It was released on November 22, It was an uncharted island somewhere off the coast of Sumatra, it was a land whispered about by merchants and sailors. It was a place so unbelievable that no one dared believe in its existence. Except one man, the extraordinary showman Carl Denham.
Many will, of course, remember his show on Broadway and its tragic ending. But New York is not where the story ended, it is where it began. In a joint expedition of several prominent universities and organizations called Project Legacy was launched. Its stated mission goal was to create the first of several field guides to Skull Island , a land filled with creatures existing outside of their own time, where dinosaurs roamed, evolved, and still lived.
Only a year later it was discovered that the island was doomed; the geological forces that had formed the island were now tearing it apart.
There were only seven more abbreviated expeditions to the island before its destruction and the start of World War II. The journals, sketches, and detailed notes of the scientists who braved Skull Island would have continued to gather dust on shelves across the planet were it not for the work of the authors of this book. Here for the first time is their work, collected in a comprehensive edition of the natural history of this lost island.
Here is The World of Kong. After King Kong 's death in New York City, the scientific community was sent into a frenzy about him and his place of origin, Skull Island. Never had such an opportunity for exploration and discovery arisen since Europe discovered the New World. Upon Skull Island's unveiling, universities and private organizations scrambled to dispatch exploration teams while battling with one another for exclusivity and justification rights, as each wanted to be the first on the island.
Of the 12 expeditions made to Skull Island, only a handful managed to make landfall, and of those, six were woefully unprepared for the horrors that awaited them. After a year of these ceaseless tragic losses, a jointly managed and financed initiative was created by the three biggest interested parties.
Designer's Notes: Carnictis is one of the World of Kong creatures that made it into the actual film -- it being the disgusting-looking worm-like creature that killed Lumpy the Cook Andy Serkis. Ecology: Carnictis is apparently evolved from a form of intestinal parasite.
It is theorized that at some point in the distant past a large predator fell into an abyssal chasm and died. The parasites living within its gut spilled out of the corpse and into the rich organic soup found at the bottom of many of the chasms. Fed by geothermal hot-springs, the sludge was the perfect environment for the parasites, who found the pickings rich as they fed on the carcasses of animals that fell into the crevices.
As time went by the worms grew to great size, until they became the "vile meat-weasel" of modern Skull Island. However, their rather unique environment limits their movements, a Carnictis who escapes an abyssal chasm and swims into the cooler rivers of Skull Island will soon die, as the lower temperature water literally suckes the life from the giant worm.
The overall coloration is greenish-brown. Designer's Notes: I'm not sure of the Decarnocimex appeared in King Kong or not, but I think it might have, in the background. Ecology: These abyssal chasm dwellers feed on corpses and small animals, scavenging their meals from anything they can find.
Larger and more powerful than the Arachno-claw, Decarnocimex are aggressive predators, and will readily attack anything smaller than themselves.
Female Decarnocimex will cut corpses into small chunks, drag the meat to a small hole, and deposit it inside, along with a clutch of eggs, sealing the hole afterwards.
The young will then hatch and subside off of the until large enough to break through the seal and venture out into the chasm proper. As with the Arachno-claw, Decarnocimex doesn't seem to care for bright light. Small prey items are often caught with a mandible and then pulled to the mandibles to be devoured.
Larger corpses are often torn into small, easier to digest, pieces. Appearance: A Decarnocimex is an immense cricket-like creature measuring anywhere from five to ten feet long. They have a heavily-plated Page 55 of The Deplector will then lunge forward, lashing out with the long claws and attempting to snag its desired victim right out of the air.
When lunging, a Deplector uses all of its weight in the attack, counting on the excreted strands to hold it in place. Appearance: An immense crab-shaped animal, a Deplector has a body upwards of eight feet long with six-foot claws. The antennae can measure twelves feet in length. Female Deplectors are a dark black in color, the males much paler. One appears in King Kong, snatching a hapless crewman off of the chasm wall as he tries to climb back out.
Ecology: Enormous land crabs, Deplectors live in the crevices of caves found along the walls of the abyssal chasms. Anchoring themselves in place with thick excreted strands, they snatch birds, bats, and other small flying creatures such as Vultursaurs out of the air, using their long antennae to detect prey. While female Deplectors can be as large as eight feet in length, the males are much smaller, scarcely larger than a newly hatched female.
They dwell in the back of a female's cavern, fertilizing the eggs and feeding off of any scraps from the female's meals. Page 56 of Another translation for Deinacrida is terrible grasshopper.
Ecology: Distant relatives of the New Zealand Weta, the Weta-Rex is a huge form of the cricket-like creature, swarming in the hundreds in the chasms of Skull Island. Pack-hunters, they are fairly fearless and will quickly overwhelm any potential prey item, cutting it to pieces with shearing mouthparts.
They tend to spring along, and can move quickly for their size. Capable of climbing the chasm walls with ease, they have been known to drop down on foes. Appearance: A Weta-Rex looks like a 3' long version of the much, much smaller Weta. They are brownish in color, with a short thorax and a large head. They appeared in King Kong, attacking our heroes en-masse until being gunned down by Page 57 of Ecology: A solitary predator, Arsartis can be found on the high uplands of Skull Island, where it preys on the herds of Bifurcatops.
It will try and take anything smaller than itself, pinning its prey with its foreclaws while tearing at the throat with its jaws. Appearance: Descended from theropods, Arsartis is a four-legged animal with a long lizard-like body.
It has a rectangular head and a long tail, used for balance, and measures around 8 to 12 feet in length. Coloration is mainly dark brown with scattered vertical stripes in tan. Page 58 of Ecology: Bear-Crocs are found on the lower slopes of the uplands in areas of heavy vegetation.
Omnivores, they will eat just about anything edible they find, including small mammals, lizards, birds, eggs, fruits, nuts, roots, and leaves. They will deliver a bone-crushing bite, and trail after the wounded creature, waiting until blood loss does it in.
Appearance: A Bear-Croc has a thickly-built lizard-shaped body and grows from 15 to 20 feet in length. Coloration is a pale greenish color with light tan striping. The long tail is very thick, and holds reserves of fat for lean times. Page 59 of Designer's Notes: Bidensaurus was built by scaling up the Lycaesaurus character sheet. Ecology: A close relative of the lowlands-dwelling Lycaesaurus, Bidensaurus is a nocturnal predator.
Normally a solitary animal, Bidensaurus will pair up in the breeding season, staying together for several months before splitting up. Anything it does find is soon dispatched with a single bite from its saber tooth-equipped jaws. Appearance: About the size of a very large dog -- five to six feet in length -Bidensaurus looks much like a dog-shaped lizard, with a stiff tail and clawed toes on its feet. It is a light tan in color with a broken pattern of darker stripes. Ecology: This small, delicately-framed ceratopsian lives near the top of Skull Island's mountains, feeding on the assorted low-growing plants found scattered on the slopes.
They dwell in large herds and unlike the rest of their kind, don't fight for dominance during mating season, but instead the males will engage in elaborate dances in an effort to impress females. Appearance: Bifurcatops has a body similar in shape to the jungle-dwelling Treetops, with streamlined ceratopsian body, long legs, a long tail, and a narrow body.
They grow anywhere from six to ten feet in length, and tend to be a dark gray in color. Designer's Notes: Bifurcatops was built from a scaled down Tree-tops character sheet. Page 61 of Any thing coming too close will be charged by the dominant male, who will attempt to gore, and then trample, a foe into the ground. Appearance: Chaly-tops resemble a shorter version of Ferrucutus, with only a single nose-horn, and two more over the eyes.
They are a light tan in color and grow to be between ten and sixteen feet long. Designer's Notes: The Chaly-top was built based off of the Ferrucutus character sheet. Ecology: Chaly-tops are distant cousins of to the massive, plains-dwelling Ferrucutus. They dwell far up the slopes, where the jungle gives way to scree and low-growing shrubs, and avoid the forests and thick jungle.
Fairly rare, Chaly-tops only gather in numbers during the breeding season, when males will engage in violent jousts over breeding rights with small clusters of females. These fights will result in a surprising number of injuries and even fatalities, and it is rare to find an adult male Chaly-top with an undamaged or unscarred array of horns. Page 62 of The vanes have are translucent, with black barred stripes running out from the lizard's body to the edge.
I don't think they appeared in the film, though it's possible they were depicted high in the sky in some jungle shots. Ecology: Draco was a large lizard that lived in the heights of Skull Island.
Gliding from crag to crag on large winglike vanes that spread from its sides, the small, brightly-colored Draco was a common sight. At times, the rocky cliffs were covered with tiny Draco young. When threatened by predators or during mating season, to intimidate rival males Draco will flash their gliding vanes in a startling manner. The wing flashing is designed to buy the Draco enough time to leap up and glide away from danger. Appearance: An orange-brown lizard from 9 to 12 inches long, Draco is Page 63 of Designer's Notes: Gladiodon was created by blending together elements from various World of Kong character sheets I'd already written.
Ecology: Another mammal-like predator, Gladiodon will take both herbivores such as Bifurcatops and Chaly-Tops , but also other carnivores. Male Gladiodon are also known for their courtship displays, shaking their large dorsal crests as they strut and yawn, exhibiting large saber teeth, while the females pick the one who most impresses them. The animal will then leap away and let blood loss do in its prey, following at a safe distance.
Appearance: Measuring 8 to 18 feet in length, Gladiodon is a huge mammal-like reptile, with grayish skin, red stripes, and a large dorsal fan of crest running down its back. As with other apes, communication was vital among the Kong, with vocalizations a prime component, but also including posturing and certain nuances of body language. Certainly, Kong's impressive chestpounding displays served to demonstrate his dominance as well as intimidate rivals and frighten enemies.
Something a simple as a grunt may have been sufficient to discourage some predators -- of which the young were in constant danger, as a even an infant Kong would make a handsome meal for a V. Kong, himself, brought back to New York with the Carl Denham expedition, was the last of his kind, and his death brought about the extinction of his species.
As with all great apes, Kong were capable of complex social behavior and would exhibit distinct personalities. Kong himself proved ot be very intelligent if understandably illtempered. Kong himself was able to fight off three V. The Kong had the advantage of intelligence and gasping hands, and could use primitive tools clubs and rocks to batter a V. Grappling, rending, and biting were also part of a Kong's combat repertoire.
In any case, the young of each species were in constant danger from the adults, as killing a young Kong or V. Appearance: Kong appears as a gorilla standing anywhere from 18 to 25 feet in height. Skin is a dark black, as is the fur. Older males will have grayish to sliver hair on the back and head. Please note that technically, this character sheet would fall fairly quick to the Vastatosaurus Rex based on the character sheets , but while V. Oh, and yes, Kong appeared in King Kong.
Ecology: It is unknown when the species of giant ape known as "Kong" arrived on Skull Island. Estimates place it at a few thousands years ago, most likely coming from mainland Asia.
A possible ancestor for Kong would be the giant prehistoric ape known as Gigantopithecus. As Gigantopithecus grew to be around 10 feet in height, while Kong regularly grew to be twenty feet or more based on skeletons found on Skull Island , if Kong is descended from Gigantopithecus then it must have adapted quickly to the dangers of Skull Island. Based on the habits of other great apes, it can be presumed that Kong lived in small family groups, with females and young guarded by the much larger males.
They would live where food was plentiful, ranging down from the uplands into the jungle and the lush growth to be found there. Kong would feed on leaves, shoots, fruit, and if chimpanzees are a basis , some invertebrates and small animals. Page 65 of Powerful jaws can make short work of anything foolish enough to disagree, although Malevolusaurus isn't above butting with its crest of blunt spikes atop its head or clawing.
Appearance: Malevolusaurus appears to be a large Dimetredon-shaped animal, measuring 20 to 24 feet long. It is a mottled green color, with a tall and usually ragged sail, heavy jaws, and a crest or crown of knobs atop its head. Designer's Notes: I built Malevolusaurus by combining elements from some similar-sized character sheets of various World of Kong creatures I'd already written.
Ecology: An uplands omnivore, Malevolusaurus will gladly take dig up small animals in their burrows, eat carrion, take wounded prey from others, eat fallen fruit, and uproot plants to get at the roots and tubers.
Malevolusaurus tend to haunt the sunny side of the slopes, catching the warm rays with their tall sails and warming up quickly in the mornings. They also lay their eggs on the most sun-drenched slopes, digging out shallow pits and then leaving the eggs.
Due to their large size, nothing else really preys on Malevolusaurus, except for other Malevolusaurus. Most young die that way, although Gladiodon are known to take a full grown Malevolusaurus from time to time. Thus, it will hunt out carrion or take the Page 66 of Open navigation menu. Close suggestions Search Search.
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Return to Book Page. Peter Jackson Foreword. It was a place so unbelievable that no one dared believe in its existence. Except one man, the extraordinary showman Carl Denham. Many will, of course, remember his show on Broadway and its tragic ending.
But New York is not where the story ended, it is where it began. In a joint expedition of several prominent universities and organizations called Project Legacy was launched. Its stated mission goal was to create the first of several field guides to Skull Island, a land filled with creatures existing outside of their time, where dinosaurs roamed, evolved, and still lived.
Only a year later it was discovered that the island was doomed; the geological forces that had formed the island were now tearing it apart. There were only seven more abbreviated expeditions to the island before its destruction and the start of World War II. The journals, sketches, and detailed notes of the scientists who braved Skull Island would have continued to gather dust on shelves across the planet were it not for the work of the authors of this book.
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Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jan 20, Jim Dooley rated it liked it. This involved not only designing the topography, but also the bizarre plants and inhabitants.
Even with a runtime of approximately 3-hours, there were many creations that would never be seen in the movie. It consists of copious amounts of art work There is a history of the island, including speculation about the lost civilization that had built extensive structures before the later inhabitants retreated into a much more primitive life. This includes speculation that the island had once been a part of the massive super-continent, Gondwanaland. That added some credibility to the fantasy.
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