Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-26248987-20150729043131/@comment-26720287-20160405235159

Thalassomedon hanningtoni

Size: 12.0 blocks long; 2.0-3.0 blocks tall

Appearance: Mid-sized long-necked elasmosaurid plesiosaur. Both male and female are dark blue on the top and paler, almost white, on the underside. Very light darker stripes on the top and sides. The male has a yellow stripe from the eye to the back of the jaw.

Animations: Probably the same as Plesiosaurus

AI: Probably spends most of its time in the middle layer of water bodies. Comes to the surface to breathe; probably stays in opposite-gendered pairs. Is probably neutral towards players and smaller non-prey creatures; possibly flees from stronger, aggressive creatures unless defending juveniles.

Taming: Probably tamed the same way as Plesiosaurus; as in, being near it when it hatches or feeding it when hungry. Most likely rideable.

Health: Probably twenty-five to thirty hearts

Damage: 2.5 hearts (unarmored player)

Prey: Sturgeon, Coelacanth, Alligator gar, nautilus.

Food: Raw fish, raw chicken, living nautilus (maybe? Can that even be fed to dinosaurs? If it can't, just ignore this bit...), cooked fish, and if Coels, gars, and sturgeons drop anything other than raw fish, that as well. Can probably eat the meats of other water-dwelling creatures.

Enrichment objects: Rocks to swallow (to act as ballasts/aid digestion), maybe a plastic floating ring (like a ring dolphins might play with), maybe a fake fish, possibly some type of stick or rod that it could dive after.

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I look back now and realize this looks extremely similar to Plesiosaurus >.< Oh well. Also, this is what I think it would be like, hence the common "most likely" and "probably"/"possibly" statements.