Oceanic Wyvfin
Nesting Site: Zone F
Hunting Site: Zone 3
Dracowyverious thalassomoloch is a relative of Dracowyverious caerulea that has further adapted to hunting ocean life. Dracowyverious thalassomoloch has grown a longer snout and has skinnier teeth for better catching food, along with a small pouch in the lower jaw that allows it to catch multiple prey items at the same time. The mouth will open and spill out all water before said prey are swallowed.
Dracowyverious thalassomoloch grows up to 50 centimeters in length (much of this is taken by the large tail with a rudder at the end, which is approximately the same length as the head and torso combined to counterbalance the longer head) and has a wingspan of 70 centimeters. It is comfortable going further away from land than its ancestors, but will be drawn to nest at the same nesting site that it was born at when it is spring, locating it by pure instinct.
Dracowyverious thalassomoloch cruises above the ocean water, looking for small prey while soaring over, occasionally flapping while flying for up to ten hours at a time. Preferred prey items are Suboslontus communis, Suboslontus angelosis, Hexapiscus carnimendus, Hexapiscus glidus, Hexapiscus limbus, Hexapiscus omnimendus, Hexapiscus predata, and whatever can fit in their mouths.Dracowyverious thalassomoloch will nest in pairs, using the peaks of densely populated coastal cliffs as breeding grounds. Three eggs each year are laid on rocks and are heavily guarded by parents. After the eggs hatch, parents will take turns hunting for food and watching over the chicks. The entire nesting ground is protective over other species of wyvern during this time of the year, pecking at larger intruders until they leave, ensuring that predators do not raid the nests of individually powerless pairs. Young who survive are kicked out to live on their own after half a year, and may start their own nesting the next year.
Males will have a light brown head and a darker spot on the back as a form of sexual dimorphism so that the sexes can identify eachother apart. It is not uncommon for males to ruffle eachother in showoffs, but what the females truly prefer is males with the largest jaws and the most elegant features, including keratinous warts and patterned tails.
