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Description
Scientific name: Diabloceratops eatoni
Diet: plants, small animals (at the Zoo they eat leafy vegetables and fruit)
Projected natural lifespan: 17 years
Length: 5.5 meters (~18 feet)
Weight: 850 kilograms (~1,874 pounds)
Locality: Utah, United States (Wahweap Formation), 79.9 Ma (Late Cretaceous Campanian)
Exhibit: Horn-Face Range

About:
With its fearsome name and sharp horns, you would be inclined to think Diabloceratops was some sort of carnivore hell-bent on killing its fellow dinosaurs. But in reality, it was a peaceful herbivore.

Description and behavior:
Did I say "peaceful"? Well, not exactly. While they aren't hypercarnivores, Diabloceratops is far from the most docile ceratopsian. Most of the time, they look like giant cows, grazing away on mountaintops, but if you get within sight of one, watch out! These dinosaurs are fiercely territorial and will attack anyone and anything they are unfamiliar with, from humans to even members of their own kind. Their horns are much sharper than the average ceratopsid's, and they won't hesitate to jab you until you surrender or flee. But escaping isn't easy. Study shows that Diabloceratops can actually project hypnotic displays from the red spots on their frills to subdue trespassers. And it's damn effective - one individual successfully held a multituberculate in place for five minutes - only to eat it whole, alive. Zoo scientists don't yet know why they go through all this trouble to eat meat, but they suspect they're more carnivorous than other ceratopsians. So if you want to approach them, say your prayers!

At the Zoo:
We have six Diabloceratops at the Horn-Face Range. The other ceratopsians tend to avoid them for their territorial habits.

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The behavior is inspired by rhinos, bulls, and cuttlefish.

The skeletal I used belongs to Rubeniro .

The mass estimate comes from a deviation by AndreOF-Gallery .

Description
Scientific name: Diabloceratops eatoni
Diet: plants, small animals (at the Zoo they eat leafy vegetables and fruit)
Projected natural lifespan: 17 years
Length: 5.5 meters (~18 feet)
Weight: 850 kilograms (~1,874 pounds)
Locality: Utah, United States (Wahweap Formation), 79.9 Ma (Late Cretaceous Campanian)
Exhibit: Horn-Face Range

About:
With its fearsome name and sharp horns, you would be inclined to think Diabloceratops was some sort of carnivore hell-bent on killing its fellow dinosaurs. But in reality, it was a peaceful herbivore.

Description and behavior:
Did I say "peaceful"? Well, not exactly. While they aren't hypercarnivores, Diabloceratops is far from the most docile ceratopsian. Most of the time, they look like giant cows, grazing away on mountaintops, but if you get within sight of one, watch out! These dinosaurs are fiercely territorial and will attack anyone and anything they are unfamiliar with, from humans to even members of their own kind. Their horns are much sharper than the average ceratopsid's, and they won't hesitate to jab you until you surrender or flee. But escaping isn't easy. Study shows that Diabloceratops can actually project hypnotic displays from the red spots on their frills to subdue trespassers. And it's damn effective - one individual successfully held a multituberculate in place for five minutes - only to eat it whole, alive. Zoo scientists don't yet know why they go through all this trouble to eat meat, but they suspect they're more carnivorous than other ceratopsians. So if you want to approach them, say your prayers!

At the Zoo:
We have six Diabloceratops at the Horn-Face Range. The other ceratopsians tend to avoid them for their territorial habits.

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The behavior is inspired by rhinos, bulls, and cuttlefish.

The skeletal I used belongs to Rubeniro .

The mass estimate comes from a deviation by AndreOF-Gallery .