Gondwana Rajaphant

The Gondwana Rajaphant is a socially-sophisticated titanosaurid from the savanna plains of Gondwana.

The Rajaphant was around 2.7 meters in height (2.2 for females), about the size of Asian Elephants (excluding the neck, head, and tail), and were the largest titanosaurs on Gondwana. They wander in small herds, grazing the yellow grasses of the central plains. Although its physical appearance has not changed very much from that of its prehistoric cousins on Earth, it has developed a complex social structure for life in the exposed grasslands. It has also evolved a feeding mechanism that allows it to eat tough grasses as well as the soft leaves of the bushes and trees. The mouth is broad and the teeth are sharp enough to crop grass, but not strong enough to chew it. The grass is swallowed in vast quantities and collects in an enormous muscular gizzard, a meter (3 feet) wide, in the forward part of the stomach. There it is pounded and crushed to a digestible pulp by masses of hard stones that are deliberately swallowed by the Rajaphant from time to time. The open plains and grasslands are visited by many species of predators. Like the Savannah Gondwasaurs, pterosaurs that soar and circle in the hot skies searching for likely victims. Anything moving on the exposed ground is a potential meal, such as a young rajaphant. However, the Rajaphant‘s principle predator is the Gondwana Lion, a lion the size of a liger, as they hunt in prides to try and kill some of the herd, but mostly aim for the young bulls or females. The calves don’t have much meat for the lions to eat, and the old bull is strong enough to kill one of the lions, so they don’t aim for them.