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Stegosaurus ('steg-owe-sawr-us', meaning "Roof Lizard") are large armored diurnal (meaning active during the day) ornithischian dinosaurs that were included in the original Fossils and Archeology mod. They are herbivorous, and the only stegosaurids in the mod so far. They are approximately 2.9 blocks tall at the back (3.5 at the plates) and 8.5 blocks long, and males are yellow and have red plates. Newborns are 0.2 blocks tall, and are fully grown in 12 minecraft days. They can be given essence of chicken to grow faster, at the cost of hunger.
Stegosaurus, like almost all other mobs, has a mood that can drop or be raised through various means. Having a low mood means it may attack or avoid you, having a high mood will make it passive. Right-click it with a DinoPedia to see what its mood is at.
A fossil version of the stegosaurus can be created by right-clicking a bio-fossil on the ground, which will create a random skeleton of a prehistoric creature with a small chance of it being a stegosaurus.
Like most other mobs in the mod, they do not spawn naturally in the world and must be created by the player through the culture vat. As they are dinosaurs, they hatch from large eggs that need to be warmed by torches or any light source.
Real Life
Specimens attributed to the Stegosaurus genus have been found across Late Jurassic North America as well as Portugal. The animal seemed to prefer drier climates. Some suggest it could have stood on its hind legs to feed, but this is not proven, especially for such a large, heavy stegosaur.
Morrison Formation, Colorado, USA
Dinosaur Ridge, Colorado, USA
Garden Park, Colorado, USA
Como Bluff, Wyoming, USA
BEHAVIOR
Stegosaurus are fast-moving territorial dinosaurs that will break blocks weaker than iron. They will defend themselves when attacked by turning around and hitting the provoker with the thagomizers on their tail much like ankylosaurus does with its tail club, which may toss them into the air and cause additional fall damage. They are also herd animals, and will come to each others defense when one is attacked. Their predators are tyrannosaurus, which is a fight it usually will not win, and sarcosuchus, which it has a chance against unless they are in water where the sarcosuchus can perform its death roll. When they are hungry, they will seek out plants to eat. They can also ride minecarts.
They will interact with scratching posts, tethered logs and chase toy balls, bringing up their mood significantly. They are diurnal, meaning they are active during the day and will sleep at night.
Adult Stegosaurus can breed every five minutes as adults if there is a male and female present. The breeding probability is handled by how many individuals are nearby.
TAMING
Stegosaurus are able to be tamed in the same way as most other prehistoric creatures. The player simply needs to stay in a 6 block radius of the egg, and the hatchling will be tamed. If the player misses this opportunity, the player must feed the stegosaurus until it is tamed. Alternatively, the player can forcibly tame it with a whip. It can be ordered with a stick, and cannot be ridden due to the large plates on its back.
FEEDING
Stegosaurus are herbivores and will eat flowers, leaves, grass, and ancient ferns. They can also be hand-fed seeds, wheat, bread, apples, sugar, sugarcane, cookies, melon, and cake, and will eat from feeders that have plants in them.
SOUNDS
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