Spinosaurus

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Spinosaurus ('spine-o-sawr-us ' meaning "Spine Lizard") is a diurnal (meaning active during the day) large prehistoric creature that was added in Build 5.1, and are the largest carnivores in the mod. They are also semi-aquatic, and are the only spinosaurids in the game so far. They are 5 blocks tall at their head (7 blocks at the spine) and are 15.2 blocks long. There is a slight difference between males and females, the males have tan streak across the top of their spine, while the females don't. Newborns are half a block tall, have no spine, and are fully grown in 12 minecraft days. They, like the other apex predators, cannot be given essence of chicken to grow faster.

Spinosaurus, like almost all other mobs, has a mood that can drop or be raised through various means. Having a low mood means it may attack or avoid you, having a high mood will make it passive. Right-click it with a DinoPedia to see what its mood is at.

Upon death, it can drop spinosaurus meat, spinosaurus sails, leg bones, arm bones, rib cages, vertebrae, claws, feet, and skulls.

A fossil version of the spinosaurus can be created by right-clicking a bio-fossil on the ground, which will create a random skeleton of a prehistoric creature with a small chance of it being a spinosaurus.

Like most other mobs in the mod, they do not spawn naturally in the world and must be created by the player through the culture vat. As they are dinosaurs, they hatch from large eggs that need to be warmed by torches or any other light source.

BEHAVIOR
Spinosaurus are semi-aquatic carnivorous animals that are somewhat slow on land, but are much faster when in water. Though they are described as aggressive, they are at first neutral to the player as they are too insignificant to attack on sight. They can break blocks weaker than iron when on land, but this is relatively uncommon while they are in water. Their prey that they will automatically hunt down and kill is all types of mod fish, vanilla animals, compsognathus, dryosaurus, dodos, pachycephalosaurus, smilodon, and several other prehistoric creatures. They will also attack any type of baby animal. They also can ride minecarts.

When they are provoked, they will become surprisingly fast, and will launch a devastating special attack where they will pick the player up in its mouth and shake them until they are dead. This is inescapable and will always result in death, so be sure to never attempt to attack it with a sword. Bows are more practical, though still very difficult as most of the spinosaurus' hitbox is arrow-proof. Another strategy is to throw potions of harming at it, but this is also risky as the player needs to be close enough to hit the spinosaurus.

They will interact with and throw toy balls, bringing up their mood significantly. They will also attempt to interact with scratching posts, and tethered logs, but will break them in the process due to their one hit kill attack. They are diurnal, meaning they are active during the day and will sleep at night.

Adult spinosaurus can breed and lay eggs every five minutes as adults if there is a male and female present. The breeding probability is handled by how many individuals are nearby.

TAMING
Spinosaurus is one of the six apex predators that use the special taming method, and cannot be tamed by imprinting at birth or through the whip. To tame an adult spinosaurus in the intended way, the player must attack it until it reaches 7 hp (a DinoPedia is recommended to determine the health of the creature so you won't kill it). At 7 hp, it will go into "sleep mode." This is very difficult to accomplish due to the spinosaurs' one hit kill ability, speed, and block-breaking. If successful, while the spinosaurus is asleep, the player must right-click it with an Aquatic Scarab Gem. Once this is done, the spinosaurus will wake up at full health, now tamed. It can be ridden, but you will mount it awkwardly on it's neck. It is ordered with a skull stick.

RIDING
Tamed spinosaurus are rideable as adults. They can be ridden by right-clicking on one with a whip. When ridden, they won't go hungry or age. They are moderately fast on land, but extremely fast while in water, though there is a chance that a player riding a spinosaurus in deep water could drown. It can be controlled only if the player constantly holds the whip, and can only be controlled for a short time without it. Riding uses the same WASD format as normal Minecraft movement, and shift to get off.

FEEDING
Spinosaurus is a piscivore carnivore that will mainly eat fish, but can also kill and eat many other types of mobs (see above). They can be hand-fed all types of vanilla or mod fish (alive or cooked), fish spawn, Sio-Chiu-Le and all types of meat. They cannot eat from feeders.