Death Cobra

The Death Cobra is simply a gigantic carnivorous snake. It is the deadliest of the Death Snakes, its venom so powerful that it can kill a man within a couple of seconds after the bite. They have large hoods over their heads, probably for display. The females do not have hoods. They have long fangs in front of their jaws. After the fangs come the shark-like teeth, which they use to rip the meat of large herbivores. They have one, big eye in the middle of their head, which prevents them from being half-blinded(if the prey kicks at the side of the head). They live in small groups, resting in big rocks that are made of a very soft kind of rock. They dig tunnels in the rocks, making many entrances and exits. Every year, during the fall, all the groups gather for the duels between the males that try to win as many duels as they can. The winner takes the loser's  females as his own. The contestants  fight only using their body, and do not use their fangs. They are ambush predators, hiding in the grass until prey arrives. Then, they leap out and gobble up their prey.
                                                     Length: 12-15 meters
                                                     Weight: 200 kilograms
                                                     Eggs: 20-25
                                                      Pregnancy: 4 months
                                                     Longevity: 6 -10 years
                                                     Environment: grasslands, forests, any place suited for ambush
                                                     Color: Light green to dark red, any color that blends in with surroundings
                                                     Diet: large herbivores like ox, deer, bison, buffalo and moose
                                                     Social: Groups

Introduction

Hello,
now that I have the first creature down, I can finally talk about what this blog is about. You can probably read that sentence that is under the big "Enciclopedia Monstrosica". OK,"My own Complete Guide to Fantastic Creatures, with my own drawings and text ". That basically means that these creatures(or monsters if you like), though they might look like a lot of monsters or dinosaurs, these are of my own design, and not intended to look like dinosaurs(though there will be dragons). I hope that you will like my little "creatures", although not all of them are "little". Maybe even this blog will inspire you to draw more(anything, not just monsters). Some of these creatures may not be possible, such as multiple heads or vertebrae sticking out of the back, but hey, use your imagination. The Crested Argol(that big chicken with scales) is actually based on nothing, I just sat down and began drawing with something else in mind entirely, (actually I wanted to draw a lizard with blue-green wings) but in the end it looked like a dragon or a Pterodactyl-sort-of-thing. I can't compare this drawing with what my father did with a copy of my drawing. He drew one(the one closest to the dragonfly) another pair of wings, long tail feathers, he blackened their beaks and eyes, and even got one a rhinoceros horn and the other antennas. As you see, even a bird can be changed to look like a monster. In the future there will be many more strange creatures, including one-eyed snakes, bison with two pairs of horns, desert dragons and many more.



                                                                                                                        Enjoy,
                                                                                                                        Jasio L.W.
                                                                                                                     January 22, 2012




  My Own Complete Guide to Fantastic Creatures, with my own drawings and text. Own Complete Guide to Fantastic Creatures

Crested Argol

The Crested Argol is a big, insect-eating bird. It is a distant cousin of the Death Snakes (a family that I  will get onto in the near future), a family of snakes that use their venom to take down prey at least ten times their own size. Argols were smaller then their relatives, and their venom was many times weaker. They started hunting insects, but as a snake's jaws are not well adapted to hunting insects, their jaws turned into beaks. After the beaks, as anyone could expect, they immediately evolved wings to chase the insects. As there is no need for warmth so close to the equator, their snake scales did not need to be replaced by warm, soft, feathers(from which they would probably overheat just by sitting in the sun). Crested Argols have two, large, colorful feathers at the end of their skull, probably for displaying in front of the females (that is why we call them "crested"). They are group animals, and the largest groups can come up to even a hundred individuals. There is one strange thing about Argols (especially Crested) that no one has ever explained. In the group, only 1 out of all the chicks that hatched are males, and that only in 2 or 3 females. That is why the male(s) breed with all the females in the group. There are no battles between the males in the same group, but it sometimes happens that two males of different groups fight, and the winner of the of the duel takes all the females of the other group as his own.

Height(at shoulder):1 meter(females and males are the same size)

Weight: 30 kilograms(females)40 kilograms(males) 

Eggs : 10-15

Pregnancy(until eggs are laid): 3 months

Longevity : 9- 12 years

Environment: Places where insects can be found (such as swamps, forests, bogs)

Color: Head feathers range from light purple to dark green, scales mostly light green,sometimes aqua green, wings almost always white, occasionally grey.

Diet: insects, mostly flying insects, such as dragonflies, flies, mosquitoes, bees, yellow jackets, hornets, beetles, butterflies(occasionally); when flying insects not available, grasshoppers, crickets and worms will do.

Social: Very big herds, up to a hundred individuals 

Remember, new animal every sunday!