Hesperornis V2 (SciiFiii)

Hesperornis ungula (name meaning "claw western bird") is a species of large cormorant-like bird that originally lived in the first half of the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous period (83.5–78 mya) as an extinct species of Hesperornis and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and introduced throughout the Pacific Ocean to help boost biodiversity. Hesperornis ungula phoca is a rather large bird, growing up to around 5.9 feet (1.5 meters) fron tail tip to beak tip. Unlike the first species of Hesperornis that SciiFii recreated, Hesperornis ungula is a capable bipedal walker, similarly to the native modern cormorants as evidenced by the hind legs of the original species being similar to cormorants, and SciiFii recreated this species with this locomotion just in case the first recreated Hesperornis species is incorrect in posture and locomotion. Like most seabirds, Hesperornis ungula is a carnivore that primarily feeds on fish and other small, slippery aquatic prey items, using its long, sharp beak filled with dinosaurian teeth for catching prey. It has short, stumpy wings that serves virtually no purpose and are merely ancestral characteristics that have mostly vanished in favor of using its webbed feet for propelling through the water. Hesperornis ungula is a social animal that lives in flocks of up to around 100 individuals at a time. The conservation status of Hesperornis ungula is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the bird's wide range and its tolerance to many of the human activities.
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