Dreadnaughts

            Dinosaurs dominated the earth for hundreds of years, until meteor strikes, volcanic eruptions, and Mayan calendars killed them all off. Kind of sad really that such a cool group of animals ceased to exist, I always wanted a velociraptor as a pet. Dinosaurs are amazing, everyone knows that, they are giant reptile dragons that roamed the world, being all-around awesome creatures. T-Rexes, Pterodactyls, and 50-ton monsters are some of examples of the king of the reptiles, the great ones that dominated our pre-historic world with their strength and power.

            This last week, Archaeologist digging around for more fossils discovered and identified gigantic bones belonging to the mighty and not so majestic Dreadnaught. These creatures are unbelievable. First off, they’re name sounds like some cool Power Ranger super-villain. “Dreadnaught, destroyer of worlds” just fits perfectly. The tank of a creature was actually named after the largest battleship of its time, Dreadnaught (fears nothing).

           

            The Dreadnaughts fear nothing due to their mind-boggling size. Classified now as the largest land animal without doubt. More than seventy percent of its fossils have been recovered, meaning this species shows a prime example/structure to other creatures like it or even bigger than it (Brachiosaurs, Argentinosaurus, etc). No matter if it’s the biggest or not, these beasts weighed 60 tons!  That’s more than a Boeing 373.  Also it is about 20 tons heavier than the second largest animal right now, the Futalognkosaurus. Dreadnaughts are herbivores as well, which is amazing considering they gained all that weight by eating salad. Like others of its kind, Dreadnaughts must eat constantly 24/7 because they are so dang huge, luckily they have very long necks to reach for every last bit of food.  This dinosaur is almost too large for it’s own good.  If it fell over it would actually crush itself from its own weight.

            Every boy wants a dinosaur, they got cool T-Rexes on their lunchboxes, clothing, backpacks, and watches to show it. Dreadnaughts will be the next big thing in a little kid’s world because of the Dreadnaughts amazing size and their amazing name.