Anjanath

Of all the wild beasts to roam the WTF Realms, none are more ferocious or powerful than the mighty anjanath! It's funny nose, fiery breath, pink scales, intelligence, and immense size and strength make this T. Rex-ish carnivore an iconic animal in artwork, stories, and memes. It also goes by the title 'funny nosed dinodragon'.

## Description

The anjanath is a massive reptile standing at least 15 feet high at the hip and stretching 50 feet long at minimum, but even larger specimens have been witnessed. It is native to Primania's tropical forests and swamps; especially the Jungle of NI. Although for reasons unknown, it also has been encountered in the mangrove forests in the neighboring realm of Hilnburgia. Then again, both realms are tropical paradises teeming with life. Soft pink scales cover their bodies although their backs are coated in dark, fur like feathers. The beast resembles a Tyrannosaurus Rex but with a fourth thumb like toe on each foot, spikes and retractable quills on it's muscular tail, foldable fin like frills on it's lower back and, most iconic of all, a retractable large nose casque that enhances it's already powerful sense of smell allowing the creature to sniff out prey hidden in its densely forested habitat. This animal is a powerfully built carnivore with bone crushing jaws, binocular vision, fiery breath, and a huge appetite for any prey they can overpower. Anjanath favors forests where they can find plenty of shade from the hot sun and hiding places from which to sneak attack potential prey. When at rest, an anjanath enjoys sunbathing at the beach, a forest clearing, or on a large, rocky outcrop.

Despite it's immense ferocity and brute strength, Anjanath displays surprising intelligence just like the real life Tyrannosaurus Rex! It's territory is marked in various locales by their boogers which are not only highly flammable but smell like burnt milkshakes (which is repulsive). It also deploys different techniques in ambushing and killing different prey items. Areas where prey is most drawn to and captured successfully like lakes and rivers surrounded by dense jungle foliage are always remembered as are territorial marking spots and nesting sites.

## Useful Tips

When exploring the home range of an anjanath, a traveler must always be on their guard, as the reptilian beast could be lurking anywhere in it's jungle habitat. However, there are ways to avoid becoming an anjanath's prey.

1. To avoid becoming an anjanath's prey, make yourself smell like either cooked vegetables, a fried boot, a urinal, a sticky note that's been farted on, a turquoise colored pencil that a sorcerer used to pick his/her nose, or a flounder that snorted glitter glue. These scents will easily drive the monstrous reptile away.
2. While an anjanath will consider any other creature as food, larger prey is preferred. Great jagras, dire chickens, giant snakes (including derpents), boars, and sheep are all very delicious to anjanaths. Use these and any other large to medium sized creatures as offerings (dead or alive) if you wish to earn the trust of an anjanath.
3. An anjanath will never eat a vegan or a Booty Burger customer! They will also refrain from eating anyone who smells like grilled milkshakes and, instead, calm down quickly becoming docile so long as they are not startled or attacked.
4. Wearing pink and or purple can also help tame an anjanath. They clearly like those colors having pink scales and purple feathers. Little to no sudden movements and calm are still required though.
5. Anjanaths hate urinals, vegetables (especially cooked ones), bathroom jokes, modern rap and hip hop, Domino's pizza, fried boots, and plaid paper. They will avoid these at all costs, but these will also increase it's aggression if it's already enraged.
6. Remember the old saying 'music calms the savage beast'? Anjanaths also like 80s rock or pop music!
7. Just stay the #%@$ out of tropical forests if you don't want to encounter an anjanath you dope!

## Subspecies

Being such a successful predator, the anjanath has been able to evolve a subspecies known as the fulgur anjanath. This subspecies has a more bluish silver coloring with a dull orange head and tiger stripes, enhanced strength, and electric breath rather than fire breath. Fulgur anjanath dwells in the snowy forests of Skyrump. Their snot and boogers are also blue.

## Significance to WTF Culture

As mentioned before, the anjanath is an iconic creature in the culture of the WTF Realms. Being a pink T. rex with funny nose and fiery breath (or thunder breath for the fulgur subspecies) along with it's predatory prowess and unrivaled might make it the rightful ruling carnivore of the WTF Realms. These reptiles can be tamed though only the most experienced beast tamers can successfully do so. As a result, it is both feared and praised more than any other creature in the realms, and it is often depicted in legends, memes, and iconography. Statues of anjanaths often flank the entries of sacred temples or shrines throughout the realms; including the Temple of WTF and the Wumbo Temple. The anjanath is also the symbol of the Timrex race and the realm of Primania itself, so it appears on their flags and banners. There's even a brand of chicken tenders called Classy Carnivore's Dinosaurian Shaped Chicken Tenders whose mascot is an anjanath with a monocle, top hat, and bow tie.

## References

The anjanath hailed from the epic Capcom video game Monster Hunter World and it's DLC expansion Iceborne. The same goes for the fulgur subspecies. The Useful Tips (aside from being an opportunistic predator) and Significance to WTF Culture sections are original WTF lore.

The scent of their booger smelling like burnt milkshakes was inspired by the segment in the Spongebob episode Hooky where a fish claims Squidward burnt his shake.

Original Sauce: https://monsterhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Anjanath

Original Sauce for Fulgur Anjanath (because why not?): https://monsterhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Fulgur\_Anjanath