Daring Do.
Daring Do is a exploring, adventurous treasure hunting Pegasus.
And right now, she's been chased by her arch enemy, Dr. Caballeron and Ahuizotl, along with his men.
They've chased her all the way to a river, and now Daring was cornered and has no where else to go.
I'd would give up if I were you, Daring Do. Caballeron warned.
Not on my life, Caballeron. Said Daring Do.
Caballeron's minions began to approach her as she back up into the water. But what they didn't know, is that something is lurking within the depths. Then suddenly, lunging out of the water like a Crocodile. A large black Amphibian launch itself, and snatches one of the minions in his jaws. The amphibian looked like a giant salamander, but he was 16 feet long and weighs 1,000 pounds.
This was Koolasuchus.
A half ton Mid Cretaceous relic of amphibians from a time before the dinosaurs, Koolasuchus lived in the same region as Leallynasaura. And to him the small dinosaurs are prey. And once the huge amphibian has a firm grip on the pony, he drag him into the water to drown him, leaving Ahuizotl and the others retreated to the bank, horrid and stunned of what just happen.
But Daring Do took the chance, and escape into the air.
DARING DO! I WILL GET YOU ONE DONE! Ahuizotl shouted.
Once at a safe distance, Daring snickered and with a backwards glance. And ran off.
A day has pasted, and in her home which hidden. Daring Do now disguised as A.K. Yearling, as well as the author of every Daring Do book series. She's been doing this every since her first adventure. She was working on her latest book, but she was having difficulty and having trouble with this one. She had already finished up to the point of her escape from Ahuizotl. But only gotten her about 15 pages, not enough for a complete story.
But then the Koolasuchus got her thinking of something that she never thought before.
Maybe if I add another adventure in this. Daring thought. I might get something bigger.
Daring then moved to her desk, and pulled out some notes. Going over them like a detective, she went through the photographs carefully.
3 weeks ago, a gang of 3 ponies were torn and ripped apart by a unknown creature. And recently Daring has learned about these dinosaurs that have arrived. The location was at a remote section of the Hayseed Swamps by a river network that leads into the sea. The only evidence left from the creature were several footprints and a tooth, about 8 inches long.
Not much is known why they were out there, but they claimed they were looking for a lost idol.
The Golden Necklace and Bracelet of Aztec.
Legend has it, that the idols were created as sign of honor and ceremony. The ponies who made them, was as a sign of worship and honor of the Sun itself. And were own by the rulers of a lost civilization, and became a heirloom passed down to each generation.
But somehow, both idols have been lost. No ones what happen to them, some said that a villager has betrayed it's own tribe and took both the necklace and the bracelet. Others claimed that another tribe has fought a battle with them trying to claim the idols.
But whatever happen, the Idols are long gone.
And a countering to all of her research, the last known resting place of the Idols were in the Hayseed Swamps.
2 days later, Daring disguised as A.K. Has traveled to Ponyville for some help from Rainbow Dash and her friends. And she was amazed by the dinosaurs that are now living around here. The little Gastonia recently named Gaston by Pinkie. Some Apatosaurus, a few Stegosaurus, Iguanodon and Edmontosaurus and Tenontosaurus. Even the Leallynasaura and Camptosaurus, along with the Anchisaurus.
And recently a new dinosaur has arrived in the town, it's a distant relative of Edmontosaurus, but 10% of the size. It was Corythosaurus, up to 30 feet long, it's name means Helmet lizard, for the fan shaped crest on it's head. And Hadrosaurids are famous for a different crest shape.
Even though Corythosaurus are big, they are easily started. And will run away from anything that surprises them.
Daring watches a herd of 12, and one of them. a young female, 2 years old. Notice her and curiously walked up to her. She was so young she has never seen a pony before, and sniffs her curiously. But Daring was feeling a little uncomfortable with the little dinosaur in her personal space. Then suddenly, the mother of the youngster notice her lets out a loud bellow. And instinctively the young dinosaur ran back to her mother.
Sometime later, Daring has stop for lunch. As she ate, she notice the resident Leallynasaura clan feeding as well. And as usual, a sentry was on a pony made look out post making reassuring clicks to the clan.
Then a sub adult male, notice Daring and was curious. And then, Daring tear a piece of bread and lowered down. The Leallynasaura pecks it just to be safe. And then he takes the whole piece and rejoins his group.
An hour later, Daring was making her way to Twilight's castle. And then, she notice Twilight.
A.K.? Twilight said knowing not to use her real name in the open.
Daring quickly went inside, and Twilight closed the door.
Nice seeing you again, Princess. Daring said removing her hat.
You too. What can I help with? Twilight asked.
You heard of the Golden Necklace and Bracelet of Aztec? Daring asked.
Heard it? Twilight scoffed. I've read about them countless times!
Good! I'm hoping to find them as well.
Well, good luck if you do. Anything else?
Yes, I'm hoping if you heard about that incident in the Hayseed Swamp?
I did. I feel sorry for those ponies. Twilight said.
Have they found anything about the creature? Asked Daring.
Sorry no. Nothing but footprints and a tooth. Said Twilight. But I do know this. There was word about a creature with crocodile shaped head, and was seen during the attack.
Did they get a good look?
No, it was night when it happen. But I had a look and appears to some kind of Spinosaurid.
Hours later, Daring was now wandering in the Hayseed Swamps. The swamp rang in echos of dinosaurs far and near, and the last thing Daring wants is to become a snack for one.
Before long, Daring has encountered her first dinosaur in the swamp. It's a mid sized sauropod feeding on the ferns. It's flat muzzle and dozens of teeth at the front of the jaw, means that this species is Nigersaurus.
Nigersaurus was a dinosaur native to Niger, Africa.
A few minutes later, Daring wandered deeper in the swamp and traveled alongside with another African dinosaur. Ouranosaurus, a distant relative of Iguanodon. And has a large sail on it's back.
A short later after departing the Ouranosaurus, Daring has stumbled across whats left of the crime scene.
Then Daring notice a tooth lying on the ground. It's was conical shaped, which means it was a Spinosaurid tooth.
Looks like I'm on the right track. Daring said to herself.
Then suddenly, She has unexpected company. When a 26 foot long Theropod dinosaur appeared and took a bite into a corpse. And then it notice the Pegasus just 15 feet from it. It's a African Abelisaur called Rugops. Luckily for Daring, Rugops is a scavenger. Only feeding on carcasses of animals, it wouldn't hunt if it wanted to. But then, Daring did a mock charge and made a scary sound and Rugops took off running with a slab of meat in his mouth. And Daring was soon laughing.
Then suddenly, the ground shook as Daring hid behind some bushes. Only through a gap in the leaves. And then, a large brownish foot stomps into view, and soon another appeared as large predatory dinosaur walks by.
Whoa! Daring in awed.
This dinosaur is Spinosaurus.
The Biggest Land Predator of All Time.
Reaching a length of 57 feet long. And weighing up to 11 tons. This monster is famous for a 6 foot tall sail on it's back. As Daring watches the 11 ton colossus stomps away. But she notice something was not right. Back at twilight's castle, Twilight showed her some pictures of Spinosaurs and the largest had a different body design.
Then Daring notice something caught on the Spinosaur's left hand claw, and on his sailfin. it was the lost Idols she's looking for. Daring could hardly believe that she have finally found them. But now comes the next challenge.
How to get both of them off, of a 57 foot monster.
Daring quietly follows the Spinosaurus to a large river that leads to the nearby coast. The perfect habitat for Spinosaurus. And Daring saw a shoal of large sawfish moving upriver they were Onchopristis a 25 foot long Sawfish.
And a favorite prey for Spinosaurus.
Daring watches from a distance as the Spinosaurus walks into the river to his knees. And then he lowers his crocodile like snout in the water. This scene was almost like watch Grizzly Bears hunting Salmon in the Alaskan wilderness.
And thanks to his nostrils which are set high, the dinosaur can breath while he hunts. But even though he can hardly see the Onchopristis swimming by him. He has a secret weapon.
Special sensory holes on the Spinosaur's snout can detect movement underwater. This kind of sensory power is seen with crocodiles, which allows them to swim even in murky water. And allows them to hunt.
So this means that Spinosaurus can strike at a victim even without seeing it.
And then, the Spinosaurus strikes a large Onchopristis in his jaws. And brought it to shore, instead of using it's teeth for crushing. It's uses it's large hand claws to tear. It's conical teeth for perfect for gripping slippery fish.
The process went on for an hour, as it catches feeds a little on the corpses and catches again. A huge amount to waste, but plenty of fish to catch. But then Daring saw a large sail moving through the water, and it matches the picture she saw. It was a Spinosaurus, but this one is different.
As it climbs to shore, It's revealed to had shorter back legs making it walk on all 4's. Longer torso, different neck shape, and a different sail shape. More of a B shape than fan.
It appears this is more of a water dwelling Spinosaurus, possibly a subspecies.
The old male land dwelling Spinosaurs growls a warning at his water dwelling cousin. And the young female quickly backs down.
10 minutes later, the Spinosaurus soon lays down on the sun warm bank. And soon falls asleep.
Daring now sees the perfect opportunity to get the Necklace and Bracelet.
But she fear's it's only a matter of time before Caballeron and Azuizotl arrive.
She flew up and grabs the Bracelet off of the sail, and without waking him up.
But now comes the hardest part.
Getting the Necklace off it's claw.
Daring slowly made her way to the giant's left arm. The dinosaur's loud breathing seems to muffle her steps. And she was very close to a sleeping giant that even a human would never dare try.
The little Pegasus compared to the 57 foot dinosaur, was like a mouse next to a Saltwater Crocodile. And soon she got the hand claws, those claws are very powerful, and they have the power to rip through the metal of a door of a car.
She see's the Necklace is caught on the claw on the middle finger. As she slowly reaches in to grab it, she heard a hissing sound and panics and looks at the Spinosaurus as he opens his mouth. And soon small birds and pterosaurs came in and started pecking between the dinosaur's teeth.
Daring has seen this before in crocodiles.
It's a symbiotic relationship. The Spinosaurus gets a teeth cleaning, and the birds and pterosaurs get a free meal.
Soon Daring got back to the Necklace, and slowly and carefully. She manages to slip her hoof on the chain. And slowly slips it off it's claw.
Easy as pie. Daring snickered.
Daring puts the Necklace and Bracelet in her bag. And begins to sneak away from the Sleeping giant.
But just before she was home free.
Daring heard some growling close by, she looks ahead. And saw 2 smaller Spinosaurids confronting each other. One was a little bigger than the other.
The smaller was is Baryonyx.
A Spinosaurid native to Europe, in place like England.
And the larger one is Suchomimus.
Suchomimus was native to Africa, and lived several million years before Spinosaurus appeared.
Knowing that the fight will wake the Spinosaurus up. Daring begins to head in a different direction.
But as she took a step. A branch snap under her hoof.
Uh oh. She said nervously.
The snap was loud enough to pull the Baryonyx and Suchomimus from their fight. And the Spinosaurus's eyes shot open and wide awake. And he turns towards the 3.
And Daring was in grave danger.
Soon the Spinosaurus got to his feet and approaches them letting a aggressive roar, and it was heard across the swamp.
Trapped between the Spinosaurus, and the 2 smaller cousins.
Daring quickly rushed away into the trees. And the Baryonyx and Suchomimus ran away. And as soon they were gone, the Spinosaurus soon went back to his spot and got back to sleep.
Once a safe distance, Daring quickly caught her breath.
But then something puzzled her. She pulled out the picture of the tooth from the crime and compared to the one she found. And notice a major difference.
The tooth she found was conical, a Spinosaur tooth. Meant for gripping than tearing.
The tooth in the photo was thinner, more blade like. And it has serrations similar to that of sharks, and it was like a knife.
Daring realize that the Spinosaurus is not the culprit of the crime scene.
So what is?
Then suddenly, a large theropod appeared. And it has the matching tooth design.
Carchardontosaurus. Meaning Shark Tooth Lizard.
And soon, he notice the male Spinosaurus. As he woke up and saw the other top predator of his old region home.
Large predators would normally avoided each other, but in some cases will invade a territory if needed.
Spinosaurus may be larger and more powerful. But Carchardontosaurus has the more lethal bite.
And All that Daring can do, is try to stay out of the way.
The Carchardontosaurus approaches the Spinosaurus as he backs up. Then both predators roared as the Spinosaurus snaps his jaws, and the Carchardontosaur twirls around and circles his opponent. They roared again as the Carchardontosaur lunges to make a move, but misses. And The Spinosaurus snatches him by the neck in his jaws. The predators thrashed around, tails swinging around, sand being kick up.
Daring watches as the clash of the titans dueled.
Then the Carchardontosaurus manages to bite the Spinosaurus on his arm and neck. And as the 2 predators circled each other again, the Carchardontosaurus lunges by the Spinosaurus got him by the neck. But then, he manages to get the upper hand and swung him into a large rock. The Spinosaurus took a hard hit on his head, and slumps to the ground, but still very much alive.
And soon the Carchardontosaurus walks off. Only leaving with minor injuries on his neck, but he will recover.
And soon, the Spinosaurus got up and still very dazed from the hit. But manages to shake his head to get his vision straight. He now carries a wound on his left arm and neck. He was only lucky he break his sail because it's made of his backbone in tall neutral spines. And that would kill him if it did happen.
And then the Spinosaurus lets out a loud roar, as birds and small pterosaurs like Peteinosaurus and Rhamphorhynchus flew off.
And soon, Daring now having the lost Idols, is now making the journey home.
As she walk across the riverbank, she had a close call with a Sarcosuchus, the biggest crocodile of all time. And it look like a giant Gharial. And soon traveled with a herd large sauropod dinosaurs called Paralititan
Paralititan is the biggest dinosaur in Africa. 85 feet long, and weighing up to 60 tons. No other dinosaur throughout the continent's history even comes close. But as big as they were, they are not the true biggest dinosaur.
that record belongs to a distant relative on a different continent.
Daring followed them all the way to the edge of the swamp. And she went through so much today, she was not in the mood for anything else.
Until, a familiar voice was heard shouting. DARING DO! GIVE ME THE GOLDEN NECKLACE AND BRACELET OF AZTEC, NOW!
It was Aluizotl and his men.
Daring turns in face him.
Well? What's your pick? Caballeron asked.
Then suddenly, his henchmen charged towards her. But Daring quickly punched them, and took out all of them in seconds.
Listen Aluizotl and Caballeron! Daring growled. I've been through a lot of trouble today, and I am saying as clearly and carefully as I can! I almost got trampled by a dinosaur fight, nearing became crocodile munch! And I'm too TIRED, TO DEAL WITH YOU!
She then pull both of them down and gives them a death glare. AM I CLEAR?!
Then Aluizotl and Caballeron ran off, not wanting to get beaten. And soon the henchmen ran away as well.
That's what I thought. Daring said.
A few days later.
Daring was at her home, and has finally finished the last page of her new book. And soon begins to head out to get it published.
2 Weeks later.
Rainbow was at her home. And heard her door knocked. She open it, and found a package at her doorstep. And a note was on the box.
From: Your Friend, Daring Do. Rainbow read.
Rainbow quickly open the package, and was now holding the latest edition of the Daring D Series.
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, OH MY GOSH! She yelled excited.
And on the cover revealed Daring Do with a Spinosaurus in the background. And titled...
DARING DO
AND
THE GREAT AFRICAN PREDATOR.
Next Time.
Twilight and her friends will travel to Manehatten, to help the city evacuate.
But there unaware. That there about to meet...
A Legendary Monster.
Author's Note.
To be honest, I'm not completely used to the new body design of Spinosaurus.
So I went with old and new version of Spinosaurus.
Species Shown:
Koolasuchus
Corythosaurus
Nigersaurus
Ouranosaurus
Rugops
Onchopristis
Spinosaurus ( Jurassic Park III )
Spinosaurus ( Bigger Than T. Rex )
Baryonyx
Suchomimus
Carchardontosaurus
Peteinosaurus
Rhamphorhychus
Sarcosuchus
Paralititan
