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Species Profile: Walgettosuchus

By Emperor Penguin

A realism profile used for Project Genesis' potential "Cretaceous Australia" roster

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Category: Characters, Gameplay Basics, Multiplayer

Languages: English

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Guide Index

Overview

Early Life Behaviour

Activity Patterns

Social Structure and Behaviour

Aggression

Hunting Behaviour

Predator Reactions and Fear

Courtship and Reproduction

Extra

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Overview

Diet: Carnivore
Class: Medium
Activity: Cathemeral
Environment: Forests and Swamps

Early Life Behaviour

Hatchling Walgettosuchus are born alone and find walking to be difficult, rendering them unable to wander far from the nest. Despite their inability to move properly they spend a lot of their time and energy trying to improve their walking skills.

As juveniles they become less clumsy, but struggle to learn how to hunt due to their slow speed. This, however, is not enough to stop them as they keep trying to prove themselves to their mother and father.

Once they reach adulthood they leave their parents. Though somehow they still struggle with some of their hunts

Activity Patterns

Activity: Cathemeral

Despite being the apex of Cretaceous Australia, Walgettosuchus are surprisingly shy animals, preferring to avoid other dinosaurs any way they can.

They are also extremely quiet, rarely making vocals, even when it is deemed necessary. They tend to avoid anything unfamiliar and are quite easy to scare.

Walgettosuchus like to sleep, as usually they can't be bothered to do anything else on the account of being bored easily, which makes them very elusive.

Social Structure and Behaviour

Social Tendency: Medium
Group Type: Solitary, Pair, Horde (Day time for Females only / Taking down Large prey)

These theropods are commonly found in solitude, living an ambulant life of constant travelling. They're able to coexist within pairs that show each other lots of affection, but is induced with common arguments. These squabbles rarely escalate towards violence and are kept passive to snaps and quiet, low growls

Male Walgettosuchus are surprisingly passive and tolerate the presence of other Males who would normally serve as competition. They are also submissive and don't like challenging somebody's authority but younger Males are more ignorant and choleric, being overly confident enough to happily challenge even Australosaurus on their own.

Females are more aggressive but as such prefer to avoid conflict wherever it's present. They go against Walgettosuchus' normally shy behaviour as they form hordes for social benefits and comfort as well as for the sake of taking down large prey. They take part in many social activities like wallowing, playing and bathing. As it turns sunset however these gatherings quickly end and Females no longer tolerate each other, returning to solitude once again.

Aggression

Aggression Level: Various

The lividity of Males is a dependence of age. Younger individuals being more arrogant and conceited, being cocky enough to attempt to hunt Australosaurus without the help of others. Older Males (being wiser) are more passive and don't like the thought of getting too banged up.

Females are slightly more aggressive, often being the cause of rough predicaments within their mated pairs yet they are quite pleasant within the hordes they inhabit

Pairs with children are protective of their child due to producing only one egg every nesting session, allowing not even their comfort dinosaurs Leaellynasaura and Qantassaurus to approach them. If they get into a bad situation with Australovenator then it is likely that a fight will not occur so to keep their sole offspring safe, but even without one they tend to avoid casual conflict with them unless food and nests are involved.

Hunting Behaviour

Type: Ambush Hunter, Opportunist

As it is normally with predators like Walgettosuchus, they rely heavily on cover to hunt their prey down. Due to being relatively slow they like to go for prey such as Serendipaceratops, Atlascopcosaurus and Diluvicursor, but will take advantage of any situation as an opportunist.

With faster, alternative prey like Muttaburrasaurus, Walgettosuchus tend to wait for them to come to it. Once they are deemed close enough they strike, landed three crippling bites that inflicts collateral damage to the victim. If they manage to survive the attack (which is highly unlikely) then Walgettosuchus will spend no energy simply following behind the poor herbivore, waiting for the severity of their attack to finish the ornithopod off. These hunts are easier within pairs.

Predator Reactions and Fear

Predator Reaction: Fight, Flight

Even being Australia's largest carnivore they are scared by sudden loud noises which cause them to panic, even giving themselves away to other dinosaurs in the area that Walgettosuchus inhabit. There are moments where they even prefer to avoid fights so to prevent themselves from suffering mortal injuries that make them unattractive to potential mates.

When they do finally decide to stand up to danger, they make themselves appear as big as possible and if this doesn't work they slowly amble up towards their aggressor, forcing them to move back. By being this deceptively slow, they make their threat more insistent and eager to attack, allowing for Walgettosuchus to go wild and viciously fight back.

Pairs are less likely to flee, but will steer away from chances to fight should children be involved.

Courtship and Reproduction

Reproductive Behaviour: Monogamous
Frequency: Female Walgettosuchus may nest every 7 hours
Number of Offspring: 1

Walgettosuchus become louder and more aggressive during mating season, making them formidable dinosaurs to contend with. Either sex can initiate courtship

The one who begins the process will stand their ground, calling to their potential mate. Unexpectedly other Walgettosuchus tend to respond to these calls, sometimes leading to conflict should two individuals have the same mate interests. If someone of the opposite sex responds then they will follow the sounds to their origin.

Walgettosuchus utilise "sing and dance" tactics to try and woe the individual they're willing to mate with, making sudden movements to galvanise their key subject. This can be shattered if two of the same sex want a specific individual, as a fight will break out for mating rights with the victor gaining access to those rights. If the "sing and dance" strategy works then the one being courted will come out with moves of their own. After that they spend some time together to grow acclimatised to each others scent.

After this they establish a temporary territory thats only purpose is for nurturing a hatchling, so once the child is at least a Juvenile the pair will introduce it to a life of wandering. The mother will be the educator of the two, where as the Male provides food for his family. The pair will stay together even after their child leaves them

Extra

NOTES: Walgettosuchus are researcher apexes that can be accessed through random generators or when Sandbox Apex Injections open

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