Jurassic World Sign-Ups

[feelingchimpy]

That shouldn't be a problem then~

 

[Strawberraki]

Since we all know the story of at least one Jurassic Park or Jurassic World, does anyone need an overview of the rp?

 

[DacksonFlux]

Identification Number:
BR9-661
Nickname:
"Coal"
Species:
Quetzalcoatlus
Gender:
Male
Age:
6 years old
Appearance:

He's a mostly black Pterodactyl with a red face and orange eyes. Hence the nickname, Coal. He stands 5 1/2 meters tall with a wingspan of 11 meters.
Personality:
He's huge and potentially very dangerous. Fortunately because of his size, Coal is mostly a scavenger stealing prey from younger, smaller predators. He's a spiteful creature and enjoys tormenting the grounded animals in the area. Coal has a sense of humor not many will enjoy. He's a tad bit sadistic but not usually very violent.
Notes:
-The DNA of BR9-661 includes characteristics of the Komodo Dragon found in Africa. This has provided the subject with an interesting immunity to most forms of natural venom.
- BR9-661 has exhibited aggressive behaviors making him very dangerous to handle. Subject must never be hand fed.
- BR9-661 also contains some DNA characteristics of the Maco shark which seems to have made the subject's skin scaley and sharp.​

 

[DacksonFlux]

Name: Ajora Ba
Species: Human
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Appearance:

Height: 5'3"
Weight: 110 lbs

Occupation: Animal behaviorist for Jurassic World, works closely with theropods and other predators
Quick History: A smart girl she learned quickly and worked her way into a biology program at an American university accepting exchange students from third world countries. She graduated and went home to study predators. Word reached her through colleagues regarding a job opportunity. This Ingen company desperately needed an animal behaviorist for their theme park; they said it would be dangerous. Ajora did not fear.​

 

[DacksonFlux]

She is a female Dilo, are females of the species usually smaller?

All we know about dinosaurs comes from fossils. So far, fossils cannot tell us gender. However we can speculate. It is assumed that females were generally smaller but no one knows for sure. Being that Jurassic World manipulated genes to fit stereotypes to be of more interest to the public I guess we could make that a thing. Females are generally smaller at least in Jurassic World.

Edit:
As for where the rp takes place I disdain conversation roleplays here because the posts allow far less personalizing and tend to get squished because of the conversation layouts.
Please please please do a thread. A conversation for planning would be lovely but for those of us who get tons and tons of mail and messages another one added to the list of crap we have to check would be frustrating to say the least.

With the 20 person limits it certainly will become a problem if this rp takes off.

 

[Jack Doyle]

Fossils and bones can tell us gender, actually .. For starters by the structure of the pelvis and width of the hips. The size of frills, crests or spikes would also indicated a difference between genders. Correct me if I'm wrong here but I also think that males of most animal species will have larger brains due to the types of hormones produced in the body; this would potentially result in a larger cranium or skull on the bones of a dinosaur. But yes, obviously, it can be difficult and there are so few fossils that we can't be entirely sure. Also we still have reptiles in the modern world: So in most reptile species is there any significant difference in the size between the males and females of various species. Furthermore to my understanding species with male-to-male combat will usually have larger males and species without will have larger females. As the Dilo is a pack animal I'm assuming that it will have some form of male-to-male combat over rank/position in the pack. I think with most of the flying dinosaurs that would later evolve to become avians would have larger females. I think in pack animals.

And yeah, a dedicated thread would be most helpful

 

[Strawberraki]

I'll post a thread then, but I don't know how to make one as good as some people

 

[DacksonFlux]

Fossils and bones can tell us gender, actually .. For starters by the structure of the pelvis and width of the hips. The size of frills, crests or spikes would also indicated a difference between genders. Correct me if I'm wrong here but I also think that males of most animal species will have larger brains due to the types of hormones produced in the body; this would potentially result in a larger cranium or skull on the bones of a dinosaur. But yes, obviously, it can be difficult and there are so few fossils that we can't be entirely sure. Also we still have reptiles in the modern world: So in most reptile species is there any significant difference in the size between the males and females of various species. Furthermore to my understanding species with male-to-male combat will usually have larger males and species without will have larger females. As the Dilo is a pack animal I'm assuming that it will have some form of male-to-male combat over rank/position in the pack. I think with most of the flying dinosaurs that would later evolve to become avians would have larger females. I think in pack animals.

And yeah, a dedicated thread would be most helpful

First off, that's a very interesting fact I did not know. Being that males tend to have larger brains so on so forth...
You learn something every day.

Alrighty, in recent studies the ground beneath paleontology has been shaken. Top specialists in the field are now rethinking basically everything we thought we knew. For instance, it's been discovered the possibility that species we thought were different were simply the same species of different ages. With that being said, because we cannot observe them evolving like we can modern day animals we really have no idea what determined the difference. You said for example, larger craniums may indicate a male...or it can indicate a larger female. Being that there is a severe lack of younger specimens (fossils of those not full grown I mean to say) there's really no telling for sure. Bones of humans can easily tell us gender because we know what shapes specifically appear more frequently in a specific gender but with dinosaurs that has not been accomplished because we've simply yet to come across a fossil with corresponding organs (to put it lightly ;D).
Another issue is that we know very little to nothing about their actual behavior. Species we thought took part in male-to-male combat turn out to not be built for it. Like the all time favorite, Triceratops. Its frill is covered in major arteries which would be very dangerous to injure. The horns, we've noticed, start to arch forward with what we think is age which made them more susceptible to breaking. Same could be said about the Stegosaurus, it would have been very dangerous for them to risk any kind of injury to their thin, bony plates.
Reptiles are proving to be less and less useful for identifying and understanding the behavior of dinosaurs being that, as you know, dinosaurs are more closely related to birds. Even then it poses a problem because a giant, herbivorous Sauropod is hard to believe acting like a chicken.
Dinosaurs, despite being somewhat related to modern day birds were in practicality, nothing like anything that's still alive. Except for small Theropods, which in my opinion were literally primitive chickens. XD

 

[DacksonFlux]

I'll post a thread then, but I don't know how to make one as good as some people

Just do your best hon. We're here because we like your idea. If you're worried about it not turning out right just give one of us a guideline as to what you want and we can try to help out.

Besides, all you really need to do is introduce what we're here to accomplish. You can easily start us off with your own first post regarding your character(s) and we'll follow suit.

 

[Strawberraki]

I'll start the rp soon, since the thread is already up~

 

[BarrenThin]

I'm certainly up for it... if I can pick what dinosaur to be along with a human.

 

[Strawberraki]

Sure~ What dinosaur would you like to be?

 

[BarrenThin]

No clue.

 

[Strawberraki]

We have a small pack of Dilophosaurs if you'd like to be one of them

 

[BarrenThin]

I was thinking I might do that. Seems like it'll be the most active.

 

[Strawberraki]

That sounds fine~

 

[DacksonFlux]

I'll post a thread then, but I don't know how to make one as good as some people

Just let us know when we can begin. ^_^

 

[feelingchimpy]

Just let us know when we can begin. ^_^

They made the thread a few days ago :3 https://www.iwakuroleplay.com/threads/jurassic-world-roleplay.113841/#post-2342900

 

[BarrenThin]

Identification Number:
JWDL-009
Nickname:
"Twitch"
Species:
Dilophosaurus
Gender:
Female
Age:
Nine years
Appearance:

Personality:
Twitch is a patient, almost lazy animal, despite what her nickname would imply. She is very laid back amongst the other members of the pack and even almost submissive to the smaller Gino when she's in a good mood. It's her sour moods that earned her this nickname. Being one of the animals with Cobra DNA, she is unique to some extent in that she is a threat over some distance. Several times, without warning, Twitch spat poison at and attempted to assault the trainers seemingly for no reason. However, this was a manifestation of group defense. She saw something the trainers did as threatening- even as small as a wrong gesture- and reacted. Scientists eventually put two and two together and became more careful, but the attacks did not stop. The Dilophosaur would even occasionally attack another pack member when in a bad mood. So... to sum it up, she's overprotective and mean, too.
Notes
-Possesses similar sequencing to the Dilophosaurs of the first park.

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[DacksonFlux]

So here's a question...
Edit: Or a few... :P

The character, Finch suggested there was a new dinosaur being introduced into the park. So are we going with Indominus Rex reeking havoc and leading to the freeing of the other dinos, like in the movie? Or are we going to plan another way of things going to pieces?

I was thinking with Ajora I could bring up a food ration problem that might inspire such an event. At the same time, how would that go down exactly?

I'm curious about what you guys and your dinos are cooking up as far as schemes are concerned. Being that this rp doesn't appear to have a predetermined outcome I think we could really get crazy and have fun with this. Like playing a chaotic game of Jurassic Park: OG. XD

OH one more thing. If we do have an Indominus Rex, who's going to write for it?