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Skull Island 2005 - my OC Fauna

This post will discuss my OC creatures for Skull Island 2005. Now I made these OC creatures as in the 2005 Peter Jackson King Kong movie, the island shrank to a fraction of its original size due to earthquakes that plagued the island for centuries, bringing the fauna closer together and even driving some unknown species into extinction. On top of that, the shrinking conditions (both literal and figurative) resulted in there being more predator species than prey species. So all that begs the question; what other species were present on Skull Island before the shrinking began? Well, in my proposed idea for the 10th season of The Genie Team, Skull Island is in the Atlantic Ocean, in the Bermuda Triangle regions and is in its original massive size, so that means that some OC creatures of mine will have to be added to help fill in the gaps between the numbers of predator species and prey species… and these four OC creatures are all dinosaurs.

Skull Island Iguanodon — found in the open lowlands and the dense jungles, Skull Island Iguanodon live in herds consisting of dozens of individuals, ranging from chicks to adults. Male Iguanodon are bigger and more robust than females, as adult males reach 45-50 feet long when fully grown, while adult females grow to 40 feet long. Not to mention, the males have thick’n’sharp spike-like ostiaderms down their tails and have bigger and thicker thumb spikes, while females are less armored and armed. Unlike Brontosaurus or Ferrucutus, Skull Island Iguanodon herds have more than one adult male, which is needed to provide extra protection from the many predators of the island. The one dominant bull is bigger than the non-dominant males, reaching 50+ feet. Like Ligocristus, Iguanodon females lay a ton of eggs each, with a single female laying 20 to 25 eggs each. Iguanodon nest in the same way as Ligocristus; nesting on small islands in the middle of rivers or lakes of the open lowlands. The young that hatch are extremely vaunerable to the many predators of the island, so they always stick close to the herds.

Skull Island Altirhinus — these guys can be found in the open lowlands and dense jungles like Iguanodon. Like their ancestors, Skull Island’s Altirhinus have huge bulbous noses, with the males having the bigger and colorful ones. These guys’ nesting behaviors are similar to Iguanodon, as are their social structures.

Skull Island Lurdusaurus — found in the dense jungles and soaking wetlands, Skull Island Lurdusaurs are shorter and slower than Iguanodon and Altirhinus, but are bulkier and just as long. Lurdusaurs’ nesting behaviors are different as they nest and lay their eggs in nest mounds that are perfectly camouflaged among the dense foliage of the jungles, and a single female can lay up to 26 eggs each. On top of that, the herds become resident when nesting and guarding their eggs in order to protect their young. When the eggs do hatch, the young are always close to the herd so the adults can shield them from the many predators of the island.

Skull Island Leyallenasaura — found in the open lowlands and dense jungles, Skull Island’s Leyallenasaura are very fast and very weary. These guys, like Venatosaurus, lack feathers that their Mesozoic ancestors had due to the tropical climate of the island as a thick coat of feathers hampered efficient thermal regulation. And being 6 to 7 feet long, Skull Island Leyallenasaura were worthy meals and/or snacks to the many predators of the island. And because of that, Leyallenasaura use speed to escape said predators, as well as being close to and around herds of other dinosaurs like Brontosaurus, Ferrucutus, Ligocristus, Iguanodon, Sylvaceratops, etc. When it comes to nesting, Leyallenasaura dig and build nests in the hollow bases of trees and a single female can lay up to 30-33 eggs each, and the young are able to leave the nests and join the adults immediately upon hatching. And like adults, the hatchlings have shades of green and brown to help them blend in with their surroundings. Though Leyallenasaura found in the jungles have shades of green and brown to help them blend in with the logs and dense foliage around the trees while Leyallenasaura found in the open lowlands have shades of green and light green that help them blend in with the tall dense grass.

As a quick side note, these species eat a lot of plants that ferns compete against, though they do sometimes occasionally eat ferns. But other than that, they eat other plants a lot, which helps Atercurisaurus as the island’s only stegosaurid eats primarily ferns. So with ferns’ competitors cleared out, the ferns grow in huge numbers, allowing Atercurisaurus to have a feast. This cycle is repeated and reversed with the respective plant species taking the blank areas for their respective eaters to have. As for the herd members, they range from hatchlings to adults, with juveniles and subadults being among them, and because of that, the size of the herds is huge, with dozens of members each.

As another quick side note, Skull Island Iguanodon and Altirhinus can also be sometimes seen traveling with Megaprimatus Kong, sharing food with the giant apes and the males helping the male Kongs in defending themselves and the females and young, showing a symbiotic relationship between dinosaur and mammal.