The King of the Dinosaurs

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Hell Creek

67 million years ago

Late Cretaceous

As the sun rises over the forests, swamps and coastal plains of Hell Creek a large creature is seen peacefully sleeping in the undergrowth. This is Rip-jaw, a fully grown, male Tyrannosaurus rex.

Unfortunately for Rip-jaw, his slumber is about to be interrupted

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Unfortunately for Rip-jaw, his slumber is about to be interrupted.

Running through the foliage is a meter long mammal known as Didelphodon vorax. And right now it's running for its life.

Right behind it is a 3 meter long, female Pectinodon bakkeri

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Right behind it is a 3 meter long, female Pectinodon bakkeri. This mother had caught the fuzzy cat-sized marsupial in the act of trying to eat her eggs, but now the nest raider is at risk of becoming food.

 This mother had caught the fuzzy cat-sized marsupial in the act of trying to eat her eggs, but now the nest raider is at risk of becoming food

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As the Pectinodon and Didelphodon continue their game of cat and mouse, their squeaks and chirps are beginning to stir Rip-jaw from his sleep. Finally the two creatures run right into his side waking him up.

As he opens his yellow eyes and glares at the disturbances he lets out a low growl. This immediately causes both the Didelphodon and Pectinodon to forget about their chase and run away.

Rip-jaw lets out a yawn before getting up. Standing at around 3.7 meters tall at the hip and measuring 12 meters in length, Rip-jaw has little to fear.

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