Post by Gorgosaurus on Sept 9, 2012 8:13:58 GMT -5
Gallimimus Bullatus
Height: 8.5 feet
Weight: 1,250 pounds
Length: 23 feet
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Coloration:
Male: Vibrant orange with dark orange or black blotches covering the body. Green eyes with yellowish white underbellies.
Young Male: Dull orange with small black blotches covering most of their bodys. White underbellies and light green eyes.
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Female: Bright yellowish orange, with faint orange stripes on the back, neck and tail. Underbelly is yellowish white and females often have yellow or green eyes with round, black pupils.
Young Female: Beigish yellow with faint beigish yellow striping. Eye's are light orange with round pupils. Underbelly is beigish white.
Preferred Habitat: Preferrs open spaces where it can run around freely with it's herd.
Diet: Despite what some books say, Gallimimus is actually an omivore; eating plants, dinosaur eggs, mammals, lizards and sometimes seeds and fruit.
Family: Ornithomimosauria
Social Structure: Often in large herds led by a dominant male or female. Herds ususally have up to 30 individuals, consisting of females, young, males and sub-adults.
Description: Medium-sized, bipedal herbivore. Has long legs, thin skeletal structure. Has a long neck leading to a small head with no teeth inside it's beak. Has 3 toes on each foot, and 4 claws on each hand.
Behavior's: Like Parasaurolophus, Gallimimus has a good sense of eyesight which allows them to spot a predator before it can mount an attack. When a Gallimimus spots a predator, it calls out a loud, high-pitched screech, simular to a Velociraptor. Like giraffes and zebras of today, other herbivores tolerate the presence of Gallimimus near them, as it gives them a warning that herbivores like sauropods want to have. Gallimimus is an incredibly fast animal; one of the fastest animals on Isla Sorna, capable of reaching speeds of up to 50 MPH. Also, Gallimimus can be spooked very easily; even the slightest movement of a non-dangerous animal will cause the entire herd to stampede, trampling anything in their path. During the breeding season, Gallimimus migrate to the grasslands and begin to fight for breeding rights. Males squak aggresivly at each other, and hit each other with their powerful hind legs and forearms. This is very risky for the males, as a hit to the wrong side will severly injure or even kill the other male. After mating, females begin to make nests in the ground and lay their eggs. Then they will wait there for a period of months untill the eggs hatch, and they will all stay there untill the young are big enough to travel with the herd. While the adults wait for the yougn to grow, they feed off of the hadrosaurs eggs that are laid by the adults, snatching up eggs for themselves as well as the already hatched young. Females often lay their eggs within other female Gallimimus's nests, and when the eggs hatch, both the females take turns to guard the eggs. Young Gallimimus feed off of nothing but hadrosaur eggs and young, and since young hadrosaurs are high in protien, the young Gallimimus grow incredibly fast, being able to travel with the herd in a period of months. Although a Gallimimus looks defensless, it is actually a dangerous adversary; it's legs are very powerful and the toes on the feet are very strong, able to kill even the largest of a Nublarensis raptor. As well as this, it's long forearms are very powerful, able to swipe at a small attacker with incredible force, as well as snap at it's attacker with it's strong beak.
Height: 8.5 feet
Weight: 1,250 pounds
Length: 23 feet
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Coloration:
Male: Vibrant orange with dark orange or black blotches covering the body. Green eyes with yellowish white underbellies.
Young Male: Dull orange with small black blotches covering most of their bodys. White underbellies and light green eyes.
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Female: Bright yellowish orange, with faint orange stripes on the back, neck and tail. Underbelly is yellowish white and females often have yellow or green eyes with round, black pupils.
Young Female: Beigish yellow with faint beigish yellow striping. Eye's are light orange with round pupils. Underbelly is beigish white.
Preferred Habitat: Preferrs open spaces where it can run around freely with it's herd.
Diet: Despite what some books say, Gallimimus is actually an omivore; eating plants, dinosaur eggs, mammals, lizards and sometimes seeds and fruit.
Family: Ornithomimosauria
Social Structure: Often in large herds led by a dominant male or female. Herds ususally have up to 30 individuals, consisting of females, young, males and sub-adults.
Description: Medium-sized, bipedal herbivore. Has long legs, thin skeletal structure. Has a long neck leading to a small head with no teeth inside it's beak. Has 3 toes on each foot, and 4 claws on each hand.
Behavior's: Like Parasaurolophus, Gallimimus has a good sense of eyesight which allows them to spot a predator before it can mount an attack. When a Gallimimus spots a predator, it calls out a loud, high-pitched screech, simular to a Velociraptor. Like giraffes and zebras of today, other herbivores tolerate the presence of Gallimimus near them, as it gives them a warning that herbivores like sauropods want to have. Gallimimus is an incredibly fast animal; one of the fastest animals on Isla Sorna, capable of reaching speeds of up to 50 MPH. Also, Gallimimus can be spooked very easily; even the slightest movement of a non-dangerous animal will cause the entire herd to stampede, trampling anything in their path. During the breeding season, Gallimimus migrate to the grasslands and begin to fight for breeding rights. Males squak aggresivly at each other, and hit each other with their powerful hind legs and forearms. This is very risky for the males, as a hit to the wrong side will severly injure or even kill the other male. After mating, females begin to make nests in the ground and lay their eggs. Then they will wait there for a period of months untill the eggs hatch, and they will all stay there untill the young are big enough to travel with the herd. While the adults wait for the yougn to grow, they feed off of the hadrosaurs eggs that are laid by the adults, snatching up eggs for themselves as well as the already hatched young. Females often lay their eggs within other female Gallimimus's nests, and when the eggs hatch, both the females take turns to guard the eggs. Young Gallimimus feed off of nothing but hadrosaur eggs and young, and since young hadrosaurs are high in protien, the young Gallimimus grow incredibly fast, being able to travel with the herd in a period of months. Although a Gallimimus looks defensless, it is actually a dangerous adversary; it's legs are very powerful and the toes on the feet are very strong, able to kill even the largest of a Nublarensis raptor. As well as this, it's long forearms are very powerful, able to swipe at a small attacker with incredible force, as well as snap at it's attacker with it's strong beak.