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Could Deathclaws Survive the Mesozoic? | Fallout: New Cretaceous

Madly Mesozoic

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In this episode of Assessing Survival, we ask if the Deathclaws from Fallout, could survive the Mesozoic, specifically the Late Cretaceous in Mongolia, where they face dinosaurs such as Tarbosaurus, Therizinosaurus, Deinocheirus and many more.. Join me as we weigh their strengths and weaknesses, aswell as speculate on their future.

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20 Comments

@MadlyMesozoic Creator 1 year ago (edited) Pinned

"your spec evo is so unrealistic!!! 😡😡😡"

don't care

@jakecannanite4558 2 years ago

Before fallout 4 deathclaws were pack animals, having hides and nests with 5-20 members including young

@MarkoDash 2 years ago

the Deathclaws claws CAN pierce and cut steel. they are known in lore as being able to rip apart power armored knights, though you could argue that they are using their intelligence to stick their claws in weak spots and then brute strength to separate joints and seems.

ingame this is reflected by the gauntlet you make from their claws being able to ignore armor values.

@zayadavis8305 2 years ago (edited)

There have been deathclaw that are smart enough to talk and while the enclave did wipe a majority of them out (depending on what you did) they're are stories of intelligent deathclaw working with Brotherhood of steel in the western chapters in fallout lore

@hawkticus_history_corner 2 years ago

For their Hyperaggression, I think that may be partially learned. In the original games, 1 and 2, the Deathclaws are a bit less slash happy and are perfectly fine living away from other things in their cave. The easy explanation for why the ones on the East Coast are so aggressive is because everything over there is more aggressive and so they took a "get them before they get you" approach.

@Azuli-Studios 2 years ago

Silly thought: You start making a subplot of these videos that is the timeline police being angry at you creating more and more branches of timeline by making creatures time travel.

@ScionOfDerse 2 years ago

Deathclaws vs. Skull Island.

@generositygamer7971 2 years ago

7:45 "Something that might be another downfall for them, their hyper-agression." It works for geese, and they're small, in comparison, to a deathclaw, and only have a beak. But, everything avoids them, like the plague.

@HuntressSellia 2 years ago

Deathclaws being pack hunters, if the family size in Quarry Junction is the standard rather than the standalones in Fallout 4, would probably hunt themselves to extinction

@natural20_85 2 years ago (edited)

The horn turtle is a bit silly. The skewer stratrgy could work, but evolving that crazy back spike instead of using the horns seems unlikely. Yes, the neck would be subjected to a lot of force, but a species evolving a more robust neck is pretty easy.

The sapient deathclaws are pretty likely, since they're already pretty close and sapient ones exist in lore.

@vyktorehon5995 2 years ago

The spiked turtle is the funniest shit ever

@couldntthinkofacoolname9608 2 years ago

I almost think deathclaws would just pull a "Living Fossil" and stay jack of all trades generalist predators. No point changing if you don't need to, and unlike the dinosaurs, DCs were intelligently designed to survive in a range of environments (specifically mainland China, but clearly capable of thriving across the post-war US in an ecosystem almost entirely consisting of medium to large predators (don't get me started on the logistics of Fallouts ecosystems)). I'm sure they would adapt to other environments, like how they adapted to form regional variants such as commonwealth vs Capital Wasteland deathclaws, but i think they would retain the general body plan.

@ThelovelyHedgehog 2 years ago (edited)

About the spike turtles, I thought they would survive the extinction event by going into the ocean. Getting smaller, eating sharks, plesiosaurs, oh wait. Sorry, eating each-other because the plesiosaurs are dead, going nuts and killing all the turtles, now they are small and have shells- we have new turtles.
Edit: Thanks for 300 likes! The new breed of turtle-crocodile shall take over!

@planetdrull1701 2 years ago (edited)

Deathclaws surviving multiple 50 cal shots kinda tells you how durable they are. They’re basically walking IFVs with claws. Maybe their skin is better at absorbing impact or they’re just angry enough to ignore it but they’d definitely prove resourceful in any environment

Edit: Fallout 4 enemies are bullet sponges and no, I do not accept fallout 4 as an accurate representation of a creature’s durability. I am speaking from the weapon and bullet mechanics of new Vegas. So stop mentioning all the other things that can tank a 50 cal in Bethesda’s last two games

@thatsnotgonewellatall5517 2 years ago

Tbf also gotta remember deathclaws can throw around cars weighing several tonnes and one arm lift a heavily armoured power armour individual with one hand and throw them a decent distance. Their ability to launch, displace or knock over a dinosaur cant be ignored