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Iguanodon

Written by Zooka for Ancient Reverie.

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Group Limits

  • Stampede
    • Up to 15 sub/adults with 1 stud, up to 2 stallions, and the rest being mares. Unlimited offspring.

Nest Limits

  • Blooming Season: 3 eggs, 4-hour interval
  • Wilting Season: 2 eggs, 5-hour interval
  • Frosting and Scorching Season: 1 egg, 6-hour interval

Sexual Dimorphism

  • Males
    • Brighter colors around the head and neck.
    • Will greet other Iguanodons by standing on their hind legs and punching the air, showing their prowess as a defender.
  • Females
    • Duller colors around the head and neck.
    • Will greet other Iguanodons by lowering the front of their bodies and stretching out, showing they are not a threat. (🔛 Emote)
  • Other
    • Iguanodons accept both melanistic and albino individuals.

Habitat

  • Sedentary - Sparse Woodlands, Hills and Valleys
    • Iguanodon prefers to nest in secluded areas, which they also claim as their sleeping area.
    • They also remain in one PoI as long as there’s food and water available, they will however flee the biome if attacked by a carnivore.
  • Prefers: Sparse Woodland, Hills, and Valleys
  • Neutral to: Mountainous, Dense Woodland, Desert, Mesa
  • Dislikes: Beach, Marshlands
Note:
Preferred + Disliked OR Neutral = Neutral
Neutral + Disliked = Disliked

Activity

  • Diurnal
    • During the day: Iguanodon’s graze and roam around the entire biome during the day, and will occasionally run as herd if spooked by something, being playful or simply running off some energy. Especially mares with offspring will run with their foals to hone their running skills. Iguanodons will also go for a swim in ponds or shallow waters during periods of intense heat.
    • During the night: Iguanodon mares and their foals sleep during the night, while the stud and stallions take turns patrolling one at a time. Should an apex predator approach, they are quickly on their feet and will bolt in unity, with the stud in the front, and the stallions rearing the back. However, if the threat isn’t too great, the stud and stallions will band together to chase it off and often kill it if they aren’t out of there fast enough.

Diet

  • General Herbivore
    • Eats berries, nuts, and fruit.
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Growing Behaviours

  • Hatchling
    • When Iguanodon foals hatch, they search for their mother as the first thing, nuzzling her and strengthening the bond between them. Iguanodon mothers are very attentive and wary around their foals, and can be very protective over them when it comes to anything but their herd members. When the foals have found their legs, they will search out their sire who’s usually watching from a distance, being a little more careful not to step on the little foals.

  • Juvenile
    • When the foals reach juvenile they will follow their mother everywhere, eat when she does, drink when she does, and rest when she does. Mother and foals have a very dynamic relationship from the early stages, and this bond will strengthen all the way to adulthood. The sire will also stick around, watching over the foals and their mother, who tend to be a little more unaware of dangers because they have their focus on each other.

  • Adolescent
    • Once the foals reach adolescence they will start running around with their mother and the herd, practising their running and learning the herds movements, for whenever dangers should arise. This is something that both foals, parents and the herd enjoy, and is just as much a game as it is practice. Iguanodons of all ages love to run around. At this stage the foals will also start to get a little more independent, and their curious nature can often lead them astray of the herd, but are very quick to run back at the slightest scare or when coming across something new that spooks them. Fillies will follow their mother more closely, where the colts will follow their sire, learning the roles of their gender. During adolescence all mares will tend to all foals, as one big family, helping each other keep an eye on the curious foals roaming around and exploring everything new.

  • Sub/Adult
    • Sub and adult Iguanodons are very social creatures, and thrive in big herds where they can help each other raise their young. They will roam the whole biome during the day, but come nightfall they will gather at their dedicated sleeping area, that is more or less hidden from predators, where they also place their nests. Iguanodon are generally very playful, engaging in games of tag/chase when there’s no danger present, and tend to eat every chance they get.

Orphan Behaviours

  • Iguanodon that hatch without a herd are usually the most skittish, and will run from anything new and scary they come across. Orphans are also a lot more quiet, and will usually stay in the same place if they find a safe location with a good source of food and water. If a herd or another Iguanodon comes along, they are quick to chase after it, and hope to be taken in.

Social Behaviours

  • Iguanodon likes strength in numbers, and will accept all iguanodons into the herd, if there’s space within the herd limits, and will just ignore the outsiders advances if they don’t, engaging in a shunning behavior.
  • Should a stallion show interest in taking over the lead as the stud of the herd, he will rear up in front of the leading stud, and start punching the air and aggressively call to issue a challenge. If the leading stud accepts the challenge, he’ll also rear up on hind legs, and mimic his behavior of punching and roaring. This will lead to them to start circling each other, intimidating each other, as a last resort for one of them to back down, before they charge at each other, and will fight until one of them yields by running away and alert calling, or one of them dies. The winner will take the lead of the herd, and the loser will be chased away from the herd by the studs' stallions, while the winner is greeted by the mares and circled as protection while he recovers from the fight. If there’s any below adult colts/stallions related to the loser in the herd, they will be chased off with the losing stallion, regardless of age. The mothers of the colts/stallions being chased away, can choose to leave with their offspring, while the other mares will stay behind with the stronger stud.
  • During quiet and peaceful times, mares tend to initiate a game of chase, with the stallions and the stud within the herd, and is usually initiated by stabbing the male on their tail, and running away friendly calling at them. More often than not, the rest of the herd will see them run around, and soon the whole herd will run around in unison, roaring in excitement and happiness.

Interspecies Behaviours

  • Iguanodon are generally friendly towards other herbivores, but especially the Camptosaurus is favored by them. This little herbivore serves the Iguanodons in many ways, once they have proven themselves to the stud of the herd. Lone Camptosaurus are drawn to the herd for protection, and will stay close to the herd, alerting the stud of any threats by running in circles around him. The Camptosaurus will also try and win him over by bringing him little offerings of berries and fruit, and once the stud accepts the Camptosaurus into the herd, they will share a special bond. Should another Camptosaurus show up, then it will be nudged towards one of the stallions, as he will only have 1 bonded Camptosaurus at a time. There can be a total of 3 Camptosaurus within an Iguanodon herd, and should a Camptosaurus of opposite gender to the other Camptosaurus come along, they will run off together and form a Brace. If it is 2 males and a female, the Camptosaurus will fight each other for the right to the female, and if it is 2 females and a male, he’ll run off with both of them. In general the Camptosaurus will only stay until they find more of their kind, as they prefer strength in numbers.
    • Once the foals reach adolescence they will start running around with their mother and the herd, practising their running and learning the herds movements, for whenever dangers should arise. This is something that both foals, parents and the herd enjoy, and is just as much a game as it is practice. Iguanodons of all ages love to run around. At this stage the foals will also start to get a little more independent, and their curious nature can often lead them astray of the herd, but are very quick to run back at the slightest scare or when coming across something new that spooks them. Fillies will follow their mother more closely, where the colts will follow their sire, learning the roles of their gender. During adolescence all mares will tend to all foals, as one big family, helping each other keep an eye on the curious foals roaming around and exploring everything new.
  • If the herd has an albino mare, they will adopt Camptosaurus kits below sub-adult, as they are all infertile and believes all Camptosaurus kits to be small, fragile and deformed Iguanodons. Even when the Camptosaurus is fully grown, the adoptive mother will treat it as a foal, and be highly protective over it. They will keep the Camptosaurus in their care until they leave of their own accord.

Territorial Behaviours

  • Iguanodon are pretty passive in their territory, and will migrate if resources are running low, and have no problem sharing with other herbivores passing by. Iguanodons will also leave the biome if attacked by a larger carnivore, but are prone to return later in life if it had been a bountiful place during their stay.

Hunted Behaviours

  • Iguanodons will always attempt to flee if a greater threat presents itself, the mares and the foals will run off to their sleeping grounds and await the stallions and studs return for further instructions. Carnivores of larger size will have the stud and his stallions flee with the mares and foals, but medium size carnivores will be met with hostility.

Engagement Limits

  • Up to 3 Iguanodons may enter an engagement, but it is ALWAYS the stud with the stallions he has. They will band together against the threat, and the stallions will protect their leader with their life.
  • Should the stud fall in combat, then the stallions will rush back to the herd, where they will engage in a standoff for the new title of stud, and if neither of them stands down, they will begin brawling, and the first of them to reach 50% hp will be deemed the loser, and the winner becomes the new stud. Unlike challenges, the losing stallion will not be chased off, but will remain as a protector, along with all of his offspring. The best or first male offspring from either male will take the second stallion spot in the herd when ready.

Courtship

  • When the stud decides that it is time to breed, he will start walking in a circle, broadcast calling for the mares to gather around, and all the unrelated mares that are ready to breed, will walk up to him and sit down beside him, once he is done circling. When the stud has the mares that he’s gonna breed with, the stallions will start to make their move, circling the remaining mares one by one, and if they accept their approach, they will sit down, and if they don't they will kick with their hind legs and walk away from him.
  • Once all the mares and stallions have made the pairs they want, the whole herd will gather at the nesting/sleeping grounds, and start nesting. If a mare’s nest isn’t ready yet, the stallion will help her build and fill it, so that they are ready for when their foals arrive.
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Notes

  • ALL albino females are INFERTILE. They cannot breed at all.

Terms

  • Stud = the leading male
  • Stallion = a male
  • Mare = a female
  • Foal = generic baby term
  • Filly/Fillies = female baby
  • Colt/Colts = male baby
  • Stampede = term for Iguanodon herd

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