Paromimus

Paromimus (pronounced Pah-roh-my-muhs) is the the third main evolutionary stage of Raptorton. This in-game evolution from Aviamimus was published on 6th February 2009.

It evolved to become Raptoravia.

Naming
Not strictly the best name ever invented. Paro is in fact a badly spelled truncation of Parrot, thus making the intended meaning of this creature Parrot Mimic. However, this is a poor name both in use and relation to the final creature.

Parts in Use
As an in-game creation, this was limited to parts that had been discovered. However, this was quite some way through Creature Stage, so some high-end parts were in fact available.
 * Mouth: Buzzbeak
 * Senses: Periscoptic
 * Limbs: Slackwrist (Arms), Phatella (Legs)
 * Extremeties: Prongripper (Hands), Hombrenid (Feet)
 * Details: Hydroxylappetite, Peacrock

How it's Made
Like previous in-game evolutions, it was made by purely changing parts for those with superior statistics. With the previous evolution, Aviamimus, having primate like hands, the feet collected throughougt the stage meant that evolving the creature would mean using more advanced primate parts. However, the mouth has moved to a more bird-like area, Buzzbeak is in fact one of the better in the game.

This is the first use of Peacrock on any raptor, though, but this is still just a glue it on and leave it approach to building a creature. There is no finesses in Vektrix's earlier attempts as he was still very much creating for the sake of playing the game.

Texture and Colour
This is the first creature made using the layering palettes, however, there is no subtlety involved. Each layer is chosen, but the colours are not changed. This is therefore an advance in texturing, but only so far as he no longer chooses a preset scheme.

Size
From 1.1 - 1.6m in length and up to 1m in height. They could weigh as much as 20 - 25kg.

Diet
They have a fairly balanced diet in that they eat almost equal amounts of fruit and meat. Most of the meet is scavenged, but they do actively hunt now and then.

Behaviour
A highly social species, Paromimus live in large flocks akin to flamingoes. They spend a lot of time socialising, so they are very noisy. Breeding is of a hit and miss nature in so far as during the breeding season they partake in orgies.

They tend to hunt in small groups on occasion, but not venturing far from their nesting sites. The groups tend to comprise males whom are much more aggressive than the females in general. They show some intelligent behaviour in that they will choose their prey carefully and stalk them. This behaviour is only shown when there is no meat to scavenge.