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Hyrotrioskjan β Gladiognathus
Published: 2013-05-09 22:35:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 12043; Favourites: 198; Downloads: 104
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Finally a Apex predator of the silvanian land. This sicagnathid is fast, strong and intelligent enough to kill even large scutoceratids like Pachyfrons or Scutoceras itself [link] . The animals hunt alone or in pairs. When they hunt in pairs, one animal always appear in front of the prey to scare it or to make it angry, it's partner waits several meters over the prey animal and waits for the best moment to spring on it's back.The nest of these species are extremly huge, some have a diameter of 3 meter, they are build by more robust materials and are often laying on the ground or sitting in an big forked branch. Females give birth to 4 youngs.
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I don't know the imperial system.
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Kinda reminds me of the 'Scavengers' from Diablo 1 , if you've ever played it?
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In School's pet day :
Student X: I brought my pet dog, Bruno( a sausage dog)
Student y: I brought my pet cat, Valla ( a egyptian bald cat). And how bout you, Z?
Student Z: Er..... i even don't know what on earth is these thing. My dad broughtΒ them home 3 days ago.. (these two scutles between his leg)
X & y:
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Well, that would be the last School day for many of them...
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so...they really are verocious, eh..?
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I am fond of insect/insect looking wildlife so I am enjoying these creatures greatly.
I'm curious though what sort of weaponry are these fellas armed with. Usually a predator needs some fairly formidable weapons to deal with prey which is armored, such as insects. Either that or venom and a way to get it inside the armor.
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Thank you very much
and sorry for the late replay.
The exoskeleton of silvanian pseudo-athropds has three layers. The first and most imortant is the Ganoid layer. Over this hard shell comes cartilage and blood vessels, and last but not least a thick, very elastic skin.
Predators tend to attack from behind on the tails which are mostly vulnerable, bust also the breathing holes and the sensing organs are often targets. Some bigger predators are in addition able to crush the armor of even bigger planteaters.
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Thanks for the information
The exoskeleton and other facts make a lot of sense. From the notes on your creations I can see that the worlds environment is very different from modern earth. I really enjoy browsing your creations and reading the notes on the world and creatures.
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I am reminded of prehistoric armored fishes, they had a heavily armored head and upper body, but a soft rear section a lot like your creatures.
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the Placodermi were indeed a important inspiration for the basic design of the pseudo-athropods.
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Your animals are a bit more realistic than a lot of critters out there. Glad to see it honestly.
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sowas mΓΆchte man nicht nachts in ner dunklen straΓenecke begegnen
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Ich schon... aber nur mit der passenden AusrΓΌstung
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Nice 
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Thanks
In a world with giant trees and no land, it's important for a predator to be able to move in all directions, the tail helps at climbing.
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Seems prehensile. It must be quite powerful despite its thinness, the animal's body itself looks pretty much on the large side
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Well that's quite horrifying. As an extension of one of the questions above- if a human was attacked by one of these, and somehow didn't die immediately, could you convince it to leave you alone by attacking the breathing apperatus?
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Yes that method could work
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Well good to know if I ever end up out there.
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Oh I really like this one, it's awesome to see some blues in your drawings. This guy is really neat looking, and those markings on the side of the carapace look very natural.
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Do they breathe through the three holes in their body?
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I really like the color scheme on Gladiognathus. It reminds me of some glossy scarab.
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How do they kill their large prey? Their jaws don;'t really look menacing I mean I'd rather deal with them rather then "nutcrackers" legs
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You don't see it from this perspective, but the jaws are very sharp, sawed and have much power. The animal jump on the bakc of it's prey and dig into the flesh.
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If this species gives birth... do the others have live birth, eggs, or that weird combination some reptiles and sharks have?
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To my shame I must admit: I don't know yet
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Do these aliens have an interal support system?
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I like these creature designs/ideas a lot.
May I suggest a segmented beast like this, [link] .
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Thank you
I have actually a few concepts which are similar to this, thanks for the suggestions
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Your welcome 
Ah, I see, very good. And your welcome again.
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Your description of its nest reminds me of an eagle nest, which I suppose is appropriate. One risk of a low-g planet must be that there could be a predator in any direction!
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great designs. this creature if I could meet a man, I could kill? I'm just saying, out of curiosity, not if your planet has been visited by humans.
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Yes, it could kill a human without armor, they would jump on your back and would cut through your neck
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I bet you could whoop it, due to it being used to much weaker gravity.
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