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Knox (ID: kH6nx)

Male Sapphire Dontorex
Creature Info
Owner: Gwathgor
Species: Dontorex
Sex: Male
Personality: Anxious
Origin: Captive Bred (G2)
Born: June 23rd, 2023, 2:14 PM
Stage: Adult
Rarity: Scarce
Chroma: SapphireSapphire

Species Notes

Grouping: Reptilian, Mammalian

The Dontorex is a frightful, chimeric therapsid and an aggressive predator. A known maneater, it is one of many reasons why exploration of Crop Circle Canyon was delayed. Dontorexes are highly solitary, coming together only to mate and then going their separate ways; a non-mating encounter between two adults is a violent affair. The gaping jaws on their tails allow them to swallow prey much larger than they would normally seem to be able to; much like a snake's, these jaws can unhinge to accommodate for wider animals. Though large prey can make a Dontorex's stomach distended, the acid found in their digestive tract dissolves everything in mere hours. It typically swallows its prey alive and whole.

Though the creature's head is smaller than its tail, a Dontorex will drink and eat smaller prey with the mouth found on its head. This predator has keen eyesight and sense of smell, and its short crest hides its ears from view. Scales cover its back and about a third of its tail, but the rest of the animal is covered in short fur. Its tail-mouth has incredible bite strength but little ability to pierce or tear; the eight "teeth" it has are in fact adapted scales to hold struggling prey in place. The strength of these jaws can cut off both airflow and circulation, causing the prey to pass out so that the Dontorex can swallow it more easily.

Artwork: Keileon


Ancestry

Catriona
Female Sapphire Tyiling
Wild Caught
Anxious
Female icon Sapphire Chroma
Catriona
Female Sapphire Tyiling
WC (Wild Caught)
Female icon
Sapphire Chroma
ID: 2C7tQl
Anxious
Egehion
Male Sapphire Dontorex
Wild Caught
Curious
Male icon Sapphire Chroma
Egehion
Male Sapphire Dontorex
WC (Wild Caught)
Male icon
Sapphire Chroma
ID: -5eGEh
Curious

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Offspring

Male Pink VitrevernID: ANokU Male Sapphire VitrevernID: lPN1g Male Pink KnutteID: Xw8GtI

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