Carnotaurus

**Carnotaurus**, also known as **Carnotaurs** ("Meat-eating bull"), were a species of carnivorous dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous period 72-69.9 million years ago in South America. They appear as the main antagonists of *Return to the Mysterious Beyond*.

## Bio

### Origins

Little is unknown about the Carnotaurus, since it was not on The Mysterious Beyond's dangerous sharpteeth list. So it's possible that they migrated to the Mysterious Beyond sometime after the Battle of the Great Valley. There were only two individual's.

### Rescue of Jerron Geo

During his time lost on the Mysterious Beyond Jerron Geo learned that Red Claw's urine can scare off small dinosaurs, including the Carnotaurus, it's likely they are afraid of the Tyrannosaur.

A Carnotaurus first appears where mercenary Yoret Nexus notices a flying lizard into the jungle. The flying lizard eventually landed on what appeared to be the bark of a large tree. The mercenary looks up to where the reptile is, but before he can get close, saliva falls on the branch next to it, causing the mercenary and fellow mercenary Curbet Rain to look up where the lizard landed: the nose of a carnotaur, which quickly awakens. Sphiar, one of the mercenaries hired by the Geo family, spotted the large dinosaur and began to fire his rifle at him as his fellow mercenaries fled the area. The attack failed to stop the *Carnotaurus* and the dinosaur injured its attacker's arm. This caused Sphiar's group to desperately attempt to leave the island in their plane.

Sphiar ran in front of the plane as it taxied down the airstrip, and tried to convince Nash to stop the plane. The *Carnotaurus* quickly emerged to the right of the wounded mercenary and proceeded to devour him just as the plane prepared to lift off. The airplane collided with the Carnotaurus' flank just seconds after it takes the life of its first victim. The collision dealt nothing more than a minor injury to the large theropod, though the plane crashed into a tree in the surrounding jungle.

The *Carnotayrus* soon quickly found the rest of Sphiar's group inside the damaged airplane, removed the cockpit and grabbed Yoret's with it's strong jaws. Yoret desperately fought against the *Carnotaurus* grip by grabbing Crystalynn Geo's legs but despite his and Curbert's efforts, he was swiftly pulled out of the plane and killed as he tried to crawl away, by being ripped in half by a smaller Carnotaurus with the larger one. The larger Carnotaurus gave out a loud roar that shook the plane violently until it fell out of the tree and onto the ground below. With the passengers now under its feet, the two Carnotaurs continued their rampage. The smaller Carnotaurus then proceeded to roll the already damaged airplane towards the larger one, and it flattens it with it's foot and rammed its head into the remaining portion, searching for the humans inside. Brian Griffin and his team fled from the wreckage the large *Carnotaurus* was scavenging, hoping it would lose sight of them. The smaller *Carnotaurus* was quick to notice the group running, and they follow and began to chase them throughout the jungle only to be stopped by a patch of trees that temporarily blocked it from continuing its pursuit. The Carnotaurs managed to make their way around the blockage and met up with their prey soon afterward fleeing from a Pachyrhinosaurus

A conflict ensues as soon as the larger *Carnotaurus* and the *Pachyrhinosaurus* saw one another. The *Pachyrhinosaurus* was the first to strike, he charged at on the Carnotaurus' leg using his strong thrill, pinning it to a tree. Nonetheless, the Carnotaurus briskly got back on his feet and broke free of the *Pachrhinosaurus'* pin, taking the chance to try and bite its opponent's thrill. The smaller *Carnotaurus* soon ambushes and bites down on the *Pachyrhinosaurus* back, as the larger one proceeds to bite down on it's neck, killing the *Pachyrhinosaurus*. The *Carnotaurs* roared triumphantly as they claimed the carcass of their recent kill. The battle allowed the visitors to finally escape from the vicious Carnotaurs, but they would encounter the giant theropods several times throughout the incident.

When the *Carnotaurs* consumed the mercenaries, their clothes and gear were undigested. The most notable of the objects was Rockson Geo's satellite phone that he gave to Yoret that would ring inside its stomach. Jerron Geo, who had just met Brian, heard this ringing of his father's satellite phone and assumed his family was in the area. Though he and Brian did indeed reunite with his family on the opposite sides of the aviary observatory's large perimeter fence, they all were soon aware of the Carnotaur's presence behind them after they realized that Paul lacked his phone.

As soon as the recently reunited group saw the Carnotaurs it began to chase Brian and Jerron, but the two reached the other side of the fence by crawling through a hole that was in it. For a brief moment, the predators seemed to have been detoured, unable to get past the fence, until Gabby insured them, and the larger *Carnotaurus* smashed through the perimeter fence. With their only means of defense against the *Carnotaurus* penetrated, Brian Griffin, the Padawan Six, Terramar, Gabby, the Gero family, and his colleague Ben Joseph fled towards a nearby cave. Once inside, the smaller Carnotaur bites down on Brian's leg, but Smolder comes to the rescue and causes a cave-in, burying the smaller Carnotaur. The larger Carnotaur survives, however, roaring in vengeance.

The group later reacquired the satellite phone from scavenging through the larger Carnotaurus' dung that contained the remains of Yoret and Sphiar. The smell of the large predator's dung discouraged a *Oviraptor* from potentially attacking them.

The larger Carnotaurus made one last attempt at killing the group before the incident ended by cornering them in a rock wall during a thunderstorm that began at night. Brian bravely takes the lead, confronting the larger predator head-on. He is joined by by the others too. Finding itself overwhelmed by the group combined strength, the Carnotaur backs down. However, it sees the oppurtunity to attack when Brian tries to call Sylveon, and chases after them After the group climbs the rocks only to find himself facing a cliff, the Carnotaur corners them. Rockson fights back to redeem himself, but the Carnotaur sinks its teeth into his back and hurls him against a rock, mortally wounding him. As it is about to finish him off, the Young Six, Terramar, and Gabby come and assault the Carnotaur in an attempt to save Rockson, but is quickly overpowered. The Carnotaur then prepares to finish the group, but Brian arrives and manages to push the Carnotaur to the edge of the cliff. As the Carnotaur faces Brian, its massive weight causes the cliff ledge to crumble. As the ledge starts to crack, the Carnotaur grabs Brian and tries to pull him down along with it, but fails, and the Carnotaur falls off the cliff to its death in the jagged rocks below.

## Personality

Although they serve as the film's antagonists, Carnotaurs are simply carnivores who require meat to survive, and have no real malicious intent. Like most natural predators, they see prey creatures as little more than food. Though they have no dialogue in the film, they are not without a certain level of intelligence, as they were smart enough to follow the herd's footprints to find food and water.

The two in the movie might be a mated pair or perhaps siblings, as they have a very strong bond, and the surviving one shows a powerful grudge against Brian Griffin, trying to drag him over a cliff, possibly to avenge the death of his friend, even at the cost of it's own life.

Carnotaurs are extremely vicious, dangerous, bloodthirsty, and feared by most other dinosaurs. But it is important to note that, like most predators, they are best at picking off weak and/or solitary prey. Their favorite quarry would have been stragglers or much smaller creatures.

## Physical appearance

The Carnotaurs are fearsome, bipedal, carnivorous dinosaurs with reddish scales, long tails, sharp teeth, and short horns. Their arms are stubby and vestigial, as the bipedal predators no longer require them for locomotion. The two Carnotaurs that serve as the film's main antagonists are noticeably different in size, though it is unknown whether they are a mated pair or just relatives. Both Carnotaurs are ambiguous in regards to their genders and it is never stated whether either is male or female.

## Trivia

* Carnotaurus makes it's first appearance in *Return to the Mysterious Beyond*.