Thorny Dragon

The Thorny Dragons are a member of the Dragon family that recently appeared in the Autistic Hero 40 trillionth earth. They are new species of Dragon that actually came from a once non dragon species. Thorny Dragons come from the Thorny Devil lizard of Australia which coincidentally enough has a lineage that leads all the way back to the first dragons. Lizards and reptiles are all connected to the Dragons but the Thorny Dragons are actually an instance where a creature that came from dragons evolved back into a dragon due to the SNA Allowing it to evolve into a more dangerous form. Thorny Dragons are not seen in the first book but in the second one Its seen that a Juvenile Thorny Dragon is compared to a Non evolved Thorny devil.

## Biology

The Thorny Dragons(Better known as Moloch Horridus Draconis) is an Australian Spiny dragon which is the second and only second species in the genus Moloch considering the evolution branching it did to achieve this form. The creature still has similar traits to the Thorny devil such as the females being larger than males and also are in the colors of Desert tans and browns to help blend in so they can prey on smaller life forms. These colors become more pale during cold weather and they also are covered in head to tail with thorns except for its underside which is just scales. This dragon also has a false head on the back of its head which looks more alarming and spiny than its actual head. The creature's spines are also hollow so whenever it finds water it can store it in them like tanks and filter them to its mouth. The creature also has Wings attached to its arms which allows it to better scare its enemies by opening them and hopping around. This threatening display also is a mating dance which 2 males will dance with these wings flapping to show which will get the mate. The female usually chooses the one who's wing patterns are more unique and the dance being very unique as Each thorny dragon has their own unique instinctual dance. Thorny dragon eggs are very much brown and spotted with odd bumps which turn out to be heat absorbing sacs which actually quicken the speed of incubation so that the Thorny dragons don't have to lay on them 24/7. Thorny dragons also spew Acid instead of fire which is useful for taking down both prey and predators such as larger dragons or other horrific beasts such as the Bunyips which can prey upon them. The acid comes from their forked tongues which have opening sockets which kink like a water hose and then release pressurized acid in 2 directions allowing it to strike multiple areas. The Thorny dragons aren't the best fliers but their environment of the hot deserts needs less need for flying fast as prey are relatively slow. Thorny Dragons come from Thorny Devils which decades ago when the dinosaurs still roamed the earth were in development by evolving dragons turning into smaller life forms due to climate changes. however Interestingly Thorny Devils still had traces of dragon instincts such as their spines being clear hints towards the past. Thanks to SNA It seems that Thorny Devils were able to self evolve back into their original selves by basically reversing their history into the big bulky creatures they are. Male Thorny dragons reach lengths of 8.3 meters long with a wingspan of 12 meters and females reach lengths of 9.11 meters.

## Abilities

Spine Storm: When Flying during confrontations with the Bunyips, They proceed to spin in the air like jets which causes spines to launch off like discarded teeth and these go everywhere in a 50 meter radius. These spines are nearly 8 inches long and are very thin like arrows so the second these hit their prey its immediately gonna puncture.

Thorny Carapace: Thorny Dragons are covered in sharp thorns which usually repel the bites of predators and punctures their mouth, These always grow old as they do and the ones that come off are able to let off an odor of strange liquid which is rancid.

Acid Spray: From its Forked tongue it can unleash a twin nozzle spray of acids from the holes in its tongue which can focus on 2 different targets or one big target to spray deadly acids at them like the Bombardier beetle does only this is even stronger, This acid when rightfully contained can be coated onto weapons such as bullets to use as boost damage.

Dragon Scream: Like the dragons in other parts of the world, Thorny Dragons can use Dragon Scream to unleash an energy pulse of Draconic energy to cause massive explosions.

## Trivia

Thorny Dragons are a hint as to the true origins of lizards and reptiles.