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ASSET(S)- #831, #832, #833, #834, #835
SPECIES- Shonisaurus popularis
CODENAME- “Shinies”

LOADING LOG#58-

“October 17th, 2019

“On our routine patrols of the waterways throughout the island, we encountered a welcome sight. A pair of some of the largest specimens in the snactaury. A Shonisaurus mother and her two year old calf.

“These behemoths of water are social creatures by nature, with females and their young living together in pods, with males spliting off when they reach maturity and becoming solitary. The calf we have here is the first one born in the sanctuary since they were released into these waters. Hopefully more will come.

“Shonisaurus have no teeth, which considering what they feed on- fish and squid- is a bit odd, as how are they gonna be able to hold onto prey. The answer is that they feed on shoals of baitfish and squid, circling the schools of prey with their wide bodies perpendicular to the baitball and slashing out with their fins to drive the ball smaller and smaller. Then the pod will take turns running through the shoal with their jaws wide and drive fish into their throat pouch so they can then sift the water away from the prey.

“Seems Whales and these giants have convergently evolved ways to take as much prey as they can to sustien such large bulks.”

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ASSET(S)- #591
SPECIES- Helicoprion bessonowi
CODENAME- “Saw”

LOADING LOG#57-

“October 14th, 2019

“After many days searching the surrounding waters of the for our elusive quarry by sonar and radio tags, we finally spotted it breaching the water after a large mahi-mahi. A Buzz-Saw Shark.

“Helicoprion are an ancient secies of shark like animals, being more closely related to Ratfish than true sharks like Great Whites. Nevertheless, these apex predators are deadly.

“Reaching up to thirty or more feet in length, these sharks are capable and able to hunt whatever they please. Which is nore commonly cephalopods and fish, which is chases down and tear apart with its whorl of teeth on the bottom jaw.

“Thankfully they don’t attack mammals like seals or Humans, or We’d be in trouble.”

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ASSET(S)- #431, #432, #433, #434, #435, #436
SPECIES- Lisowicia bojani
CODENAME- “Pippos” (Pig-Hippo)

LOADING LOG#56-

“September 27th, 2019

“In the Safari enclosure, we have far more than just mammals and dinosaurs moving around and grazing on the vegetation. We also have some oddballs from before the time of the dinosaurs. And one of the largest of this loose group is our herd of Lisowicias.

“Lisowicia is an odd herbivore, looking like a cross between a wild boar, a hippopotamus, and a parrot, and the size of an elephant. They are quite boisterous, known by both handlers and other inhabitants of the gigantic savannah to shove even ceratopsians out of the way from a bush they like or a water source.

“And few animals want to mess with a 5+ ton slab of raw muscle, with a pair of large tusks and a beak perfect for snapping off branches. They can charge a good 20mph for short distances, and are known to even charge vehicles. This attitude is likely do to their rather poor eyesight, much like a rhino’s.

“Thankfully they aren’t nearly as bad as some of the aggressive animals in this exhibit.”