Metriacanthosaurus

Tier: 4
Type: Terrestrial carnivore
Passive growth time: 2 hrs 59 min

Pack size: 6 sub adults/adults, 1-18 juveniles/adolescents
Hierarchy: Patriarchal

Mating bond: Polygyny
Nest size: 1-6 offspring per pair

Diet tags: Carnivore, cannibalistic, opportunistic, scavenger, fungivore & ovivore
Preferred food: Tier 1-4 herbivores & carnivores
Species specific rules: If they have at least 3 sub adults/adults, they can also hunt Tier 5-6 herbivores & carnivores.

Behavior

Metriacanthosaurus dynamics within a pack structure is vastly different depending on their number. Metriacanthosaurus have an innate ability to be ill-tempered and volatile, but quick to defend one another from predators. The pack relationship is led by one ruling male known as the alpha, his chosen beta male and lastly the last male called the omega. Much like most pack dynamics someone eats first, typically the alpha male and his three females, then the beta and his two females, lastly the omega. It is typical that he goes hungry most of the time and is always picked on. Females will at times fight one another for the right to be one of the dominant females, and out of the three females one is always the lead female.

Recommended behaviors

╸Attempts to always find other Metriacanthosaurus to form a big and strong pack to hunt bigger game together.
╸Prefer to live in rocky and uneven environments where they can use their high jump to their advantage.
╸Females in the pack will spar to find the strongest one. The strongest female is the one that will eat after the alpha male has eaten.
╸They prefer hunting mostly Styracosaurus, Kentrosaurus, Amargasaurus, Dilophosaurus & Concavenator.

Mating

Most creatures have the males doing all the work within the courtship period. However, Metriacanthosaurus go about mate selection a little differently. It is the females that fight for the alpha male. Their brutality is loud and frightening leaving many females with battle scars, often showing their prowess in combat with one another and hunting skill. Only the three strongest females are chosen by the male, giving the beta male the two weakest. Each season females fight for their ranks within the clan. During courtship it has been witnessed that a lone female challenged the lead female and won, forcing the loser out of her pack.

Nesting & offspring

All females tend to mate at the same time, making it easier to raise their young. One female Metriacanthosaurus can have a clutch of five young and they raise them as a pack. The hatchlings are typically loud and relentlessly fight, pick at, and badger each other. Young are often participating in hunts as soon as they hit adolescence, making their numbers extreme and too overwhelming to counter. But once the young reach sub-adult the males chase their young off for having too many mouths to feed.