The Afrikanikoftero is one of the largest animals on the African plains. Now having an appearance to the duck-billed hadrosaurs, it is now a peaceful plant eater, showing an example of a carnivore evolving into a herbivore. Physical characteristics The Afrikanikoftero can grow up to 7 metres long, 3 metres tall and can weigh up to 2 tons. Rather than the small, bipedal animal it once was, it mostly walks quadrupedally and is now much more robust. The tail is also longer, with the tail feathers yet again giving the illusion that it is longer. The Afrikanikoftero can go bipedally to either reach up for food or to run at high speeds and is covered in a light coat of feathers. These feathers are used to keep it warm in the cold winter months. Diet Unlike its ancestors, the Afrikanikoftero is now a herbivore, preying only on medium sized trees and shrubs. Sometimes, it uses its massive bulk to knock over taller trees to reach the leaves on there. Unlike the more carnivorous ancestors, the Afrikanikoftero no longer uses its arms to hunt; instead it uses its massive bill to collect food. Ecology The Afrikanikoftero is definitely one of the most dangerous animals for even a large predator to take down. A healthy adult bull has no predators thanks to its sheer size and is thus solitary, but cows can be sometimes be taken down by predators and thus live in small herds of to 10 for protection. Trivia Oddly, the Afrikanikoftero has a symbiotic relationship with the Cracalids. Only bulls share this unique bond, in which the females don't need. The Afrikanikoftero provides the Cracalids with food to eat and protects them from large predators, while the latter eats parasites in its feathers and defends its nest from would be nest robbers.
No evolutions for this one please. Before you go: "Well, hadrosaurs are easy meals!", they aren't. A large hadrosaur like Edmontosaurus and Parasaurolophus can actually crush large predators if they are big enough.
