Before we begin on our glorious duck, WHY IS THE WORSE PALAEOLOXODON NAMADICUS USER CHOSEN??? I get that it looks good, but it ain’t mine, the creator is not okay with that, and it was meant to be deleted post dislike, and now it’s at least a lil bit harder to delete now. The digital footprint is too deep in I guess. Is there a way to un-user choice the stk, or is it like the ingredients of a cake where it’s stuck like that forever? On a note that won’t disappoint me at all, I now have a skeletal for my own Palaeoloxodon Namadicus, so hopefully you’ll go & user choice that submission too, so that I won’t make a fool of myself again. If it gets a feature too, it’s actually done. I’m screwed, & my reputation will be in absolute shambles.

Anywho, User Chosen Palaeoloxodon aside, let’s talk Deinocheirus.

This is one of the largest Coelurosaurians ever with a mass of 9-12 tons (18000-24000 lbs), a length of 11-13 meters (36-42 ft), & a height of 4-6 meters (12-20 ft). Although people say it’s the largest Ornithomimid, that is incorrect as it isn’t in the Ornithomimidae class, but rather in Ornithomimosauria which is somewhat more primitive than Ornithomimidae. Rather, Gallimimus is the largest Ornithomimid at 2.5-4 meters (8-12 ft) tall, 6-8 meters (20-26 ft) long, & weighing up to 500-2000 kg (1100-4000 lbs), the latter mass is cubic law taking a 2.5 meter tall male & putting it at 4 meters btw. Deinocheirus didn’t have teeth, but ate fish alongside its plant-based diet, so most likely, it had some extensive structure on the Tongue & throat called the papillae, ala Penguins & Camels. I say extensive because we (yes, I mean WE) have papillae too, but ours is only on the tongue & is severely reduced. Most likely, Deinocheirus had feathers, but would be severely reduced due to its large size & environment, which consisted of vast floodplains (Ala the Okavango Delta, though not portrayed here), & deserts (Ala the Kalahari, also not portrayed). Although it would’ve mostly just gone for fish & plant matter, it probably would’ve also hunted tetrapods time to time due to its ancestors being primarily omnivorous.

I tried my best to make this Deinocheirus as detailed as possible, without adding pointless wrinkles.

#Dinosaur #Mongolia #Nemegt #Desert #Duck