通称：始祖鸟
物种：始祖鸟科
时代：侏罗纪晚期
食性：食肉
性情：害怕
野生
始祖鸟大约有一米长，它是一种主要生活在树上的原始鸟类。它会尽可能地避免接触地面，并且偏爱较少捕食者能触及的树木安全地带。 我从没有看到始祖鸟完全地飞翔，因此很可能它们无法产生足够的上升力来完成比在栖木间长距离滑翔更难的动作。 我不确定为什么一个如此害怕地面的生物为何如此挑食，但始祖鸟似乎只吃一种罕见的昆虫物质。最有可能的解释就是始祖鸟倾向于在昆虫滋生的树林里筑巢，使它们很少会缺乏这种食物来源。
家养
虽然始祖鸟没有能承受一个成年人完整体重的体型，它仍然有很大的用处。尽管始祖鸟无法飞行，但它的羽翼拥有的力量能在人们在空中携带它时，大大减缓人们的降落速度。 然而驯化一只始祖鸟可能会有些困难，因为它不会吃大多数常见的食物来源，并且它会在一看到入侵者时就滑翔到潜在的安全地带。
Common name: Archaeopteryx
Species: Archaeopteryx magnamilvum
Time: Late Jurassic
Diet: Carnivore
Temperament: Fearful
Wild
Approximately one meter long, the Archaeopteryx magnamilvum is a primarily tree-dwelling proto-bird. It avoids the ground as much as possible, preferring to stay in the safety of the tree-line, where few predators can reach it. I've not seen an Archaeopteryx outright fly yet, so it's possible that they cannot generate enough lift to do more than glide long distances between perches. I'm not sure how a creature so fearful of the ground can be such a picky eater, but Archaeopteryx only seems to consume certain rare insect matter. The most likely explanation is that it tends to nest in infested trees, stripping them bare of such food sources.
Domesticated
While not large enough to bear the full weight of an adult human, Archaeopteryx still has great utility. Despite the creature's inability to fly, its wings have sufficient strength to dramatically slow the rate of a person's descent, if that person holds onto Archaeopteryx while airborne. Taming Archaeopteryx can be somewhat troublesome, though, as it refuses to eat most common food sources, and glides to prospective safety at the first sign of any interloper.
