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Description ... The axejaw is not the only macroraptorial sabeph however, and divers of Ulysses-vessel had to find this out the hard way. During one of their dives, they were approached by a large sabeph with a scary grin. Large conical interlocking pseudoteeth lined the outside of its mouth, but did not attack them. They had heard the story of Quint Brody from Rafelman-vessel carelessly swimming with an axejaw and assumed this one was friendly like nearly all other sabephs. Foolish they were, for if they had paid attention to its vocalisations, they would’ve known that it was not trying to communicate. No, instead it’s chatter clearly indicated that it was investigating them as if one determines whether a dish is edible. 
They attempted to tag the creature in the tail fluke as is custom. The tail fluke of a sabeph has been proven to have much feeling, so it was chosen as the best place to place a tag. However, as they pierced the fluke, the predator led out a scream and rapidly turned around to defend itself. With one swift bite that produced an audible jaw pop, it amputated the arm of the man that put the tag on and took part of his torso with it. It was quickly shot through the fin with a harpoon and fled back into the deep. The poor bloke who had his arm bitten off died of blood loss before he was even brought back on board. 
The individual known as 5-U.36, shall forever be known as the first sabeph to have killed a human and still bears the tip of the harpoon stuck in her fin.

The megamouth sabeph (Daspletopeton robustus) they called it, for it had a gape larger than other sabeph. At 5 meters long with a ferocious temper, it’s a dangerous predator and one of only a handful sabephs to pose a danger to humans…


Read more about them here spacestationrhynia.blogspot.co…
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