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Published: 2019-01-03 18:25:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 14873; Favourites: 486; Downloads: 0
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The Coastal Skybox-


High in our top to the line cable cars, you have the opportunity to see the aerial delights of some of our beautiful flying reptiles. You will also get to see the stunning tropical coastline and a birds-eye view of the ‘Cerulean Bay Coral Reef’.


One of the largest species we have on this tour is our coastal breed of Pteranodon. Slightly larger than their prehistoric counterparts their wingspan stretches up to 7.3 meters and are covered in a downy protofeather coat. This breed is perfectly designed for ocean fishing and can be seen skimming the clear waters surface in search of fish.


You might have noticed there is no aviary here. Well, all of our coastal flying reptiles are fitted with trackers and have been genetically bred to have extremely high nesting urges, meaning they stay close to their colony. However, if one does try to travel further, they have fitted sonar generators in their bodies. If they fly too far from the coast, the device activates a sonic pitch that they dislike. It doesn’t hurt them, it just irritates them prompting them to fly back to their nesting grounds. Since the park has opened, not a single animal has ever left the island or migrated outside of their designated zone.


Every 4 hours we send up a specialized feeding car that attracts them, making sure we can supply them with a healthy amount of food and also gives us the opportunity to give deliver any medicine they may need.


A lucky side effect of this is that it makes the Pteranodons (especially the young males) attracted to the carriages, so visitors can get an up close and personal look and these amazing creatures.


The only downside is that they tend to try and land on the carriages, leaving chipped paint and semi corrosive guano, which means they have to be cleaned every night and repainted every six weeks. However, it is a small price to pay to allow our guests an intimate look at these spectacular animals.


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Comments: 33

pokemaster105 [2022-11-29 08:42:07 +0000 UTC]

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to pokemaster105 [2022-11-29 11:04:04 +0000 UTC]

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equigoyle [2019-10-22 15:18:25 +0000 UTC]

This is really cool!  This is a fun little series to play with, for sure.

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to equigoyle [2019-10-22 16:20:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Taliesaurus [2019-09-30 16:54:14 +0000 UTC]

I'm guessing the sonar generators are constantly checked because there is the TINY chance of them shorting out.

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Taliesaurus [2019-10-01 07:03:25 +0000 UTC]

Always checked, but their natural roosting nature keeps them close to the coastline and it’s likely they would t survive the journey to the mainland if they tried

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Taliesaurus In reply to JoshuaDunlop [2019-10-01 15:20:39 +0000 UTC]

I don't know... aren't pteranodons basically the pterosaur equivalent of albatross

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Touch-Not-This-Cat [2019-06-04 10:16:52 +0000 UTC]

Too bad Hammond didn’t have you for his chief architectural engineer.

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Touch-Not-This-Cat [2019-06-04 16:07:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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FlokiDargo [2019-04-23 22:59:11 +0000 UTC]

I love what you are doing here, and while you are setting up a Non-JP scenario, it's close to an idea that could be a spin-off.

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to FlokiDargo [2019-04-24 09:50:46 +0000 UTC]

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Taliesaurus [2019-01-09 00:43:29 +0000 UTC]

it's nice that these are not EXACTLY like their ancestors.

good on you for that subtely

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Taliesaurus [2019-01-09 15:05:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Taliesaurus In reply to JoshuaDunlop [2019-01-09 15:09:40 +0000 UTC]

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Lediblock2 [2019-01-04 01:27:13 +0000 UTC]

Interesting how you note that these animals are bigger than their counterparts and 'perfectly designed' - it does make sense that they would be, well, new beings based upon extinct species rather than the real things.

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Taliesaurus In reply to Lediblock2 [2019-01-09 00:39:29 +0000 UTC]

that and its likely the angle that makes them look bigger...
LOL

but you're point is still valid anyway.

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Evilgidgit [2019-01-03 23:31:33 +0000 UTC]

Spared no expense done the right way!


Just to confirm, is this set in the Jurassic Park universe, or a different concept entirely?

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Evilgidgit [2019-01-04 11:12:56 +0000 UTC]

Different concept entirely

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TheLegendaryLastMole [2019-01-03 20:37:54 +0000 UTC]

See Jurassic Park? You might actually learn something from this man

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to TheLegendaryLastMole [2019-01-03 20:46:01 +0000 UTC]

lol They didn't hire a fat egomaniac to run their park by himself or genetically engineer a monstrous killing machine, so they are good

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TheLegendaryLastMole In reply to JoshuaDunlop [2019-01-04 02:45:09 +0000 UTC]

Technically all the dinosaurs are genetically engineered monsters, just some are less than others

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to TheLegendaryLastMole [2019-01-04 11:14:09 +0000 UTC]

True, but most aren't specifically bred to be more aggressive killing machines if anything, many of them would be bred to be less aggressive and more docile

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TheLegendaryLastMole In reply to JoshuaDunlop [2019-01-04 16:35:42 +0000 UTC]

True, but I would have to say otherwise. Ever wonder of why the Velociraptors and Spinosaur from the third movie look so different from their real life counterparts? They were specifically genetically engineered to be as large and aggressive as possible, to quote Henry Wu, “I wanted realism, you wanted more teeth”

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to TheLegendaryLastMole [2019-01-04 17:23:26 +0000 UTC]

To clarify, I said most, and I meant to say they are genetically altered animals, monsters implies they were designed to kill everything in sight. The dinosaurs in Prehistorica wouldn't be bred to be aggressive but would contain spliced genes.

Spinosaurus in JP3 was actually a failed experiment by Dr. Wu and wasn't meant to be an attraction, this was confirmed as canon in the Jurassic World website. The velociraptors were due to naivety, they didn't know about their intelligence, arguably though it was only 'The big one' that was more aggressive as it took over the pack and killed all but 2. There's a theory that its DNA was sabotaged to make it more aggressive (possibly by Wu himself), in order for it to kill someone and cause the parks stock to plummet and the rival company trying to get the embryos coming in and buying up the park's assets. this lead to the attack we see at the beginning. In the Lost World, this was addressed in a deleted scene, where they say that they were struggling with legal issues long before the park fell into disarray, it's actually one of the main reasons the lawyer was there assessing the park. Also, their size is actually because they were actually based on Deinonychus when Micheal Chriton wrote Jurassic Park and the film was being made, Deinonychus was originally named Velociraptor but was changed later on and not meant to be associated with Velociraptor Mongoliensis. Speilburg new this and decided to keep velociraptor because he felt the audience would find it hard to pronounce Deinonychus and thought Velociraptor sounded cooler

So technically these are Monsters, but not intentionally bred for the park.

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Taliesaurus In reply to JoshuaDunlop [2019-01-09 00:42:21 +0000 UTC]

cool to you see you sporting the context in this discussion

not to mention that "the big one"'s savage behaviour was down to her (and the other raptors) being raised in VERY poor conditions.

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Taliesaurus [2019-01-09 15:07:45 +0000 UTC]

Excatly 

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Taliesaurus In reply to JoshuaDunlop [2019-01-09 15:10:12 +0000 UTC]

that's basically the biggest difference between her and blue.

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Sparrow9612 [2019-01-03 19:17:23 +0000 UTC]

Might want to cover those exposed circuitboards up top. They look kind of important and vulnerable to dino-poo.

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to Sparrow9612 [2019-01-03 20:49:30 +0000 UTC]

Oh those aren't circuit boards, just manual buttons, but they are weather and waterproof don't you worry. The Guano is only corrosive to the paint job

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hans-sniekers-art [2019-01-03 19:03:41 +0000 UTC]

I like the way you make the pterosaurs seem in or out of focus, fits their bodies very well

A great design of the attraction and a realistic view on the guano

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to hans-sniekers-art [2019-01-03 20:49:49 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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BenRG [2019-01-03 18:29:44 +0000 UTC]

Jurassic Park tried this out during its first incarnation (in the books at least). It... didn't go well.

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JoshuaDunlop In reply to BenRG [2019-01-03 18:35:41 +0000 UTC]

In this world, it did

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