Drepanyx gigantica

Drepanyx gigantica, genus name meaning drepanyx(scyth claw), common name: Giant reaper shark, Samurai shark, Giant reaphhark, or Samurai hhark. Is a large geocharcariform with largest specimen reach 8m. tall and 13m. long. Distinguished by its large scyth-shaped claw which they use to pull branch close to their mouth and defend themselves. A single slash from fully adult drepanyx can easily cut down medium-sized tree.

They are mostly found wandering around in sparse forest.

They are very solitary and only meet during the mating season.

## Anatomy

The head is small. The eyes are small and placed low to its head. It has a narrow jaw equipped with 40 pencil shaped teeth. Its neck is thick and placed high on its body. Its stand upright use its tail as counterweight. Its body is stocky and muscular. Its arm much like its body are long and muscular, equipped with a scythe-like claw that can be as long as 3 meters. Its legs are pillar-like with large nail. Its tail is heavy and stiff.

Only male process yellow fin with black striped use in sexual display. They have coloring varies from grey to greyish brown.

## Habitat

Drepanyx are found in tropical sparse forest to arid grassland.

## Diet

Their diet consist of canopy vegetation and fruit, though occasionally they consume small animals.

## Breeding

Breeding season set in early spring. Male will enter female's territory to show his colourful fin, more colourful the fin is mean male is strong and healthy. After display if female is pleased they will breed and disband. After 4 months female will give brith to 2-4 football-sized babies. Then leaves the baby to fend for themselves.

## Adaptation

They are more adapt to humid and arid climate. They evade cold climate because they can't eat Conifer leave.

Threats

They post no theat to human. But they often attack vehicle and watchtower because they mistaked them for another reaper shark. There is 7 case that they attack human's vehicle 6 case is severely injure. And 1 case that they have kill 4.human on a car. If they were still alive today, but they went extinct millions of years ago.

## Additional Information

They can cut a tree in one slash.

Discovery: First discover is only they their claw made researcher very confuse and place it as spike instead of claw. But later discover prove that actually its claw.

Name of the person who discovered it: Penn Pennson.

Jokes: Yea, samurai shark do exist.

Can you eat it or no?: Nope there's only fossil now.

Assessment: thier claws fossil use in chiseling. So it's really expensive.

## Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalisaliena

Phylum: Xenochordata

Subphylum: Psariaskoulikion

Superclass: **Karcharias**

Clade/class?: Ntanokarcharia

Order: Geocarcharia

Suborder: geocharcariform

Family: Drepalamnidae

Genus: Drepanyx

Species: Drepanyx gigantica

\*\*Subspecies under Drepanyx gigantica\*\*

D. g. Gigantica (common reapshark) largest 8.8m(28 feet 10.457 inches) tall 13.13m(43 feet 0.929 inch) long, found in grassland and forest. yellow fin with black stripes

D. g. Maximus (bush reapshark) second largest 8m(26 feet 2.961 inches) tall 13m(42 feet 7.811 inches) long, found in grassland. yellow fin with black stripe

D. G. Kampyli (island reapshark) Smallest of specie 4m(13 feet 1.48 inches) tall 10m(32 feet 9.701 inches) long, found in only small area.

D G macrocaudus (tree reapshark) 6m(19 feet 8.22 inches) tall 12m(39 feet 4.441 inches) long most common found in forest but can be found in grassland too.

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