The Leatherwing as it is colloquially known, is one of the larger pteranadon / pterodactyl – type flying dinosaurs. They roost in mountains and canyon cliffs, typically in the hundreds, but as many as several thousand in some areas. Although always a threat to human life, especially out in the open, most Leatherwings hunt out at sea and along the coast. Humans, horses, cattle, small to man – sized dinosaurs, fish and aquatic animals are among their primary prey.
Like vultures, Leatherwings also eat carrion and may be seen flying in circles above battlefields, the carcass of a large dinosaur, beached whales and shipwrecks. Like a hawk, the winged behemoths swoop down from the heavens to snatch up their earthbound prey in their taloned feet or large beak – a beak lined with crooked teeth like a crocodile. Their arms are part of their gigantic wings, like those of a bat, and like the bat, their fingers are articulated and used to climb, scale cliff walls, and tear apart their prey.
ABILITIES
Good ground and flying speed, can fly with·out pause and without exhaustion for hours, Prowl, track by smell, hawk-like vision (can see a rabbit two miles away) and superb hearing.
HABITAT
Mountains and forests, but may hunt many miles out to sea. Many Leatherwings live all along the Rocky Mountain chain. Their numbers are believed to be much lower in the East. However, because the eastern Leatherwings hunt more out at sea than on land, it has been impossible to accurately estimate their numbers. Although Leatherwings may gather in flocks of hundreds of their own kind, they are solitary hunters and never attack as an organized group. Each Leatherwing is out for himself, although some may flock to partake in devouring a fellow Leatherwing’s kill or a carcass up for grabs.
NOTES
The Leatherwing as it is colloquially known, is one of the larger pteranadon / pterodactyl – type flying dinosaurs. They roost in mountains and canyon cliffs, typically in the hundreds, but as many as several thousand in some areas. Although always a threat to human life, especially out in the open, most Leatherwings hunt out at sea and along the coast. Humans, horses, cattle, small to man – sized dinosaurs, fish and aquatic animals are among their primary prey.
Like vultures, Leatherwings also eat carrion and may be seen flying in circles above battlefields, the carcass of a large dinosaur, beached whales and shipwrecks. Like a hawk, the winged behemoths swoop down from the heavens to snatch up their earthbound prey in their taloned feet or large beak – a beak lined with crooked teeth like a crocodile. Their arms are part of their gigantic wings, like those of a bat, and like the bat, their fingers are articulated and used to climb, scale cliff walls, and tear apart their prey.
ABILITIES
Good ground and flying speed, can fly with·out pause and without exhaustion for hours, Prowl, track by smell, hawk-like vision (can see a rabbit two miles away) and superb hearing.
HABITAT
Mountains and forests, but may hunt many miles out to sea. Many Leatherwings live all along the Rocky Mountain chain. Their numbers are believed to be much lower in the East. However, because the eastern Leatherwings hunt more out at sea than on land, it has been impossible to accurately estimate their numbers. Although Leatherwings may gather in flocks of hundreds of their own kind, they are solitary hunters and never attack as an organized group. Each Leatherwing is out for himself, although some may flock to partake in devouring a fellow Leatherwing’s kill or a carcass up for grabs.