Changes: Megasquid

Revision as of 17:05, 18 March 2018

5m tall, weighing 8 tonnes, with tentacles that extend to 3m and rhino-like skin, the megasquid is a formidable creature. It roams the northern forests of the planet 200 million years hence. All eight of its arms have become legs and look like thick columns, each are a 1/3 of a metre in diameter.

Behavior

The megasquid is king of the forest. Since it has no enemies, it can live for up to 50 years.

An invertebrate, meaning it has no backbone or skeleton, it has strong muscles in its 8 thick legs. These need to be strong enough to support such a large body.

It has a strange walking style. Moving at no more than a human walking pace it shuffles forwards a few legs at a time. As it marches through the forest it makes aloud bellowing to let other creatures know that this is its territory.

Diet

Megasquid are omnivorous; they eat fruit and small animals in the Tree and Air. Megasquids are ectothermic, so they eat about 30 KG per day--one-tenth of what a similarly-sized endothermic creature would need.

Babies

Nothing.

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 {{Creature
-|RefName   = MEGASQUID
+|RefName   = Megasquids
 |image     = [[File:Megasquid.png]]
 |Time zone = 200 million years
 |Type      = Land-living cephalopod or squid
-|Size      = 6m tall, weighs 8 tonnes
+|Size      = 5m tall, weighs 8 tonnes
 |Ancestor  = Deep sea squid
 |Lives     = In the Northern Forest on Ground
-|Diet      = Fruit, small animals in the Tree like Squibbon and Air like Forest Flish
+|Diet      = Fruit, small animals in the Tree like [[Squibbon]] and Air like [[Forest Flish]]
 |Eaten by  = Nothing
-}}6m tall, weighing 8 tons, with tentacles that extend to 3m and rhino-like skin, the megasquid is a formidable creature. It roams the northern forests of the planet 200 million years hence. All eight of its arms have become legs and look like thick columns, each are a 1/3 of a metre in diameter.
+}}5m tall, weighing 8 tonnes, with tentacles that extend to 3m and rhino-like skin, the megasquid is a formidable creature. It roams the northern forests of the planet 200 million years hence. All eight of its arms have become legs and look like thick columns, each are a 1/3 of a metre in diameter.
 ==Behavior==
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 ==Diet==
-Megasquid are Omnivore, they eat Fruit & Small animals in the Tree and Air. Megasquids eat about 23 KG.
+Megasquid are omnivorous; they eat fruit and small animals in the Tree and Air. Megasquids are ectothermic, so they eat about 30 KG per day--one-tenth of what a similarly-sized endothermic creature would need.
 ==Babies==
 Nothing.
+== Notable Megasquid ==
 [[Category:Creature]]
 [[Category:200 million years]]