In the Late Triassic dinosaurs were new to the scene,but after the Triassic they begun their quest to becoming the apex predators,this is the start of their Global Domination
We see a forest
*Ignore the grass*
And it pans down to the forest floor
A Megazostrodon runs away from an Austrodactylus,hidding in a burrow to escape
The camera goes into the burrow
This is Megazostrodon,they evolved from Trucidocynodon,their much smaller,but they still keep the niche of being a burrower
The Austrodactylus flies away after hearing a screech as two Dracovenator appear
These are Dracovenator,measuring 5.5 Meters and weighing 500 Kilograms they are the Apex predators of this region
The two Dracovenator growl at the sky
Dracovenator is similar to Dilophosaurus but it’s slightly smaller,thinner and has different facial anatomy,and right now their looking for prey.
This is a male and female,the male is larger,has large quills and blue highlights,the female is less colorful and has a light fuzz
After a bit they find a small group of Aardonyx feeding
Measuring 6 Meters Long and weighing 1 Ton,Aardonyx are massive,but they only reach the height of an adult man’s shoulders
The Aardonyx rear up,using their tails as balance
Their muscular legs and tail allow them to rear up and get to higher plants
The Dracovenator duo stalk towards the herd,and then,they pounce
Dracovenator wasn’t intelligent enough for true pack hunting,so they mob their prey instead
The Aardonyx herd runs away as the male Dracovenator leaps onto one of them,but gets shaken off,the female pursuits soon after and bite down on the Aardonyx’s Shoulder,but the Aardonyx shakes around as the Dracovenator starts crushing the shoulder,the male appears and leaps onto the prey,the Aardonyx then rears up,making the female let go and the male lose his balance,the Dracovenator female leaps but gets knocked aside by the Aardonyx,the male jumps onto the Aardonyx’s back and bites at the neck,the confused Aardonyx accidentally steps on the female’s leg,she screams in pain.The Aardonyx shakes off the Male Dracovenator and runs away.
Most large predators lose prey more than they get prey
1 Week later
The Dracovenator duo are digging a hole
The Dracovenator are digging a hole for their eggs
The female limps around
Unfortunately the female has a limp,she might not survive
Then we get a Timelapse of 3 weeks of the male getting food for the female and the female getting weaker
The male Dracovenator arrives back with a Heterodontosaurus and he sees the female’s lifeless corpse
The female had a leg infection,she couldn’t survive it
The male Dracovenator smells her corpse
Thankfully she hasn’t started to rot yet,so he has a chance to cover her scent
The male Dracovenator covers the female with dirt and drags her corpse far away from the eggs
While he is dragging it away we see an Austrodactylus flies above the trees
Austrodactylus,it’s a Pterosaur and evolved from Ixalerpeton,it has an exceptional sense of smell and it found the dead Heterodontosaurus
The Austrodactylus starts eating the Heterodontosaurus,but saw the eggs.
Austrodactylus is an opportunistic hunter,it would eat anything from large dinosaur carcasses,to insects,to eggs
The Austrodactylus drags out one of the eggs and breaks the egg shell,it starts eating the yoke
The Egg Yoke is incredibly nutritious,it has a lot of Proteins and Iron
The Dracovenator returns and sees the Austrodactylus eating one of his eggs,he screeches and runs at it,the Austrodactylus runs up a tree
The Dracovenator is to big to climb the tree
The Dracovenator male goes around the eggs
The male doesn’t have feathers so it’s harder to insulate the eggs.
5 Days Later…
The Male Dracovenator is lying down,looking starved
The Male is unsure about eating since then,there is no Dracovenator to defend the eggs
The Dracovenator decided to finally leave,but he covers up the eggs with dirt
On his search for food it starts to rain
The Rain masks the Dracoveantor’s scent,allowing him to sneak up on prey,unfortunately he’s to weak to hunt the normal large prey so he decides to look for smaller prey
The Dracovenator comes across a Heterodontosaurus and starts to stalk,but then he sees a Megapnosaurus start a chase,after a bit more Megapnosaurus start chasing,soon enough at least 7 Megapnosaurus start chasing the Heterodontosaurus,after a few second the Megapnosaurus start eating the Heterodontosaurus alive.The Megapnosaurus are so focused on their own prey and each other,that they don’t realize the Dracovenator is stalking them,the Dracovenator leaps and bites down on the neck of one Megapnosaurus,killing it instantly.The others flee
Dracovenator rarely hunt Megapnosaurus,but desperate times call for desperate measures
The Dracovenator returns and starts eating his food.
3 Hours later….
It’s night,it’s hard to see but thankfully we have heat vision to see the animals.
Nearby a few large herbivores walks by,waking close to the Dracovenator eggs.This startles Dracovenator and he wakes up
Then we get a closer look at this animal
This is Ledumahadi,measuring 10 Meters in Length and weighing 8 Tons,it’s to big for even a pair of Dracovenator to hunt.and they could easily trample the Dracovenator’s eggs.
The Dracovenator rears up,trying to look bigger.The Ledumahadi ignore him so he starts jumping and biting,the Ledumahadi eventually goes around.
Later on,in the day…
The Dracovenator sleeps,but then he wakes up to eggs cracking
After a month,the eggs are hatching
Out comes 3 Male Dracovenator and a Female
The babies start,trying to stand up and falling
It will take them about an hour to master standing up
The female starts to stand a bit but before she fell dad holds her up
Without help from dad of course
One male learned how to run and starts running down the hill,but before he falls Dad picks him up in between his crests
Other than mating,it’s possible that this is a use for their crests
After a bit the dad decides to bring his kids to a watering hole
A few other Dracovenatorare there and they look at him(Cringe+Not Sigma),one tries to steal his baby but he bites at them,eventually he starts drinking and his kids copy him
He is teaching them important life lessons for the future
They go back to the nest before dad goes to find food,and he shows them how to dig
This is important,as that’s their only defense against predators like Megapnosaurus and Austrodactylus
The dad goes away and after waiting a bit,a pair of Megapnosaurus appear,sniffing the air
Megapnosaurus has an amazing sense of smell
The Dracovenator babies stay still under the sand,still,looking like rocks,and then the Megapnosaurus see a Megazostrodon and chase that instead.
They smell their dad and they get out of the dirt and start exploring
Their dad is nearby.so their free to explore the forest
One stumbles upon an abandoned Megazostrodon burrow and goes in
Megazostrodon burrows are absolutely massive,this one measures nearly 10 meters in length and nearly 3 Meters deep
After a bit dad returns with a juvenile Ledumahadi and starts looking for his kids,he finds 2 of them in the abandoned Megazostrodon den,he careful digs them out and picks them up
1 Year Later
We see the 4 baby Dracovenator a grown up
At 4 Meters long their now able to hunt with their dad
After a year the dad can finally eat the prey he usually eats
The 5 Dracovenator encounter an Aardonyx and her juveniles,but they don’t attack,as there is a Ledumahadi that is too big for them to attack
Sometimes species will adopt other species
Eventually they find a small congregation of Aardonyx and Heterodontosaurus and start their ambush
They can only reach their top speed of 40 Kilometers Per hour for about 2 Minutrs,so they have to get close
Eventually,they get close enough,as dark clouds brew
Dark Clouds,that’s not a good sign
Then,they strike,they run towards the prey
The Aardonyx and Heterodontosaurus flee as the Dracovenator catch up
The male jumps onto it’s prey and bitches down,digging it’s claws into the prey,the juveniles start biting and eventually the Aardonyx dies.
1 Hour Later
The Aardonyx is enough food for a few days,but there is another problem
Some lightning flashes
Dry lightning,it’s lightning without rain,this makes forest fire caused by them
The lightning hits a tree,alerting a herd of Ledumahadi
Even deadlier
The fire quickly spreads and then Dracovenator hear it
Instinctually, the dad leads his kids to a shallow lake and they submerge every part except for their snout like allligators
Animals get engulfed in the fire and it lasts around 2 Hours
2 Hours later…
The Dracovenator leave and they walk in the ashy forest
The forest fire may be devistating,but it’s important for the ecosystem,the ash works as amazing fertilizer and the trees will grow easier
A Ledumahadi walks around and sees a dead baby Heterodontosaurus,and eats it
Even though their herbivores,modern herbivores eat meat to supplement their diet
The Dracovenator eat the carcasses from the fire
2 years later…
Now his juveniles are adults,and they will soon leave
After they leave he searches around,and we go to the Earth
Earth,Pangea is no more,and large carnivores roam the globe,Saltriovenator in Europe,Dilophosaurus in North America,Sinosaurus in Asia,and even Cryolophosaurus in Antarctica,Dinosaues now rule the Earth,but the truely remarkable animals live later
We see a Monolophosaurus eat food
Monolophosaurus,it may look like Dracovenator,but it’s more derived and it’s eating the animal that evolved from Ledumahadi,
Shunosaurus,in the last 30 years China has been a gold mine for prehistoric fossils,but this is just a tiny bit of these are showcased here,these are the Chinese Dragons
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