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The Deadly Flock
Topic Started: Sep 8 2012, 02:29 PM (481 Views)
Chipmunk
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The Deadly Flock

The Deadly Flock is my upcoming pack, which will contain mostly Terror Birds, but also other prehistoric, predatory birds, such as the Haasts Eagle.

Planned So Far:

Terror Bird
Kelenken
Gastornis
Haasts Eagle
Andalgalornis
Aenigmavis
Titanis
Laughing Owl


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"Terror Bird"
— Phorusrhacid
"Rag-bearer" (Ameghino 1887)
"for-uss-rah-kid"

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Size: 10 ft tall
Mass: 400 lbs
Diet: Carnivore
Locality: South America
Age: 26 million to 400,000 years ago
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For 25 million years, terror birds were untouchable and dominated as South America's top predators.

At 10 feet tall, they were far too big and heavy to fly. With long, powerful legs they chased down prey, probably running up to 40 miles per hour, and used their vicious hooked beaks to tear into the flesh of victims. The hips were quite narrow for a bird of its size, and are believed to have given added stability and balance in high-speed pursuits. Stalking prey would also have been a terror bird strategy, creeping out from the long grass in a surprise attack.

Although they bore a single claw on one of the fingers, the wings of terror birds were mainly useless. However, they might have been used for flapping displays. A crest of feathers on top of the head was also typical and could have been used for communicating; modern seriema birds repeatedly raise and lower their crests when alarmed.

However, 3 million years ago a land bridge formed which allowed big cats like Smilodons and cougars to travel across from North America. Inevitably, some species became extinct when they competed for food and territory or failed to adapt quickly enough. Terror birds had limited success in North America and were displaced as top predators in South America by the invading big cats. Their numbers dwindled until they finally became extinct about 400,000 years ago.
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Mahmud With Attitude
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Resurrected
The laughing owl? does it have an evil laugh?
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Barrosasaurus
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finaly a replacement to a set of old downloads i have.

oh and does it use the high flying secretary bird animation?
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Chipmunk
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Yes it does laugh.

Yes for the ones that fly.
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The Dark Phoenix
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in the terror bird case the theropods were not going to give up there predator niche with out a fight
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SpinoSquad
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If I get making meshes down, I can help you on some models.
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Chipmunk
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Thanks ^^

And, I'm still working on VaGi: I want it to be really great! :D Should be finished this week ^^
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SpinoSquad
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You just answered my question in another topic. XD Awesome, I can't wait to see it!
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Chipmunk
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lol Yeah. How do I convert a .obj to a .nif? I can't get my model to import to Nifskope: it crashes.
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SpinoSquad
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Hmm... I don't know. I haven't converted anything. If you get it into blender, save it as a nif file. Then it should work I think, but I'm definitely not an expert at modelling.
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Chipmunk
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Ok, no prob :)
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