Miniraptor

Miniraptor (pronounced mih-nee-rahp-tuhr) was the first ever Raptor Vektrix published using that account. It was a recreation from memory of a Raptor he created under the name Tudfil (his father's account). It was an in-game creation and published 3rd February 2009.

It evolved into the Mediraptor.

Naming
Miniraptor is named for it's small size and for it's resemblance (sort of - this is an early creation) to a bird in posture and structure.

Parts in Use
Being an in-game development, the parts in use were limited by those that had been discovered. It still used parts from the Cell Editor and uses the closest to avian features available at time of creation.


 * Mouth: D'Orca
 * Senses: Felizard
 * Limbs: Slackwrist (Arms), Phatella (Legs)
 * Extremeties: The Geckoning (Feet)
 * Details: Cilia, Shellshard
 * Weapons: Hockitlauncher

How it's Made
At this stage of my Spore career, I was unaware of many of the tips and tricks available for the creator, the use of TAB and using CTRL on lims to remove and attach individual limb sections to each other are the two obvious ones. It was also created well before the Asymetry Patch as well.

Only using the basic tools available and the limited parts available meant that posture was poor (at best). There was also the element of wanting to get through the game so that I can player stages and unlock all the editors at the time. Essentially the parts were slapped on in a vaguely aesthetically pleasing way.

Texture and Colour
Like the parts and posture, I was very early in my Spore career. I therefore used one of the built-in schemes and did not experiemt at all. This, too, may be attributed to my desire to proceed through the game.

Size
At 30 - 50cm in height and 70 - 80cm in length, these creatures are relatively small. They can weight between 10 and 20kg.

Diet
Miniraptor eats mainly small rodents and birds, but is not averse to scavenging larger kills. They will also eat insects and fish if needs be, so they are not terribly fussy eaters.

Behaviour
Being small animals, they tend to live in small to medium sized family groups of between 5 and 15 individuals. These groups are dominated by one pair, however, all pairs within the family group do mate and breed. However, all offspring are treated as equals and raised by the group, the males are then abandoned by the groups and go off to find mates within another pack. The females will stay within the same group from birth.

They can hunt as individuals or in entire packs, dependent upon the prey. Though they are fast for their size, they not very intelligent, so they tend to swarm prey as opposed to startegise. This is quite a hit and miss method of hunting, but when it works, can be very profitable. They spit at their enemies, but this is mainly to disgust or confuse, it is also a defense mechanism.