Doedicurus

***Doedicurus*** is a pointable animal in *Carnivores: Ice Age*. *Doedicurus* is a member of the extinct group of animals known as glyptodonts.

## Biology

Like the other mammals of FMM UV-32's polar areas, *Doedicurus* is quadrupedal. It is a very short and stocky animal, with a huge green carapace comprised of many tightly fitting scutes, similar to modern-day armadillos. This limits the animal's peripheral vision drastically, but limits its vulnerable areas to the head only.

Aside from it's large green "shell", perhaps the most recognizable part of *Doedicurus* is its enormous spiked tail. Unlike it's dinosaur look-alike, the *Ankylosaurus*, *Doedicurus* uses its tail as a very effective self-defense method.

## *Carnivores: Ice Age (mobile)*

*Doedicurus* was added with a special Santa hat on December 20, 2013 along with *Andrewsarchus*. Its release came as a surprise to players, as there was no announcement about either creatures being released.

Once the hunter gathers 250 credits, the *Doedicurus* is unlocked. *Doedicurus* is a medium-sized herbivorous mammal. It is arguably the slowest mammal (or even the slowest animal) on FMM UV-32, as it waddles about at a very slow pace, even when fleeing. It is much slower than the other armored animal of the planet, *Ankylosaurus*. To compensate for its lack of mobility, *Doedicurus* can take several hits thanks to its armor plating. Because of this, *Doedicurus* becomes an easy target to anyone with a sniper rifle, especially if it's out in the open. Unlike the other mammals inhabiting the planet, *Doedicurus* can swim.

For a normally peaceful herbivore, *Doedicurus* is a very frightening animal. It will occasionally stop to roar, possibly to scare away any potential predators. The animal's call is a very loud roar, similar to the roar of a modern-day bear. *Doedicurus* is dangerous if wounded, and will attack the hunter by charging (at a very slow pace) and swinging its huge, spiked tail in self-defense. This is hardly a problem, however, as the *Doedicurus* is so slow it can easily be outrun. If a *Doedicurus* actually manages to catch up to a hunter, it will kill the hunter by clubbing him/her with its massive tail.

## Trivia

* When it was originally released, *Doedicurus* had a Santa Claus hat on its head. The hat fell off when the animal was killed, but remained on the trophy mount.
	+ In the February 4, 2014 update, the Santa hat was removed due to the end of the Christmas season.
* *Doedicurus* has a very unique death animation: once killed, it will buckle down to the ground before giving out a final roar and collapsing to the ground.
* *Doedicurus* was reskinned in 1.8.0.
* The *Doedicurus's* kill animation uses a unique hunter model that is not used in any other kill animation.
* Prior to the 1.8.0 update, *Doedicurus* had a skin that vaguely resembled the glyptodonts from the animated film series Ice Age.

## Gallery

* *Doedicurus* prior to update 1.8.0
* Santa *Doedicurus* roaring
* *Doedicurus'* spiked tail
* A killed Santa *Doedicurus*
* The new hunter model from the *Doedicurus's* kill animation.
* A *Doedicurus* on "Ring of Infernus".
* A sideview of a *Doedicurus* on "Ring of Infernus".
* A *Doedicurus* wandering through "Ring of Infernus".