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((Made between Generations. Not yet released.))
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With the Argusraptor Complex snapping wooden bones and armor with ease, and their vision making it necessary to have decent camouflage, and their pack tactics making standing and fighting a terrible idea for all but the biggest, most aggressive or well-equipped fauna, running as fast as possible was one of the few good options in an open habitat for a plent with weak wooden bones. As Dixon Scrubpipers have no nasal passages, they do not need to have large snouts.
As a Dixon Scrubpiper’s digestive system is a closed loop, as typical of plents, it can’t eat and defecate at the same time, or efficiently digest multiple meals while another is in transit. Low-quality roughage would only weigh it down, so it’s picking about food. It eats berries, tender green leaves, and tender shoots.
Its large “butt-bagpipes” was a handy exaptation to drastically increase lung capacity. Dixon Scrubpipers are remarkably resistant to pain, and will keep running even if a predator cuts off part of its body. If an Argusraptor catches the tip of one of its pipes, it simply keeps running, allowing it to be torn off. It fully regrows in a few months. With three pipes, it can still breathe effectively even if one pipe is too damaged to function.
Dixon Scrubpipers lives in small groups, watching out for predators. They communicate through various noises, and tend to be quieter in more open environments.
When they detect danger, they all escape in multiple directions in a pandemonium of raucous, bagpipe-like noise, which can deafen Argusraptors even permanently, if they’re too close. They can close their own ears to prevent themselves from getting deafened. They can’t yell while running for very long. If backed into a corner (almost impossible in its open habitat), it will yell rapid-fire while trying to escape, even trying to leap over its predators.
Dixon Scrubpipers have flat hooves of sturdy wood, which constantly grow and must be worn down, whether by running, running on coarse surfaces, or filing it away on rocks or rough bark. Unlike a horse’s hoof, it covers the entire tip of the leg, almost like a slipper.

Made using this image of an antelope as reference: c8.alamy.com/comp/E51E5P/runni…

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Description

((Made between Generations. Not yet released.))
(Template not made yet.)

With the Argusraptor Complex snapping wooden bones and armor with ease, and their vision making it necessary to have decent camouflage, and their pack tactics making standing and fighting a terrible idea for all but the biggest, most aggressive or well-equipped fauna, running as fast as possible was one of the few good options in an open habitat for a plent with weak wooden bones. As Dixon Scrubpipers have no nasal passages, they do not need to have large snouts.
As a Dixon Scrubpiper’s digestive system is a closed loop, as typical of plents, it can’t eat and defecate at the same time, or efficiently digest multiple meals while another is in transit. Low-quality roughage would only weigh it down, so it’s picking about food. It eats berries, tender green leaves, and tender shoots.
Its large “butt-bagpipes” was a handy exaptation to drastically increase lung capacity. Dixon Scrubpipers are remarkably resistant to pain, and will keep running even if a predator cuts off part of its body. If an Argusraptor catches the tip of one of its pipes, it simply keeps running, allowing it to be torn off. It fully regrows in a few months. With three pipes, it can still breathe effectively even if one pipe is too damaged to function.
Dixon Scrubpipers lives in small groups, watching out for predators. They communicate through various noises, and tend to be quieter in more open environments.
When they detect danger, they all escape in multiple directions in a pandemonium of raucous, bagpipe-like noise, which can deafen Argusraptors even permanently, if they’re too close. They can close their own ears to prevent themselves from getting deafened. They can’t yell while running for very long. If backed into a corner (almost impossible in its open habitat), it will yell rapid-fire while trying to escape, even trying to leap over its predators.
Dixon Scrubpipers have flat hooves of sturdy wood, which constantly grow and must be worn down, whether by running, running on coarse surfaces, or filing it away on rocks or rough bark. Unlike a horse’s hoof, it covers the entire tip of the leg, almost like a slipper.

Made using this image of an antelope as reference: c8.alamy.com/comp/E51E5P/runni…

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Will accept commissions:
www.deviantart.com/argentdande…