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Drepanosaurus- Chameleon-like shoulder pet; long tongue acts as a grapple


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Drepanosaurus is a small, arboreal lizard. It uses the giant claws on it's front feet and tail tip to stay latched onto trees in the wild, and onto a surviror's shoulder if one were to be so fortunate to find one! They are masters of disguise, changing the pigment in their skin to match the biomes they find themselves in. They can be spotted (rarely) anywhere with dense tree cover that is warm enough for them to be active.

Temperament: Passive
Time period: Triassic
Diet: Insectivore

TAMING: They love to eat insects. To tame one, put chitin in the last slot of your tool bar. Once close enough, the Drepanosaurus will use it's long tongue to grapple to the player and become latched to their shoulder. It will remain on the player's shoulder and constantly eat chitin from their inventory until tamed. Don't run out of food though! If the chitin runs out before taming is complete, the Drep will become irritated and use it's tongue to launch itself onto something else, losing effectiveness in the process.

Once tamed, this fantastic lizard is a very useful companion. 
- Use Drep's tongue to grapple onto terrain, dinos and players. The grapple length is not as long as a conventional, expendable grappling line. Drep will shoot out it's long tongue on command, which will automatically reel in after 1.5 seconds of contact with something. It can be cancelled by pressing the ability key again. If it has made contact with terrain, it will pull the player to the terrain. Aiming up will launch the player slightly upward at the end of the grapple. If it's tongue has made contact with a player or small dino, the Drep will pull them toward you. This ability uses the Drep's stamina, so give it a break every now and then!

- Drep will automatically eat insects within it's tongue range. Drapanosaurus is a voracious little predator, and will consume any small insect-like creatures within it's immediate area. This also protects the player from onslaughts of angry ants or dragonflies. It will collect the chitin in it's inventory and consume the meat. Drepanosaurus can also be put into 'turret mode' and gather chitin in a specified area. 

This creature's intended purpose is to give players a more re-usable grappling hook at the cost of time/resources to tame one of these little fellows. It also may alleviate some early-game/noob frustration incurred by players repeatedly being attacked by insect swarms.

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