Crimson Smrťožrút’s

In: Dinosaur Animals of Rathnir and Eldham Rathnir Paleontological Society

= The Crimson Smrťožrút’s =

The Crimson Smrťožrút’s is a large therapod Dinosaur, that's lineage traces all the way from the Qalmanian too the modern day. It's lineage spread throughout the entire realm, before having it's range being reduced to the arid areas of Nieden. In the early medieval ages wandering merchants and adventurers would describe these nomadic hunters who prowled the endless arid land as “demons” or “drakes”.

Taxonomy
Their ancestors were small nimble little dinosaur that measured 3 ft tall and 6 ft long. This common ancestor belonged to a family known as the carcharodontosaurids, which had Giganotosaurus, carcharodontosaurus, and Acrocanthosaurus. Its family was very successful predators. But this theropod was small, which allowed it to survive through several mass extinctions. Until it was the right time to start growing, to the sizes of it's Iridaceous predecessors. These creatures existed for several millions of years after the mass extinction only going extinct after the emergence of players.

Naming
The scientific name Desertumvenatrix, roughly translates from Latin to mean Desert huntress for obvious reasons. Because these creatures are proficient desert hunters.

The pseudonym Crimson Smrťožrút's translates from the Native language of the Bacri pom tribe to Death eater, due to elegit reports and legends of these creatures digging up newly dug graves to feast on corpses of the newly buried.

Behaviors & Hunting
The Smrťožrút's are the monarchs of the arid deserts of Neiden, they go where they want and can only be challenged by their own kinds, the dragons, and foolish players. Due to this dominion over their ecosystem, they have been known wander into towns in search of food. These creatures are very curious inspecting unfamiliar items and objects, giving them playful test bites. Though these play bites can easily tear limbs and body part off a living object.

The Smrťožrút's hunts, via ambush predation where an individual will blend into the arid environments.

Mating
Desertumvenatrix had a mating system similar to wandering albatrosses, they're socially monogamous which means they'll mate for life but will only live with each over for mating and hatching seasons. Males and females travel to mating grounds where the males will start dancing and showing off their crests. The males with the brighter and taller crests are often the chosen over the duller colored crests.