07-20-2018, 10:29 PM
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The teal dinosaur traveled to the island in the pursuit of better temperatures and less competition - while she enjoyed her stretch of territory in the Ascendants, the mammals with human technology over their heads just begged to get eaten with their shiny armor. Yet, this seemed to cause other problems with the mammal pack, and she concluded moving territories to a less human-influenced place suited her better.
Stomping her way through the dark jungle, the utahraptor already found herself pleased at the humidity and temperature levels. Last time she explored this territory, her attention was fixated on the hunt with her sisters. Now, she could practically feel the energy the extra heat gave her exothermal body. Her sharp senses picked out the signs of several prey animals - though she doubted the larger mammals she liked to hunt in the forest territory lived here. For one, she couldn't find any trace of deer; still, she liked the temperature enough to not care as much about the prey differences. As she continued to investigate, she heard movement and a warning cry from above.
Stopping in her tracks, she narrowed her dark eyes as she craned her neck to look up. Tilting her head, she made out the form of a fuzzy, long-limbed creature that seemed the source of the loud calls - it fumbled quickly with the branches to get further up the tree. Though she saw other blobs of the same type of creature, she ignored them and focused on this closest one. Taking a fraction of a second to spread her toes and flex her muscles, she leaped into the air; her clawed feet reached outward as she sunk her massive body into an equally large tree, her clawed arms digging into the bark for balance. As she positioned herself, her jaws snapped around the long-tailed mammal with several rapid-fire crunches coming from her mouth as she instantly broke several of its bones.
Swallowing the meal in one large gulp, the hungry raptor turned her attention back to the retreating and babbling mammals. Her upper lip curled upward in an irritated sneer, as she realized that the trees wouldn't be able to support her well if she continued to climb up after them. Huffing irritably, she unhooked her claws and jumped back down to the jungle floor - leaving the evidence of her climb on the bark of the tree.
[member=901]ROXANNE R.[/member]
[ using the scientific hypothesis that utahraptors were actually good climbers back in the days when redwood trees were common ]
Stomping her way through the dark jungle, the utahraptor already found herself pleased at the humidity and temperature levels. Last time she explored this territory, her attention was fixated on the hunt with her sisters. Now, she could practically feel the energy the extra heat gave her exothermal body. Her sharp senses picked out the signs of several prey animals - though she doubted the larger mammals she liked to hunt in the forest territory lived here. For one, she couldn't find any trace of deer; still, she liked the temperature enough to not care as much about the prey differences. As she continued to investigate, she heard movement and a warning cry from above.
Stopping in her tracks, she narrowed her dark eyes as she craned her neck to look up. Tilting her head, she made out the form of a fuzzy, long-limbed creature that seemed the source of the loud calls - it fumbled quickly with the branches to get further up the tree. Though she saw other blobs of the same type of creature, she ignored them and focused on this closest one. Taking a fraction of a second to spread her toes and flex her muscles, she leaped into the air; her clawed feet reached outward as she sunk her massive body into an equally large tree, her clawed arms digging into the bark for balance. As she positioned herself, her jaws snapped around the long-tailed mammal with several rapid-fire crunches coming from her mouth as she instantly broke several of its bones.
Swallowing the meal in one large gulp, the hungry raptor turned her attention back to the retreating and babbling mammals. Her upper lip curled upward in an irritated sneer, as she realized that the trees wouldn't be able to support her well if she continued to climb up after them. Huffing irritably, she unhooked her claws and jumped back down to the jungle floor - leaving the evidence of her climb on the bark of the tree.
[member=901]ROXANNE R.[/member]
[ using the scientific hypothesis that utahraptors were actually good climbers back in the days when redwood trees were common ]