Liopleurodon

Liopleurodon (meaning Smooth Side Teeth) is a large neutral marine predator, based on the real life reptile, Liopleurodon ferox. It is a short-necked pliosaur from the middle Jurassic added in the 6.4 Build of the mod. It is the second carnivorous sea creature, the first being Mosasaurus.

Like most other Mobs in the mod, they do not spawn naturally in the world.

Appearance
Liopleurodon is a somewhat large to medium-sized aquatic reptile, at roughly 6.5 blocks long and 1.2 blocks tall. It has a long body with black and white flippers for swimming. It's upper body is black from head to tail and it's sides and underbelly are white with black spots. It has a long black and white snout and yellow eyes. It's body is very similar to the Mosasaurus, but the Liopleurodon is much smaller. The Liopleurodon is fully grown at 13 days.

For now, they have no Subspecies.

Behavior
Liopleurodon is an aggressive predator, with 38 heath. It attacks with two hearts of damage. If you are near one in the water, be warned, they will attack you even if unprovoked. They swim slightly faster then the player (but not faster then Mosasaurus), but they will only attack once, then back off, then attack again until the player is dead or has left the water. They are generally less dangerous then the Mosasaur, but they will still rush after, and kill other water prey.

Liopleurodon breed every 5 minutes. The breeding probability is handled by how many individuals nearby. Since they are aquatic animals, their eggs need to be placed in water.

Prey

 * Squid
 * Nautilus
 * Coelacanth

Taming, Ordering, & Feeding
Liopleurodon is untameable, and as such, it cannot be tamed, ordered, or ridden. It is one of three significant Mobs that cannot be tamed, the other two being Spinosaurus and Mosasaurus.

It will attack squids or aquatic animals. It can also be hand-fed all mod meat, all vanilla meat, fish, live Coelacanth, and live Nautilus.

Model
It was modeled by Raptorfarian and Bluestreak52 (Red). Interestingly, it was modeled after the more accurate size of Liopleurodon rather than the incorrect and popular size used in the documentary Walking with Dinosaurs.

DinoPedia Entry
Liopleurodon "Smooth-sided Teeth"

"lie-oh-ploor-oh-don"

Liopleurodons were piscivores and carnivores, feeding on giant fish, sharks, Ichthyosaurs, and even other pliosaurs.

Liopleurodon's size is a controversial topic since BBC displayed the creature at 25m when in reality the average is that of 7 meters.

Sounds
They use the same sounds as Mosasaurus.
 * Liopleurodon Idle 1
 * Liopleurodon Idle 2
 * Liopleurodon Out Of Water 1
 * Liopleurodon Out Of Water 2
 * Liopleurodon Out Of Water 3
 * Liopleurodon Out Of Water 4
 * Liopleurodon Hurt
 * Liopleurodon Attack
 * Liopleurodon Death 1
 * Liopleurodon Death 2