Croodaceous Skull island: A field guide to Neo lost world

by gemm1mt

Imagine a world completely untouched by the rest of the world, protected by nightmarish storms. In this world creatures long since lost since he dawn of time still roam today, in an ever changing world. Man does not belong here, because this is one part of the world not ruled by man... it is ruled by monsters.

5. Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Symbiotic water hunters

Ever hear of the combo team of the honey badger and the honey guide bird? Well here's something similar on skull island. The giant Neo dinosaurs called Tortosaurus are giant Titanosaurs that have evolved spiked tortoise like armor on most of their bodies and especially on their long tails, in addition to their staggering size make them impervious to most predators. However there are two predators that would attack a herd head on. First there is the ferocious TarboDiablosaurusuchus Rex whose armor can easily get past the spikes of the herd. Secondly there are the giant Ceratosaurs called Ceratosuchus, who in addition to being able to bite through the neosauropods tough skin have venomous bite with a toxic potency twice that of a black mamba. However while these predators have one of the strongest bite forces on the island they just can't pierce through most of the battle tank bodies of the sauropods. So they have developed a way to get their meaty treat, with a little help. The Plesiodonts, are the third largest river creature on the island and has the third strongest bite force, make it easy to chomp through the giant sauropods armor. At some point in millions of years of evolution the ceratosuchuses and the plesiodont learned to cooperate with each other to get the meat they want. The Ceratosuchases are well known to be toxic and thus the herbivores would run at first site of the, which results in the carnivores chasing them down. With their colorful frills they would signal each other to herd their prey to large closed off river areas where only they and the plesiodonts would be able to get into. The land hunters would attack two or three of the sauropods so they would be infected with their venom and be more easily detectable to the water hunters. After the prey was herded into the river the sauropods would swim across to other side, but the injured ones would lag behind and become prey to the Plesiodonts. The giant fish creatures would dismember the large animals and tear through the armor like hard candy and gorge themselves on meat until they were full. Once they were done the Ceratosuchases would swim into chummy water and then gorge themselves on the softer tissue and muscle meat of their prey. While they're can be competition this teamwork keeps both predatory species fed.