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Piranhadon
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Name:
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Piranhadon titanus
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Abilities and Weapons:
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Swimming, Speed, Strong Jaws, Bite, Water Breathing, Stealth, Size
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Occupation:
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Ambush apex predator
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Home:
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Skull Island
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First Appearance
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"King Kong" (from 2005)
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Diet
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Carnivore
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Size
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Length: 6-15.2 meters
Weight: 2-14 tons |
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Status:
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Became extinct when Skull Island sunk into the ocean, but survived through expeditions
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The Piranhadon titanus ("titan piranha tooth") is a river-dwelling fish that specializes in taking its prey from the riverbanks when they come down to drink. It is one of the many creatures residing on Skull Island. At 14 tons and 15 meters long, Piranhadon is the world's largest carnivorous freshwater fish
Facts[]
Mouth movement of a Piranhadon.
Male Piranhadon are much smaller than the females and must compete to prove their worth as mates. Young are born live in groups of around a dozen. Already five feet long at birth, a juvenile Piranhadon is already a dangerous aquatic predator, and will devour water birds, fish, amphibians, small dinosaurs, and just about anything else it can catch, including larger terrestrial animals. An ambush predator, Piranhadon tends to lie in wait near the river banks, using its sensitive barbels to detect the approach of potential prey, as its eyes are poor and can only see differences between light and dark. A surge of its enormous body, and it will lunge out of the water, taking its prey in its jaws, either killing it with a massive bite or dragging it down below the surface to drown.
Piranhadon also use their lunging ability and powerful pectoral fins to occasionally beach themselves on a shaded river bank. Once ashore, birds, lizards, and other scavengers will flock to the huge fish, picking it clean of innumerable parasites. They will remain there until heat, dryness, and the threat of suffocation forces them back in the water. Though they are the largest river predator on Skull Island and apex predator of the swamps, when hunting prey near the riverbanks, they should be alert at all time from Vastatosaurus rex where they themselves might fall prey. Female Piranhadon can be up to 50 feet long (15.2 meters), and weigh around 14 tons with a relatively narrow, eel-like tail, and a larger, muscular body. Males rarely grow to be longer than 20 feet in length (6 meters) and weigh around 2 tons. Coloration looks to be greenish-black above and white below. A dorsal fin runs the length of the Piranhadon's back, while two huge pectoral fins serve to steer its bulk. Two barbels depend from the fish's lower jaw, the mouth has numerous sharp, pointed teeth, each of which are about the size of an adult human's forearm.
Known Victims[]
History[]
A Piranhadon swims toward the crew on the raft.
A Piranhadon is seen swimming towards a raft in a crocodile-like manner before attacking it and breaking it apart. This causes the raft's passengers to plummet in to the water below. The Piranhadon devoured one crew member while he was trying to escape before spotting Jack Driscoll in the water. The beast swam towards him, opening its massive jaws in preparation of swallowing Jack whole. However, the Piranahdon's mouth became stuck between 2 trees, allowing for Jack Driscoll to make his escape. As the Piranhadon freed itself and went on to eat another crew member from the sunken raft, Carl Denham and a number of other passengers of a second raft close by grabbed their guns and began shooting the water with bullets. This proved unsuccessful as the Piranhadon then flipped the second raft, once again sending the men in to the water. The remaining survivors began swimming to the closest shore, all but one making it, being swallowed whole by the Piranhadon just as it had done to the first raft's crew.
Appearances[]
- King Kong (2005 film) (extended edition only)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Like all animals from Skull Island. It is unknown what they faced during the sinking of the island. Given the multiple expeditions, there may be a chance that a few surviving populations was saved off-land to a more stable enclosure.