(Creature Submission Ark 2) Dsungaripterus, poor man's tek chest

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Dsungaripterus

Dsungaripterus is without a doubt one of the strangest genus of pterosaur I’ve seen on the island. The abnormal shape of this pterosaur’s beak gives it an abnormally high crushing force which it uses to crack open the shells of small mollusks and crustaceans. Although this passive pterosaur shows very little intelligence and is much slower in comparison to its big brother the pterodactyl, dsungaripterus manages to get by with little interference from predators. 

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Abilities

    Dsungaripterus, being the smaller cousin of the pterodactyl, is much too small to be ridden. This hasn’t, however, stopped some clever survivors from utilizing its powerful wings and crushing jaw. 

Similarly to the sinomacrops, certain tribes have found a way to domesticate the dsungaripterus and have trained it to carry its human trainers. Once shouldered, dsungaripterus is capable of lifting its occupant high into the air at a rapid speed (similarly to a tek chestpiece) before opening its wings and acting as a sort of parachute. Larger and well trained dsungaripterus have even been able to repeat this maneuver several times continuously allowing a survivor to cover great vertical distance very quickly. 

Tribes have also managed to make use of dsungaripterus’s extremely powerful back teeth and jaw. Due to dsungaripterus lower intelligence, tribes have been able to feed this reptilian flier resources such as stone and wood which it is able to break down and refine. Well trained dsungaripterus have even been able to break down more complex items such as weapons and tools for decommission. 

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Taming

    Although unintelligent, dsungaripterus still prefers to eat its prey alive which can make the taming of this creature tricky. This small pteranodon loves cracking open the shells of invertebrates found on the shores and shallows of the island. Trilobites seem to be its particular favorite, but it will eat most anything that will fit in its mouth. Using fish traps, some beach tribes have been able to catch many ocean bound crustaceans and creatures such as leeches and trilobites. Once caught, tribe’s will leave their bait of choice on the sand for the dsungaripterus to consume. 
 

[AnsonRidesFast]

This small pterosaur is quite the spectacle and in my opinion the strangest creature to every grow wings. I once again implore you all to do some research on this funny flier.