Galloping Crocodiles

[ysabetwordsmith]

Giant croclike carnivore fossils found in the Caribbean

Imagine a crocodile built like a greyhound -- that's a sebecid. Standing tall, with some species reaching 20 feet in length, they dominated South American landscapes after the extinction of dinosaurs until about 11 million years ago. Or at least, that's what paleontologists thought. A new study shows the Caribbean Islands were a refuge for the last sebecid populations at least 5 million years after they went extinct everywhere else.

LOL yes, I spotted those in Peculiar Obligations. Nice to know people have found them in the Caribbean here too, and later than expected.  They're often called galloping crocodiles or hooved crocodiles.  Here are some different examples.

Comments

[siliconshaman]

You could drop those into a D&D game as-is !

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[ysabetwordsmith]

That'd be fun. Have some sunning themselves, and players would think they're the slow kind, then the galloping crocodiles jump up and chase them. :D

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[siliconshaman]

Oh that's evil! I like it!

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[ysabetwordsmith]

That's the point of being a game master -- the evil twist that makes a session into a memorable, retellable story. :D It's a challenge to surprise experienced gamers. I'm very fond of using science for that. And there's always the possibility that one of the nerds will recognize the easteregg, which is also fun.

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[siliconshaman]

You and I have very similar play styles... although I am guilty of including puns.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

I like puns. They are a form of humor based on wordplay instead of mocking somebody.