Venatosaurus

One year before the events of *King Kong*, a *Vastatosaurus* happened upon a pack of *Venatosaurus* in a clearing. It quickly defeated them and spent the day eating them until only their bones remained. The next day, it, or another of its species, came across a group of humans and chased them into a clearing where they found shelter in a cave. Not wanting to give up so easily, the *Vastatosaurus* waited in the cave entrance through the night and a bad rainstorm. In the morning, the humans began running from the cave. Some of them escaped because the *Vastatosaurus* had settled itself on the other side of the clearing for the time being, but he was able to eat a few of them before Kong arrived.

* **The Fast and the Furious:** Raptors of Skull Island is the fastest creatures who lived in the various jungles and rainforests.
* **Need for Speed:** Venatosauruses attacks the herd of Brontosaurus and wounds while the dinosaur stampede is going wrong.
	+ **Creature Features**
		- **Name:** Venatosaurus saevidicus
		- **Species:** Raptor
		- **Prey:** Brontosaurus, Jack, Carl, Hayes, Jimmy, Lumpy, Preston and crew
		- **Status:** Get crushed by Brontosaurus

## Dinosaur Stampede

*Venatosaurus* were highly intelligent killing machines, the likes of which had only just begun to appear at the end of the Cretaceous period. The most important weapon the *Venatosaurus* had, surpassing even its teeth and claws, were their brains. They had learned to use the unique landscapes formed by the ruins of the former civilization of Skull Island. They used the ruins of streets and their parallel structures to corral prey into dead ends or into tight spaces before making their attack. Despite this, they were most often found in the jungles and forests for their cover during hunts and concealment of nests. *Venatosaurus* typically lived in packs of six to twelve adults and their young. Because of their incredible attack coordination, they were one of the only species to actively prey on *Brontosaurus*. They used a complex pattern of an initial ambush group, followed by a flanking party that would surround the sauropods at their trap where more *Venatosaurus* were waiting. A pack of *Venatosaurus* could feed on a *Brontosaurus* carcass for at least a week.

* **Clever Girl:** *Venatosaurus* packs were lead by an alpha breeding pair. Other *Venatosaurus* could also breed as they pleased, and their young would inherit their parents' roles in the hierarchy. Young were born live and were cared for by the entire pack, who brought them food in their nests dug out under tree roots and were guarded by a low-level sentry who waited with them while the pack hunted until they were old enough to join the hunts themselves. Venatosaurus packs had large tracts of territory that were clearly marked with claw markings, feces and urine. Shouting matches would break out in border contests, but they seldom turned violent.
* **Dinosaur Hunter:** *Venatosaurus* had great and dexterous control over their hands. Not only were they known to manipulate cover with their hands to better hide themselves, and could use their hands and bodies in a vast number of social signals. High tails and clasped forelimbs signified romantic interest, while rigid posture and ground scratching were displays of dominance and intent to attack. All of the *Venatosaurus* species was wiped out in a 1948 earthquake that caused the entire island to sink into the ocean.
	+ **Did You Know?** Venatosaurus saevidicus meaning "furious hunter lizard"

1. Upon spying a herd of *Brontosaurus* in a valley, a pack of *Venatosaurus* went in for the attack. They chased them through the valley and across the side of a mountain, and caught the attention, and gunfire, of some humans that were among their prey. In the end, the *Venatosaurus* pack managed to catch and devour Carl Denham’s camera man, Herb.
2. Upon smelling a human hiding in a hollow tree a year before the events of *King Kong*, a pack of six or seven *Venatosaurus* began to claw their way through the tree's thick bark to get at her. They made good work with their long claws, and dug into the softwood until a larger dinosaur came into the clearing and began picking them up from the ground and eating them. It did so lazily, letting raptor heads and feet fall to the ground before leaving the carnage behind.
3. On spotting a herd of grazing *Brontosaurus*, a pack of *Venatosaurus* made their move. Their initial movements passed almost imperceptible to the onlooking Carl Denham, who dismissed it as light moving in the trees, but the Brontosaurs soon became aware of their presence and began their thundering stampede. They ran along through the bigger beasts' legs in an attempt to get at the smaller humans running among them. One such *Venatosaurus* set its sights on Jack Driscoll, who slammed into it with his shoulder to knock it down and allow it to be trampled by a *Brontosaurus*. However, a *Venatosaurus* caught view of Bruce Baxter running ahead of the group, and increased its speed to attack him. He fired blindly at it, missing and hitting a brontosaur, which toppled and caused almost all of them to trip and fall. Some Skull Island raptors began to eat the fallen prey, but soon turned their attention to the fleeing sailors, and two were shot to death as the sailors climbed up a wall to escape them. However, one with an artificial leg lost his footing and fell to the ground where he was devoured.