Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Tyrannosaurus

COMMON NAME: Tyrannosaurus Rex
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tyrannosaurus rex
TYPE: Prehistoric Animals
DIET: Carnivore
SIZE: 40 feet long; 15 to 20 feet tall

Tyrannosaurus Rex also know as "T-Rex". Its name also comes from Greek and Latin words meaning "Tyrant Lizard King", they are one of the biggest meat eaters. This creature grows up to 1.2m long and 6m tall. They are carnivores so they eat the flesh of their prey. Their method of hunting or eating is by ambush, they usually sneak around their prey and surprise them, their flexible neck helped them adjust the angles of their attack. They lived for 65 t0 70 million years ago.

The largest and most complete T-rex skeleton that was ever found was named Sue, it's named after the discoverer, Paleontologist Sue Hendrickson. They were seen in the parts of Southeast Asia, Canada, Mongolia, Texas, Utah, Montana, and parts of North America.

Fun facts about this creature is that they have 60 razor sharp teeth and estimates says that is about 9 inches long. They used their tail to maintain their balance and they practically weighed more than an Asian elephant. It's top speed was recorded to be about maximum of 18 miles per hour, faster than humans.

It is believe that T-rex are the most aggressive and fearsome dinosaurs to walk the planet. It's bite force has a minimum of at least 12,000 pounds and could eat over 500 pounds of meat just in one bite. It's tiny arms served some purpose in their life, some theories says that they lift their self up after they were knocked down in a battle and other states that these animals used their arms to tightly grab their prey so they can bite them easily. With one bite, they can break their prey's bones easily, their heavy bones and sharp teeth helps it make  it happen.

T-rex's hunting behavior theory had other says that most of the time they take a one huge bite of their victim and leave them to bleed to death and just to return back so that they could eat it easily. Others have mentioned that they also strike towards their victim and bite and eat them as soon as they get the opportunity. Their big brains help them  to think of a way to ambush their prey. It's hunting skills were marked excellent.

Adventure Time: Simon Petrikov/Ice King


Left: Simon Petrikov 
Right: Ice king

Simon Petrikov, also known as Ice King in the cartoon "Adventure Time", a major character who is always acting as the main enemy of Finn and Jake in Adventure Time. At the first few episodes or seasons he was already known for kidnapping Princess Bubblegum on a daily or regular basis but if you watched the seasons after that, you will find out about his real personality. In those seasons, he was revealed as a kind-hearted and a misunderstood old man with completely unbalanced morality and social behavior, which also suffers from memory loss and loneliness. This later seasons, shows his tragic past about on how just he was once a good human being named Simon Petrikov who lost his memories, mind and loved one because of the magic crown giving him ice powers. If you look closely to each seasons, it says their that the more Simon wears the magic crown the more he suffers from losing his mind and memories of his love ones.

In the past, before the "Mushroom War". Ice King was a normal, dark-haired human named "Simon Petrikov" who was just studying as an antiquarian ( Has a deep knowledge about ancient artifacts ). He had a fiancee named "Betty", whom he referred as his "princess" and loved so much.

In the "I Remember You" episode. It was revealed there that Ice King was a Archaeology professor and he'd discover the Enchiridion, the ancient text of heroes. This is shown in the newspaper when Marceline shows it to him.

In some event or episode it can be seen that he has purchased a strange type of jewel crown from an old dock worker in the parts of Northern Scandinavia. The moment he heads home and for fun, he put the crown in his head just to make Betty laugh but it caused him to collapse and have some hallucinations. At first those hallucination, he thought it was real but he realized it was just the crown and those were not real.

Draco Lizard (Flying Dragon)

COMMON NAME: Draco Lizard (Flying Dragon)
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Draco volans
TYPE: Reptiles
DIET: Insectivore
The world is full of strange, beautiful places, and strange animals. For this time, we are going to talk about the "Flying Dragon".  They are small lizards that can easily float from the air around the tree to another tree. Flying Dragons eat by their tongues,  they use it to catch and eat insects like ants and termites. Lizards are also part of the "Reptiles family" which means their nature are related to snakes, crocodiles, turtles. For you to know if an animal is Reptile you may look at their skins and see if they have a dry skin that has scales in it and all of them lay their eggs on land. 

The special thing about the flying dragons are their wings, this wings are made up of their skin, it folds in the side of their bodies when they are not using it. Their wings are very colorful, bright and have spots in it. These animals are also found in the wooded area in Philippines, Borneo, and Southern India. Draco Lizards also know as "Flying Dragons" can jump a hundred feet between trees and when they leap, you will see their bright and colorful wings spread like an umbrella. Male Lizards are highly territorial they will use their ability to float to chase their rivals between two or three trees that they think as it is their own.