Reading everything about the evidence supporting future evolution of bats, it makes perfect sense now. You're welcome. Yep, I've been obsessed with the idea of flightless bats (especially giant predatory flightless bats
) ever since I first found out about the night stalker. Interestingly, there's a species of bat in New Zealand (the lesser short-tailed bat,
Mystacina tuberculata ; there used to be a greater short-tailed bat as well, but it's extinct now
) that, while capable of flight, spends most of its time on the ground, eating fruit, nectar, carrion, and invertebrates. (
Here are two videos. ) My favorite episode of the documentary series
The Life Of Mammals had an entire segment at the end devoted to these bats, showing a group of them ganging up on a weta (a sort of giant flightless cricket that a lone bat would normally have difficulty tackling), tearing it apart, and squabbling over the remains. (Sound familiar? *shifts eyes a few posts up*) I should mention that they appear to be completely quadrupedal, so the body plan of the night stalker isn't necessarily the one that flightless batsóif they ever evolveówill adopt as my post might have suggested, but it's nonetheless plausible.
Kiwi's are awesome and adorable with their long beaks and almost non-existant wings!! VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs Yeah, I’ve seen that video before, though I find it sad. Poor kiwi.
I have my own kiwi video to share:
a kiwi on a treadmill .
He’s not trying to lose weight;
what happened was that both his legs were broken, so wildlife rehabilitators gave him treadmill therapy to help rebuild his leg muscles. Yes, it's as cute as it sounds.
Giganotosaurus- I imagined him being a highly-confident predator, proud of his skills and size. Vengeful, of course, and he can be quite nasty in that respect. Determined and clever, always finding a solution to all sorts of problems that are presented to him. Maybe a bit impulsive with his attacks, which can lead to accidents (eating flowers or biting his own tail, for instance Wow. I like those bios.
I'm eager to see how you handle the
Giganotosaurus in the RP.
Speaking of which, how large do you imagine your
Therizinosaurus dinosona as being? (8-foot arms with 3-foot claws are the only reference we have for the real dinosaur's size, but it's estimated to have been at least 30 feet long, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was more than that.) I ask because I think it would help in the RP scenes where my characters are interacting with yours (which are likely to be quite frequent
) to have an idea of how they compare in terms of scale. If both our dinosonas were the same size as their real-life counterparts, my character would be about as long as one of your character's claws, which might be a bit too much of a size difference, depending on what kind of interactions you were planning on. (Shaking hands is probably out of the question in any case.
)
P.S. You've seen
my dinosona picture and profile , right? For reference, I see him as being about as tall as Chomper (maybe taller when standing upright), or half again as large as Guido.
