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* ScaryScorpions: Albeit not a true scorpion, but a sea scorpion.

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* ScaryScorpions: Albeit not a true scorpion, but a an eurypterid (aka sea scorpion.scorpion).


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!!''Anomalocaris''
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A carnivorous aquatic invertebrate.
* LampreyMouth

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* StockDinosaurs: A very commonly-used creature in media about the Carboniferous.

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* StockDinosaurs: A very commonly-used creature in media about the Carboniferous.



* StockDinosaurs: One of the most well-known and often-used Carboniferous giant insects.

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* StockDinosaurs: One of the most well-known and often-used Carboniferous giant insects.



* StockDinosaurs: One of the most well-known species of eurypterids, also known as sea scorpions.



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* StockDinosaurs: Not a dinosaur, but still pretty well known due to its unique head shape.



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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Has not been featured in any other media before Mandibles.

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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Proturans haven't been featured much in other media.

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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Has never been seen in any media prior to Mandibles.

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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Paleodictyopterids have never been portrayed before in fiction.

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* SeldomSeenSpecies: At least as an eurypterid; the old spider interpretation is quite commonplace.

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* SeldomSeenSpecies: At least as an eurypterid; the old spider interpretation is quite commonplace.



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Filled out tropes for the base game's hunting targets; will fill out tropes for the others later on


* AnimalsNotToScale
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* TheGoomba
* HerbivoresAreFriendly
* SeldomSeenSpecies

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* AnimalsNotToScale
AnimalsNotToScale: The real creature was about the same size as its closest living relatives, the wetas.
* BigCreepyCrawlies
TheGoomba: The first animal available to hunt, doesn't attack unless it tramples you by accident and costs 0 points to buy.
* TheGoomba
HerbivoresAreFriendly: Played straight, but can still trample hunters by accident.
* HerbivoresAreFriendly
* SeldomSeenSpecies
SeldomSeenSpecies: Has not been featured in any other media before Mandibles.



* AnimalsNotToScale
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* TheGoomba
* HerbivoresAreFriendly
* SeldomSeenSpecies

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* AnimalsNotToScale
AnimalsNotToScale: Real-life proturans are incredibly tiny.
* BigCreepyCrawlies
CompositeCharacter: "Eoprotura" is not a real species, but proturans, the invertebrates its design is based on, definitely exist, only much smaller.
* TheGoomba
TheGoomba: Shares this with Macrelcana, being a cheap, early-game animal with few ways to defend itself.
* HerbivoresAreFriendly
HerbivoresAreFriendly: Averted; it will hack at hunters with its front limbs if threatened.
* SeldomSeenSpecies
SeldomSeenSpecies: Proturans haven't been featured much in other media.



* AnimalsNotToScale
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* HerbivoresAreFriendly
* RhinoRampage
* SeldomSeenSpecies

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* AnimalsNotToScale
AnimalsNotToScale: The real Holcorobeus was smaller than a human hand.
* BigCreepyCrawlies
HerbivoresAreFriendly: Thoroughly averted; it will charge at hunters with its horned head.
* HerbivoresAreFriendly
RhinoRampage: Being a literal giant [[{{Pun}} rhino beetle]], this makes sense.
* RhinoRampage
* SeldomSeenSpecies
SeldomSeenSpecies: Has never been seen in any media prior to Mandibles.



* AnimalsNotToScale
* BewareMyStingerTail
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* CarnivoresAreMean

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* AnimalsNotToScale
AnimalsNotToScale: Was the size of a wolf in real life.
* BewareMyStingerTail
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* CarnivoresAreMean
BewareMyStingerTail: Uses it to paralyze prey, and is seen using it on the hunter in its kill animation.



* MascotMook
* PowerPincers
* ScaryScorpions
* StockDinosaurs

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* MascotMook
MascotMook: Is seen on the title screen.
* PowerPincers
PowerPincers: Seen using them to forage as well as rip into the hunter in its kill animation.
* ScaryScorpions
ScaryScorpions: And how!
* StockDinosaurs
StockDinosaurs: A very commonly-used creature in media about the Carboniferous.



* AnimalsNotToScale
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* CreepyCentipedes
* HerbivoresAreFriendly
* StockDinosaurs

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AnimalsNotToScale: The real Arthropleura was as long as a person is tall.
* BigCreepyCrawlies
CreepyCentipedes: And a giant one to boot.
* CreepyCentipedes
HerbivoresAreFriendly: Averted; it will readily wound enemies with its pincers and trample them.
* HerbivoresAreFriendly
* StockDinosaurs
StockDinosaurs: One of the most well-known and often-used Carboniferous giant insects.



* AnimalsNotToScale
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* CarnivoresAreMean
* SeldomSeenSpecies

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AnimalsNotToScale: The real animal was much smaller.
* BigCreepyCrawlies
GreenAndMean: Has a brilliant green carapace, but is a vicious predator.
* CarnivoresAreMean
SeldomSeenSpecies: Has never been seen in any media prior to Mandibles.
* SeldomSeenSpecies
ToughBeetles: Able to crush a human spine with its mandibles, according to its description.



* AnimalsNotToScale
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* CarnivoresAreMean
* CreepyCockroach
* SeldomSeenSpecies
* SlayingMantis

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* AnimalsNotToScale
AnimalsNotToScale: The real animal was much smaller.
* BigCreepyCrawlies
CreepyCockroach: Both in real life and in the game; in both cases, they are related to cockroaches (the one in-game even being descended from Archimylacris, a fellow cockroach).
* CarnivoresAreMean
HellIsThatNoise: Makes abrasive, buzzing screeches as its calls.
* CreepyCockroach
SeldomSeenSpecies: Has never been seen in any media prior to Mandibles.
* SeldomSeenSpecies
* SlayingMantis
SlayingMantis: Has a very mantid-like body shape; this makes sense as mantises and cockroaches are related in real life, and Manipulator is related to cockroaches.



* AnimalsNotToScale
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* CarnivoresAreMean
* GiantSpider
* SeldomSeenSpecies

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* AnimalsNotToScale
AnimalsNotToScale: The real animal was much smaller.
* BigCreepyCrawlies
GiantSpider: The closest the game has to one, as it is a solifugid and not a true spider.
* CarnivoresAreMean
* GiantSpider
* SeldomSeenSpecies
SeldomSeenSpecies: Never seen in any media before.



* AnimalsNotToScale

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* AnimalsNotToScaleAnimalsNotToScale: The real animal was only as long as a human is tall.



* BigCreepyCrawlies
* GiantEnemyCrab
* ImplacableMan
* LightningBruiser
* PowerPincers

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* BigCreepyCrawlies
GiantEnemyCrab: Being a giant, shelled, semiaquatic invertebrate with PowerPincers, it certainly fits the bill.
* GiantEnemyCrab
LightningBruiser: Like the Tyrannosaurus it shares its AI with, it moves very fast once provoked.
* ImplacableMan
* LightningBruiser
* PowerPincers
PowerPincers: Uses them to swing the hunter around in its kill animation.



* ScaryScorpions
* StockDinosaurs
* SuperPersistentPredator

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* ScaryScorpions
ScaryScorpions: Albeit not a true scorpion, but a sea scorpion.
* StockDinosaurs
StockDinosaurs: One of the most well-known species of eurypterids, also known as sea scorpions.
* SuperPersistentPredator
SuperPersistentPredator: Also like the Tyrannosaurus, it will chase you across the map once provoked and never stop.

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