Aciedactylus specializes in eating shellfish in the swampy estuaries and mangroves. Broad, splay-toed feet keep the dinosaur from sinking into the sodden mud and sand, but its most peculiar adaptation is the second pair of nostrils mounted atop its triangular nasal crests. Its teeth are short and thick for crushing mollusk and arthropod shells. The placid theropod instead defends itself with long bladelike claws on its fingers, flexing and brandishing them at potential threats to warn them away.
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| - Aciedactylus specializes in eating shellfish in the swampy estuaries and mangroves. Broad, splay-toed feet keep the dinosaur from sinking into the sodden mud and sand, but its most peculiar adaptation is the second pair of nostrils mounted atop its triangular nasal crests. Its teeth are short and thick for crushing mollusk and arthropod shells. The placid theropod instead defends itself with long bladelike claws on its fingers, flexing and brandishing them at potential threats to warn them away.
- Aciedactylus mandocaris ("sharp-edge fingers devourer of crab") is 12-15 feet (3,65-4,57 meter) long specie of theropod dinosaur that is found on Skull Island. The animal is described in the book "The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island" (2005).
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| - strength, teeth, claws, senses, tail whip
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| - book "The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island"
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| - became extinct when Skull Island sunk into the ocean
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| - Aciedactylus specializes in eating shellfish in the swampy estuaries and mangroves. Broad, splay-toed feet keep the dinosaur from sinking into the sodden mud and sand, but its most peculiar adaptation is the second pair of nostrils mounted atop its triangular nasal crests. Aciedactylus’s primary nostrils can pinch shut when exhaling, forcing air into the resonating crests and small secondary nostrils to trumpet calls to one another. The main function of these secondary nostrils becomes clear during feeding. Scaling the primaries, Aciedactylus can breathe through the high-mounted secondary nostrils while most of its head is down in the shallow water or mud of the estuary, grubbing for shellfish. Its teeth are short and thick for crushing mollusk and arthropod shells. The placid theropod instead defends itself with long bladelike claws on its fingers, flexing and brandishing them at potential threats to warn them away.
- Aciedactylus mandocaris ("sharp-edge fingers devourer of crab") is 12-15 feet (3,65-4,57 meter) long specie of theropod dinosaur that is found on Skull Island. The animal is described in the book "The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island" (2005). Aciedactylus is specialized in eating shellfish, mollusk and crabs in the swampy estuaries and mangroves. Broad, splay-toed feet kept this dinosaur from sinking into the sodden mud and sand, but the most peculiar adaptation of this dinosaur was the second pair of nostrils mounted on top of it's triangular nasal crests. Aciedactylus's primary nostrils could pinch shut when exhaling, forcing air into the resonating crests and small secondary nostrils to trumpet calls to one another. The main function of these secondary nostrils became clear during feeding. Sealing the primaries, Aciedactylus could breathe through the high-mounted secondaries while most of its head was down in the shallow water or mud of the estuary, grubbing for shellfish. Its teeth were short and thick for crushing mollusk and crab shells. The placid theropod instead defended itself with long bladelike claws on its fingers, flexing and brandishing them at potential threats to warn them away.
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