Firefly the Harpactognathus

## Firefly

Artwork

"**For once I am glad to see a tylosaurus**"
—Firefly after being pursued by the Mosasaurus only for a Tylosaurus to start fighting the mosa, ruining the hunt and causing Firefly to escape
**Firefly the Harpactognathus** is a fan character designed by Frostybites16. Firefly resides in the Jurassic Park/World universe.

Firefly is a young adult Harpactognathus who grew up on Isla Nublar in the aftermath of the fall of Jurassic World.

## Biography

after the success of the River Adventure Attraction at Jurassic World featuring the bioluminescent parasaurs, they decided they would do another exhibit like it. It would have been a Ropen-themed Aviary where overnight guests would get to see bioluminescent harpactognathuses swooping around lighting up the aviary at night. Almost like an enormous jar of fireflies. But then the indominus incident happened, and that never came to fruition. But they had already cloned some and were preparing. Firefly was a baby little pterosaur, and he was in a little cage in the hatchery with his siblings in each their own. But one day the humans didn't come back. He got very lucky and whoever had to feed him last had left the cage door unlocked. He escaped but sadly his siblings were doomed, trapped inside the hatchery.

He grew up a bit while he was still on Nublar. He attempted to socialize with the Pteranodons, and attemptability they were off-putted by his bioluminescence, and found it startling at first, but eventually they just accepted that it's something he can do, and he integrated into the flock, which was lead by a large male pteranodon named Absol. He also ended up befriending a brachiosaurus during his time on Nublar. One day, the volcano woke up, and with the eruption of mount Sibo, he and the flock fled to the nearest island they could find. Unfortunately the brachi he had befriended did not make it to a sea vessel many of the dinosaurs were fleeing to in time, and Firefly could only watch as she cried out and stood on her hind legs as she was slowly engulfed by the volcano's toxic smoke and debris. Firefly and the flock lived on Isla Sorna for a little while, but soon conditions were becoming not ideal there either, and so they migrated again. They found a new island, Isla Matanceros, and hopefully with a new island, comes a new fresh start.

## Appearance

Firefly is a pterosaur with a low bony crest running all the way to the tip of the beak, which has many many sharp teeth jutting out of it. He also has a long tail tipped with a diamond-shaped tail embellishment, but this was more than decoration, as it helps with flight stabilization, similar to a kite. Near the base of the Firefly's long tail, on his back just behind his pelvis, are several barbed stingers, similar to those found in stingrays. Like other Ingen pterosaur clones, Firefly has characteristics of birds that can be seen in his sometimes bipedal gait, and the ability to use his hind legs for grasping, which real pterosaurs couldn't do. He hatched without any feathers, and has scales on his skin, but recently he has started growing a sparse coat of single filament pycnofibers. Firefly has a wingspan of roughly 6-7 meters (22ft) Across.

He is jet black black and covered in many bioluminescent light blue spots similar to that of a spotted eagle ray, as well as a glowing light blue stripe along each flank, starting at the corners of his eyes and a dorsal stripe starting at the back of his head. He has rounded pupils and his eyes glow light blue.

## Personality

Firefly is a congenial, bold, protective, agreeable, kind, short-tempered, humble, social, brave, loving, smart pterosaur. He likes fish, cuddling, diving and pulling up last minute. Pranking others, having a good laugh, traveling far, and seeing new things.

## Abilities

* **Flight:** Being a pterosaur, Firefly can fly, and pretty fast may I add.
* **Bioluminescence:** Firefly has bioluminescent genes from marine lifeforms incorporated into his DNA, allowing him to produce his own light and glow in the dark
* **Luring:** Firefly can use his light to attract fish
* **Night Vision:** Firefly can see in the dark
* **Swimming**: Firefly is a great swimmer, able to dive under water grab fish or something else in the water. He learned this behavior by watching the Pteranodons.
* **Electroreception:** Firefly can use electrical signals to locate objects
* **Venomous Sting:** The barbed stingers at the base of firefly's tail are venomous.

## Relationships

### Family

* as a lab-made animal, he was born without biological parents and also happens to be the only survivor in his clutch

### Allies

* **Absol the Pteranodon** (Flock Leader)
* **Unnamed Pteranodons** (Flock Members)
* **†The Brachiosaurus** (Friend)
* **Visper the Marine Iguana** (Friendly Acquaintance)

## Trivia

* Firefly was created January 28, 2022
* Firefly's theme is Owl City - Orchestral Fireflies, Owl City - Fireflies [EPIC ORCHESTRAL VERSION], and Owl City - Fireflies | Epic Orchestra
* Firefly's electroreception and venomous stinging tail are unforeseen results of the spotted eagle ray DNA used in his creation.
* Firefly's design was inspired by the Artwork by John Conway
* Firefly is in dire need of a slight redesign, but I plan on waiting until harpactognathus appears in the franchise to do that. Its gotta happen eventually.