Chapter four
Massospondylus
Name Meaning: Massive Vertebra
Massospondylus was an early herbivore about 13 feet long and 3 feet tall. It had a long neck, very long tail, a small head, peg-like teeth, and large, five-fingered hands with a large thumb claw. Massospondylus are able to use its hand for grasping in addition to walking. Its back legs were only a little bit larger than its front legs. It was a very common dinosaur.
Behavior: Very Stupid, yet fast runner
Diet: Plants
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Calvin focused his MTM at the grazing Massospondylus. He opened up the Capture Dinosaur menu on the Main Menu, and the screen changed.
Capture Dino.
Capture: Massospondylus
Ready. When ready to fire, click here
Close Menu
Calvin held the MTM up, and pointed it at the Massospondylus.
Calvin clicked capture and... POOF!
Hobbes stared at him.
"Calvin, I don't think it worked." Hobbes said.
"Of corse it worked." Calvin said. "We just captured a wonderful photograph of the Massopondylus."
Hobbes stared at him.
"You mean to tell me we came all this way just to take pictures!" He yelled.
"Well we couldn't capture them for real! That would be human like!"
"Mmm, good point." Hobbes thought out loud.
"Oh-no." Hobbes whispered, Just then.
"What?" Calvin asked. "That sounds like a good idea don't you thi..."
Just then Calvin's MTM beeped and a hologram shot out.
Calvin read the hologram
APPROACHING DINOSAUR!
Allosaurus
Name Meaning: Different Lizard
Allosaurus was up to 38 feet long and 16.5 feet tall. It weighed about 1400 kg. It had a 3 feet long skull with two short brow-horns and bony knobs and ridges above its eyes and on the top of the head. It had large, powerful jaws with long, sharp, serrated teeth 2 to 4 inches long.
Behavior: Allosaurus may have hunted in groups. In groups, Allosaurus could ambush even the very large sauropods (like Diplodocus and Camarasaurus). It probably also preyed upon Stegosaurs and Iguanodons. Allosaurus was the most abundant predator in late Jurassic North America.
Diet: Meat
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Hobbes pointed behind Calvin, his eyes as wide as dinner plates.
Calvin slowly turned around and saw something huge standing over them.
If that was Allosaurus then T. Rex must have been HUGE.
The database didn't lie.
Ally was over sixteen feet tall. It had a red body, arms that were stronger than T. Rex's and had red eyes.
Then, it put its head back and let out a mighty roar like that of a lion.
Calvin and Hobbes screamed, and zoomed off.
Calvin held up his MTM.
Aerial Probe launched
The frisbee like probe was ejected from the MTM, and it flew the Allosaurus that was gaining on them.
The probe noticed that the Allasour ran similar to the Dilophosaurus.
Running in long strides on its tiptoes.
The aerial probe followed the action as Calvin and Hobbes bolted away from the ever approaching predator.
"IN THE CAVE!" Calvin screamed.
Calvin and Hobbes dove into a cave.
Only three seconds afterward, the Allosaurus jaws crashed inside.
Calvin and Hobbes screamed again, as the Allasour roared and slowly pushed its head farther into the cave.
"Back inside the cave!" Calvin screamed.
Hobbes stared behind him into the inky darkness.
"Are you crazy? We can't go down there!"
Calvin quicky opened the MTM Main Menu.
Flashlight
Activate
Close
Calvin quickly clicked on activate.
Instantly, a light as bright as car headlights filled the cave.
The Allosaurus roared, again.
Calvin and Hobbes then went deeper into the cave.
Deeper and deeper they went, and then, the MTM beeped.
"Not again!" Hobbes muttered.
APPROACHING DINOSAURS
Compsognathus
or compy for short
Name meaning: Pretty Jaw
Compsognathus was a bird-like dinosaur that walked on two long, thin legs; It had three-toed feet. A long tail acted as a counterbalance and for stability during fast turns. It had short arms with two clawed fingers on each hand. Compsognathus had a small, pointed head with small, sharp teeth, hollow bones, and a long, flexible neck. It was a scavenger.
Compsognathus was about 4.6 feet long, about 6.5 pounds and was about the size of a chicken. Its femur was only 4. 3 inches long. WARNING: Poisonous dinosaur. Compsognathus has a slow working poison that kills crippled animals. Beware of the chicken with scales! BEWARE!
Behavior: Compsognathus hunted in packs.
Diet: Scavenger.
Calvin and Hobbes looked around.
They didn't see the compies.
But then, small squeaks echoed through the cave.
"We don't have anything to worry about." Said Calvin. "See there? Crippled animals. Those things would have to be idiots to attack us."
Calvin pulled a piece of bubble gum out of his pocket, and chewed on it.
"Want some?" Asked Calvin.
"No." Said Hobbes staring at the compy that was staring at him only a few feet away. "Are you sure they won't attack us?" Asked Hobbes.
"Positive." Said Calvin closing the message down. "Now have some gum."
Hobbes slowly took the piece of gum from Calvin's hands. Not taking his eyes of the compies. The compies squeaked happily as Hobbes unwrapped the gum.
"I think they want some of your gum, Calvin." Said Hobbes.
"Throw them your piece." Calvin said, blowing a bubble.
Hobbes threw the gum onto the ground.
The Compies all dove for it. Hobbes watched, cautiously, as the compies fought over the piece of gum, squeaking and bawling.
When they were done, they continued to stare at Calvin and Hobbes, and hop after them, as they continued along.
"Calvin, I think you better throw them another piece." Said Hobbes.
"Stop worrying." Said Calvin. "They're not going to attack us, and that's fina... AAAAAAA!"
A compy had just jumped onto Calvin's back.
But before he could bite him, Calvin threw him off.
Calvin and Hobbes spun around, and stared at the compies.
They were hopping up and down, and staring at the two.
"Weren't expecting that?" Hobbes asked.
"Get out of here!" Calvin screamed, throwing his arms at the animals. "Go on! GET!"
The animals simply stared at him.
Calvin got out the MTM. Just then, a message came up.
Warning: Aerial Probe Unlocated
Name: aerialprobe0001
Type: aerial probe
Last reported location: Jungle forest North America, Allosaurus territory
Importance: Highly required
Return to Main Menu
"That's not good." Said Calvin.
"How can you think frisbees at a time like this?" Asked Hobbes, kicking at a compy.
"It's a requirment!" Said Calvin. "Without it, we can't see the dangerous or big Dinosaurs up close!"
"Well we're getting pretty close already." Said Hobbes. "Hurry up!"
Warning: MTM Malfunction
Just then, something dropped out of the MTM.
The compies looked down at it. There, unfloding itself, was another probe.
It looked like a big yellow spider.
A small camera lens popped out of the spider probe, and it walked over to the compies, its lens making beeping sounds.
All at once, the compies stopped paying attention to Calvin and Hobbes, and started looking at the spider probe.
The spider probe's lens rotated back and forth, as it looked at the chicken sized dinosaurs.
"Quick Hobbes, get that!" Calvin yelled. "That's one of my two spider probes!"
"Forget it!" Hobbes said. "Those compies can have them! That's the only thing keeping them from killing us."
Calvin pushed Hobbes out of the way.
"Give me that."
The compies started hissing and spitting at Calvin.
Calvin froze.
"Then again," He said. "I still have another."
Calvin and Hobbes got away from the compies as fast as they could.
