceed to thrown the loser back into the water. The winning male will then go over to his female of choice, where he then will ‘drug’ her using his poison to make the female docile. He will then mate with her and return to the water. The female, when she regains her full hostility, will return to the water for about three weeks before coming back on land to bury her eggs (up to a forty) in the sand. She will then guard them until they hatch; the young will then crawl on her back and stay with her until they are about eight months old. At that time, they will leave her and remain in the water until the next mating season.


Cladoselache clarkii
Weight: 50 pounds
Length: 6'
Coloration: Dark blue top and a white to grey on the belly. Males have green around gill slits and separating the white and dark blue, while females have yellow lining.
Diet: Squid, fish, smaller sharks.
Preferred Habitat: Shallow water, sometimes going inland via large rivers.
Social Structure: Travels in small packs from 4-6 members, sometimes alone.
Description: A streamlined nearly eel-like body. Six gill slits, and a rounded snout. Has developed a lack of scales except on the head. Unlike most modern day sharks, Cladoselache sported a rounded dorsal fin. Cladoselache has a very long pectoral fin, and very small pelvic fins. It's teeth are rounded and blunt, only used to hold the prey while it swallowed it whole.
Behavior: Cladoselache was a very fast, agile hunter. Using its speed to catch up to its prey and swallow it whole, tail first. Cladoselache were the wolves of the seas, hunting in packs to catch their targets. Usually though, they function as maneuverable, agile predators in the zones larger carnivores have trouble moving through; such as underwater caverns. The mating of Cladoselache is very strange, using internal breeding. Which is rare in sharks and fish. The female lays her eggs in shallow water, often in rivers or deltas.


Cretoxyrhina mantelli
Common Name: Ginsu Shark.
Length: 19 ft. (male) 24 ft. (female).
Weight: 2.5 tons (male) 3.4 tons (female)
Coloration-adult and juvenile, both genders: Counter-shaded similarly to the modern Great White. The top is a dark grey with a white underbelly. Eyes are black and larger than a modern Great White's.
Diet: Prefers warm-blooded animals, but will eat anything that can fit into it's mouth, from fish, to squid, to crustaceans; even occasionally to inanimate objects like anchors and boats.
Preferred Habitat: Coastal waters and open seas. Special salt glands allow it to enter fresh water in search of food for a limited time.
Social Structure: Usually solitary, occasionally forming very loose groups for socialization. Though they never hunt together, team work is prevalent in defense of a home territory and when scavenging large carcasses the group will often drag the corpse to a more convenient location and share the spoils. Dominance is based on numerous factors such as health and social interactions, though females always dominate males, elders dominate younger sharks, and residents dominate newcomers. These interactions also carry over to the wayward, modern Great White Shark this species encounters.
Description: A massive mackerel shark. Possess a large, conical snout, and several rows of serrated teeth, which break easily and are quickly replaced. Senses are extremely acute-they can smell a drop of blood 400 meters away, and they have a lateral line of sensory organs used to detect ripples in water caused by wounded prey. Have advanced ampullae of lorenzini that allow the shark to feel the electrical signals given off by creatures a short distance away, which they use to hunt in murky water and find food buried in the sand. Eyesight in this animal is highly acute, allowing frequent hunting in deep waters and at night. Eyes, gills, and snout are extremely sensitive areas, and hitting them is usually enough to make the shark retreat. They cannot float on their own, and must swim forward constantly to avoid sinking. They give birth to 2-4 pups at a time, though larger litters have been recorded. Pups are born 3 ft. long and fully capable of taking care of themselves. Parental care is nonexistent, and adults frequently cannabalize on young. Pups reach breeding maturity at 6 years of age.
Behavior: When hunting, they will approach their prey from below, sneaking up slowly, before rapidly speeding up and attacking with such force that their prey is usually killed in a single blow, and the shark is sometimes launched clear out of the water. If the initial attack misses, the shark will pursue its meal for a few minutes before giving up. When attacking larger prey, they will strike quickly, biting off a large chunk of flesh and waiting for their prey to bleed out. They are very curious, frequently spyhopping to get a better look at their environment, and investigating unfamiliar objects by bumping them with their snout and lightly biting them. They have an interesting relationship with Kentriodons, with pods of the prehistoric dolphins placing Cretoxyrhina at a greater threat level than other creatures and mobbing them more aggressively, and Cretoxyrhina go out of their way to avoid Kentriodon pods, even abandoning food to get away from them. However, small groups and lone of kentriodon live in constant fear of this species; which will instinctively attack them any chance it gets.


Cryptoclidus eurymerus
Length: 24 feet
Weight: 8 tons
Coloration:
Adult and juvenile (both genders) – Dark gray with a blue tint on the top with a white underbelly. Many specimens also have either a black or white stripe encircling the eyes
Diet: Small fish, sea birds, pterosaurs, small animals; and the occasional small pinniped
Preferred habitat: Almost all aquatic environments, from deep oceans, underwater caves; to rivers and deltas
Social structure: Solitary unless with a mate
Description: Stout, sea turtle like body with a semi-long neck. All four limbs are paddle-like flippers and are proportionally large. The tail is of medium length and sports only a small fluke on the top half to act as a rudder. The neck is long but unlike some other species, not thin and is well muscled. The head itself is relatively small but not petite, being very isosceles triangular in shape when viewed from above. The nostrils are in the middle of the head, just before and between the eyes. The skin is smooth to allow maximum streamline effectiveness underwater.
Behaviors: The all around opportunist, Crptoclidus is one of the more placid ocean residents introduced by InGen. Why certainly powerful and well armed enough ward off attacks by even the larger of the Muerte Sea’s predators, this species is not a big game hunter and dines only on smaller species and the occasional marine carcass. Ranging in all major aquatic habitats, it is not uncommon at all for this species to swim into deltas, rivers; and even deeper swamp lands for an extended stay in freshwater.
The neck is powerful, yet flexible; and capable of rapid side to side motion and to a much lesser extent, up and down. The long neck, thick body; and smaller head often confuse prey and let the plesiosaur get much closer than it otherwise could. While they can raise their head out of the water to spot hop, they can’t get anywhere near pulling off a swan-like stance some InGen scientist hoped for; at best only being able to hold their neck and head out almost parallel and just off the surface of the water.
Despite having a build similar to a sea turtle, they do not go ashore to lay eggs. Like all other marine reptiles, the female instead carries one or rarely two infants full term and deliveries them live in shallow water. Birthing is often down in warm rivers or deltas, with the infant staying with its mother for a few weeks before departing. Younglings will stay in the mangrove, freshwater; and shallow seas area until they are near adult size; in which then they begin to fan out into other locals.
Able to hold their breath for over 45 minutes, this species is one of the most frequent residents of the underwater cave systems, having detailed memories used to memorize the location of the air pockets and exit routes when in need of a breath.
When confronted by a predator this species makes use of its greatest athletic asset, it's incredible maneuverability. While only a moderately fast swimmer, this species can swim circles around most other marine reptiles and can easily force a predator to loose track of it in a series of confusing twists, barrel rolls; and turns. This coupled with excellent stamina means this species is rarely predated despite appearing to have a glaring weak spot in its neck.
Most notable though is this species’s vocal cords. While unable to echo or electrosense like dolphins and ichthyosaurs, this species has a very strong voice and can confuse predators or prey at close range with a focused burst of sound. Typically this voice is used in a soothing, fog-horn like call used to find a mate or reidentify a former mate; but some seem fire off at night for no obvious reason at all, joining together in choirs.


Dunkleosteus terrelli
Length: 33 ft.
Weight: 3.5 tons.
Coloration-Adult and juvenile, both genders: Top is a very dark grey, bordering on black. Underbelly is a creamy white.
Diet: In prehistoric times, Dunkleosteus fed almost entirely on placoderm fish, and retains it's preference for hard shelled animals today. However, due to the relative lack of placoderms in modern waters, Dunkleosteus has adapted, and now prefers to eat marine arthropods and nautiloids, it's strong jaws and sharp plates crunching straight through their thick shells.
Preferred Habitat: Deep water. Dunkleosteus will cruise along near the bottom of the ocean, only coming closer to the surface at night.
Social Structure: Strictly solitary, only coming together to breed.
Description: Giant placoderm fish. Tail fin is primitive and weak, unable to propel Dunkleosteus very fast. Body is covered in heavy armor plates, especially the frontal area, which protect Dunkleosteus from attacks. They do not actually have teeth, but instead sport two pairs of large, sharp bony plates, forming a beak-like structure. Plates are interlocking and grind against each other every time Dunkleosteus opens it's mouth, ensuring a constant sharp edge. They have a bite force of 1,800 pounds per square inch, giving it one of the most powerful bite forces in the Five Deaths. They can open their mouths at one fiftieth of a second, which creates a powerful suction that the fish uses to capture prey.
Behavior: Dunkleosteus are highly aggressive, attacking each other viciously when they get too close to each other. They have huge territories, carving up large swaths of ocean and patrolling them for intruders. They are cannibalistic, devouring smaller individuals. Their diets change as they age, with juveniles feeding on soft bodied animals such as fish and squid, and adults eating hard shelled and large animals. They do not digest the bones and shells of their prey, instead spitting them out. While the apex of there day, the slow swimming fish does need to heed way to mosasaurs, pliosaurs; and large predator cetaceans. To avoid them, this species often spends a good amounts of its time at great depths, clashing with Ginsu Sharks and Tusoteuthis for the title of master of the deeper regions of the sea. They practice internal fertilization, being some of the first animals to do so in life.


Enaliarctos emlongi
Length: 5 feet
Height: 3 feet
Weight: 500 pounds (males), 300 pounds (females)
Coloration: male - Slate grey with a slightly paler underbelly, sports a thick mane
female - Light brown all over.
juvenile (both genders) - Yellow-brown.
Diet: Fish, Molluscs and occasionally Seabirds.
Preferred Habitat: Spend most of the time in coastal waters of the sea, coming to rocky beaches to feed, rest and breed.
Social Structure: Groups of 10 to 40 individuals, overseen by a dominant male who produces most of the pups.
Extra Information: Enaliarctos is the ancestor of pinnipeds (seals, sea lions and walruses) and certainly behaves like one. There are differences however given it's early evolutionary stage; it is much more hairy, the tail is much shorter and used with the forelimbs in swimming, and it's canines are designed for slicing fish, meaning it has to return to land to eat it's catch. However, it's large eyes and whiskers remain a successful trait which allows it to evade predators in the sea such as sharks and mosasaurs, but it is more vulnerable on land, clumsy adults making easy picking for very large carnivore and lone pups providing a free meal for the beach-combing predators of Muerta and Sorna alike. However, the males, with their shaggy manes, are a tougher match, and show this in mating season when pups can be accidentally trampled on by bulls fighting for females if they can't get out of the way. Enaliarctos gets on fairly peacefully with their modern day descendents the sea lions that are native to the islands, even resulting in occasional in-breeding. However, pups of such events are always sterile given the genetic difference that spans nearly 20 million years.


Enchodus ferox
Length: 5 feet
Weight: 20 lbs.
Coloration: Light gray with a black stripe going their back, with a red belly. Their head is very bony and armored.
Diet: Either scavenges carcasses, or hunts in large schools, eating anything they can bring down. This includes the largest of predators to the smallest of prey.
Social Structure: Lives in large shoals, having anywhere from 20 to 30 individuals. Numbers vary greatly, but schools have a distinct hierarchy. In any shoal, there is no more than three dominant individuals, who are the largest and the most aggressive. These individuals lead the shoal in certain directions, decide the hunting grounds, choose the territory, and also eat first. Any individual that challenges the dominant individual is subject to an aggressive and potentially deadly reaction from the dominant fish, and will be killed or kicked out of the shoal.
Preferred Habitat: Open ocean or caves.
Description: Enchodus is a highly aggressive fish of the Muerta Ocean. individuals will show off their dominance to each other by sporting their large fang-like teeth, which can grow up to 2.5 inches in length. They have a bulky, but slim, torpedo-shaped body, and they can dart around the ocean quiet easily.
Behavior: As noted, Enchodus is a very aggressive predator in the Muerta Ocean, and in those numbers, are a force to be reckoned with. Enchodus will attack even the largest of predators, especially when one of their own are attacked. When an Enchodus from a shoal is attacked or distanced from the shoal, it can let out a high-pitched scream that other species in the Muerta Ocean are unable to hear. The other Enchodus will attack the predator with ferocity until it leaves - and if it does not leave, it will ultimately be risking it's life. Predators are forced to try to strategically separate a shoal of Enchodus when hunting them, but most often times it proves deadly, or most difficult, to accomplish, due to their large fangs. These large fangs grow in size as the Enchodus ages, and is used for both defense and attracting a female to mate with.
These small fish, however, are incredibly intelligent. When hunting prey, they will remember the type of prey hunted and the strategy used to hunt different types of prey. They can also remember certain predators, and will launch attacks on species or individuals they often find themselves getting attacked by. When unsure of a potential threat, the shoal will organize and investigate the potential threat, seeming curious, yet also aggressively dominant toward the threat. During these displays, if the individual being investigated threatens the shoal, they are subject to attack. Despite their seemingly ruthless nature, fish within shoals share bonds, and rarely attack each other unless there is a threatening display of dominance. Shoals are made up of both individuals who are related to each other, and non-relatives. They are highly territorial in nature, and rarely tolerate other shoals encroaching upon their territory.


Hesperornis regalis
Height: average is 6-7 feet.
Weight: up to 150 pounds
Coloration: Males: a gray upper body, white underbody, and a large black stripe starting at the top part of the skull around the eye and down past their stubby wings.
Female: same as the male, but the large black stripe goes down to their tail, and they have black spots underneath it
juveniles: gray and white feathers, with a little black spot in front of their eye
Diet: small to medium sized fish
Preferred habitat: coastal areas and open water, they are also seen occasionally at the Ship Graveyard. They frequent the smaller island such as the Great Rock and Southern Islands due to the near absent of dinosaurian carnivores to attack them on land
Social structure: They mate for life, and raise young together in a fashion similar to penguins. They form large colonies on beaches, being loud and noisy. In their colonies, they tolerate other beach dwellers, but pairs with eggs are often violent against other animals near their nest.
Description: bred to be Hammond's prehistoric penguins, the scientists at InGen soon found out that these long, lanky birds were too dangerous to be contained like penguins. They have long, pointed heads, with beaks full of teeth designed to catch fast swimming fish that they prey upon. Though very clumsy and awkward looking upon land, they are graceful in the water that they call home.
Behavior: they behave mostly like sea going diving birds, floating on the surface when not swimming. This makes them vulnerable to attacks from below from most predators. A unique behavior is a specific cooperation when hunting shoals of fish. They often collaborate with sea birds from above and ichthyosaurs from below to round up fish to feast upon, similar to what dolphins and sea lions do in other parts of the world.


Hydrodamalis gigas
Common Name: Steller's Sea Cow.
Length: 35 ft
Weight: 19 tons
Coloration: Jet black. Underside is dotted with white splotches.
Diet: Herbivorous, feeding on a very wide variety of vegetation. They have been known to supplement their diet with small invertebrates they accidentally suck up while grazing.
Preferred Habitat: Shallow waters with abundant vegetation.
Social Structure: Medium to large size herds that are dominated by a matriarch.
Description: Body is very similar to a dugong, to which they are closely related. They are very elongated, with a large and powerful tail, which has flukes like a whale. Flippers are small, and not very dexterous. They are widest at the navel, giving them an obese appearance. Head is small, with a somewhat flexible neck. Eyes are very small, and their eyesight is poor. Their broad, manatee-like mouths are lined with sensitive vivbrissae to help feel their way through murky water. Their skin is very thick and incredibly tough, preventing abrasions when rubbing against rocks while feeding, and covered in a very short, sparse coat of fur. So durable is there hide that fully grown individuals have no predators at all due to habitat and no predator can both get its mouth around them and break their skin. They have no teeth, instead they possess several keratinous plates that they use to chew food.
Behavior: Steller's Sea Cows are communal animals, and spend most of their time eating and resting together, similar to herds of large terrestrial herbivores. Bonds between herd members are very strong, and if one individual is under threat, the entire herd will come and help in whatever way they can, even ramming perceived attackers and slapping them with their powerful tails. If one herd member dies, they will stay by it's corpse for days, guarding it from attackers. If a mother dies, her calves are adopted by other members of the herd. They are not deep divers, and spend most of their time at the surface. They congregate in shallow waters, sometimes to the point where you could wade over to them. Their eyesight is poor, but they have excellent hearing, which is how they locate threats the majority of the time. They are completely docile, and one could literally walk right up to one and tap them on the back without stirring a reaction. They are very talkative, it just doesn't seem so because most of their communication is nonvocal. Sea Cows are very destructive eaters, and have even changed the environment of some areas by stripping them bare of vegetation. They are monogamous, and females give birth to one calf per breeding season. Because adults are so massive and have no predators, many carnivores outright avoid the sea cows and their grazing areas; meaning this species provides instant protection for smaller animals.


Ichthyosaurus breviceps
Length: 14 feet
Height: 4 feet
Weight: 800 pounds
Coloration:
Adult (both genders) - Jet-black dorsal region and upper jaw. Flanks are a lighter grey colour, separated from the black colouring of the back by a yellow lateral line. This area is also occasionally lightly freckled with black spots. The ventral region is bright white, and the pectoral and pelvic fins are tipped with black.
Juvenile (both genders) - Similar to adult, with black, grey and white coloration mutual save for the black freckles which are not present in juveniles. Fins are still black-tipped. Yellow streak is less prominent, and only runs from jaw hinge area to middle of the body.
Diet: Fish, Molluscs and Crustaceans.
Preferred Habitat: The seas surrounding Las Cinco Muertes, occasionaly swimming inland. They are capable of small trips overland to gain access to more sheltered pools in which they breed. Many return to the Aquatic Cloning Facility on Sorna during the breeding season.
Social Structure: Medium to large pods, typically consisting of up to twenty individuals. However, in certain conditions, massive groups can occur, with up to 100 individuals.
Description: These graceful animals appear somewhat similar to dolphins, although they are no relation; instead descended from reptiles. Their streamlined bodies and powerful tails mean they are capable of amazing speeds within the water. Their eyes are large and protected by bone shields, which allow them to dive to great depths without suffering damage. Jaws are strong and elongated, with hundreds of small teeth perfectly suited to catching small fish.
Behavior: Ichthyosaurus are some of the more intelligent of the Five Death's natives, although not quite as sharp as the morphologically similar dolphins with which they share the water. They are social animals; forming large pods in which clear cliques can occur. Although less altruistic than dolphins, they do show great curiosity towards objects such as boats and shipwrecks. InGen had originally planned to display Ichthyosaurus in a similar manner to modern dolphins; allowing visitors to touch and potentially swim with them. However, these plans by scuppered by one of the most remarkable of InGen's scientific discoveries; biolelectrogenesis. Whilst the ability is well documented within many modern species, nobody had dared to imagine that any prehistoric species were capable of the same feats.
Whilst not capable of as powerful discharges as many modern species, Ichthyosaurus is capable of delivering a vast array of different charges - from short bursts to longer signals. This massive variation of discharges allows for the signal to be used in a variety of different ways. Communication is achieved almost entirely by electrical discharge, as well as the stunning of smaller prey items such as fish and invertebrates. With teamwork, entire shoals of fish can be corralled into a signal area, before being hit with a massive discharge from a group of Ichthyosaurus - who appear somewhat insulated against such huge charges, although not entirely. Even molluscs, whose tough shells make them impervious to the teeth of Ichthyosaurus, are not safe from them; as with the correct discharge their muscles can be coaxed into motion, opening their shells and leaving them unprotected from their attacker's needle-like teeth.
Ichthyosaurus are monogamous, although display bizarre courtship behaviors. Pairs first bond as they reach puberty, which occurs after about three years in both genders, and although they breed in their first year no pups will result. Throughout the year, the pair show each other little attention until breeding season occurs once more, at which point they mate once more, with viable young being possible from the pair's second year onwards. Males become breeding active before the females are receptive, and so bullying tactics are occasionally used in order to coax her into activity. During the year, males and females live in separate pods, with interaction between the two somewhat sporadic. Pups are brought up by the females for the first year; at the end of which they join the male pods regardless of their gender in order to make space for the next year's pups.




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l0ldude1 is not online. l0ldude1
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25 Jul 2014 07:01 PM
So you basically just make up fish species?
Cool, cool.

I might join.
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25 Jul 2014 07:01 PM
(I think this will require a plot.)
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Kronosaurus queenslandicus
Length: 24-30 ft
Weight: 20-22 tons (note that 22 tons is extremely rare and thus only individuals that are much older would ever have any hopes of attaining this size)
Coloration: Dark blue, sometimes a black on the back, often there are multiple hues of a blue across the entire animal (replicating the effect that light would have as it is reflected back up from the water). The underside is often white, though some individuals may have a very light blue color. The area where both colors meet often contains speckles and spots of either color.
Diet: Carnivorous; will eat any type of meat that it is able to find. Favors Icthyosaurs and large fish.
Social Structure: Solitary, though some may pair up with a mate. These pairs often do not stay together for long though.
Description: Pliosaurid. 4 large flippers that propel its body. It does have a tail and a short neck. The head is large at a length of roughly 7 ft. Teeth are conical in shape and are capable of crushing very hard shells/surfaces.
Behaviors: Kronosaurs are fairly aggressive creatures that do not tolerate others of their species very well. During mating males must be extremely cautious because the female may very well decide that she no longer will tolerate the male in her territory and may attack him. They prefer to live solitary lives, not liking the company of many other creatures and often preferring to live out in the depths of the ocean, though will come closer to shore if food is plentiful.
The tiger of the seas, Kronosaurus competes directly with Basilosaurus and Tylosaurus; falling between the two in terms of size and speed. Anything they can overpower can be considered a meal, ranging typically from cetaceans, other marine reptiles, sharks; and pterosaurs. Much like killer whales, they are even known to partially beach themselves to grab a terrestrial prey item in the surf and yank it back underwater. Using their powerful jaws that can rival Tyrannosaurus rex's in force, any prey caught is quickly crunched down upon and dies of shock or organ failure.
Kronosaur calves are most vulnerable directly after birth. The mother will care for her calf for only a short time before deciding it is time to either drive it off, or if possible, will even eat her own calf. Twins are extremely rare, and it is common for one of the twins to be driven off by its sibling due to competition.


Leedsicthys problematicus
Length: 73 ft.
Weight: 70 tons.
Coloration: Top side is dark blue, underbelly is a creamy white. Fins are grey.
Diet: Plankton, krill, other small invertebrates, and very small fish.
Social Structure: Females and young males will group together in small schools. Full grown adult males are solitary.
Preferred Habitat: Open ocean.
Description: Giant ray-finned fish. Similar to an Atlantic Salmon in general body shape. Mouth is huge, making up most of the fish's head. Tail is large and powerful, capable of moving Leedsicthys as rapid speeds for short periods of time and a single swipe can seriously wound even the largest of animals, and easily killing smaller ones. Pectoral fins are also very large, and somewhat dexterous. Their mouth is lined with hundreds of tiny, bioluminescent photophores that are used to lure food. Possess a small (when compared to the rest of the animal) dorsal fin towards the base of the tail.
Behavior: When feeding, Leedsicthys will cruise along at a steady pace with it's mouth wide open, using it's photophores to lure plankton and other small animals. They will suck in tons of plankton at a time, before shutting their mouths closed, filtering out water through their gills and digesting their food. Their suction is so powerful that other animals can be easily sucked inside unintentionally if they venture to close. Most of the time, these animals are harmlessly spit out back into the water, although they can accidentally be killed if they aren't quick enough (or if the fish is too lazy to spit them out). Notable is their inventive use of the photophores that line their mouths: Leedsicthys can control the brightness and intensity of their lights, and have been known to flash bang predators by dramatically increasing the brightness of the photophores, stunning them while the Leedsicthys escapes (although this is a tactic most often used by juveniles as adults are generally safe from predators due to their size). They will occasionally use this strategy on prey, and have sometimes been seen using their photophores as flashlights when swimming through dark water. Males will even use their photophores in courtship, putting on dazzling light shows for females. During the breeding season, schools of Leedsicthys will travel to shallow waters in order to lay their eggs. Leedsicthys practice external fertilization, with females laying a clutch of up to 300 eggs, with the male will then fertilize. They lay their eggs in caves, crevices, and patches of seaweed to hide their brood. Both parents will care for the young, defending them from predators and fanning the eggs with their fins. The parents will take turns watching the eggs, with one protecting the brood while another feeds. When the eggs hatch, fry will swim into the father's mouth, and males have a special pouch in their mouths expressly for this purpose. Here the young will stay until they are old enough to care for themselves. Leedsicthys are docile animals, even allowing other creatures to swim right alongside them, and have no qualms about other animals hitching a ride on their fins.


Nothosaurus mirabilis
Length: 13 feet
Height: 3 feet
Weight: 300 pounds
Coloration:
Adult (both genders)- Light, creamy coloration with brown speckles.
Juvenile (both genders)- Light, creamy coloration with brown stripes instead of speckles.
Diet: Fish, Molluscs, Crustaceans and Seabirds.
Preferred Habitat: Coastal seas with suitable breeding beaches.
Social Structure: Groups of 5-20.
Description: Very seal-like; webbed feet and a slender, streamlined body. The head is broad and flat with long jaws lined with needle teeth which interlock when the jaws are closed. The teeth are excellent for grasping slippery fish or prying open mollusc shells.
Behaviors: Nothosaurus behaves like the seals which share the beaches of the Five Deaths. It is clumsy on land, but in the water it is a graceful swimmer. It often ventures onto land in order to bask, while females favor sandy beaches where they can lay their eggs. Like turtles, female Nothosaurus will lay their eggs before burying them and returning to the water. When the young hatch and are forced to dig themselves out before making a beeline for the sea. During their run along the shore, they are often picked off by opportunistic seabirds, pterosaurs, dinosaurs (on the coasts of Sorna and Lagarto) and other beach combing scavengers.
While Nothosaurus' jaws are lined with vicious looking teeth, these are saved for fishing and still head straight for the sea when predators are in the vicinity. In the water they are better at escaping their aquatic predators such as Tylosaurus and sharks.
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25 Jul 2014 07:03 PM
all of these existed in real life at one point or another
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25 Jul 2014 07:05 PM
Are you sure?
If so, I'm not sure where this belongs...
Unless we're starting a RP kind of thing.
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altgokujr is not online. altgokujr
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25 Jul 2014 07:07 PM
i'm serious
search them up
also this is a rp thing
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altgokujr is not online. altgokujr
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25 Jul 2014 07:16 PM
bump
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25 Jul 2014 09:00 PM
bump
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25 Jul 2014 09:04 PM
I still say you will need a plot for this to work.
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25 Jul 2014 09:05 PM
Give up the animal RPs.
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22 Feb 2017 08:33 PM
dunk never fought those marine reptiles they are from the ########
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