Contest - The Eurypterid Queen

This is designed for Matt Frank's Ultra Kaiju contest - just thought I'd throw my two cents worth of monster into the arena.

I'm not a huge Ultraman fan, but I've seen an episode or two, I love suitmation, and I figured... what the hell... why not?

I went for a more "realistic" (yeah, right) monster here. It's no mutant, but an incredibly powerful animal that uses the abilities of real animals.

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The Eurypterid Queen

Height: 55 Meters

Weight: 20,000 tons

Bio: Scientists have known about the massive prehistoric sea scorpions known as “Eurypterids” for ages. However, the existence of a “hive mind” amongst the beasts – a mind headed by the gigantic Eurypterid Queen – was totally unknown until the late sixties. The true origins of the queen remain unknown.

As far as scientists know, the low levels of food available during the Permian extinction drove the Eurypterid Queen into a state of hibernation. It buried itself in the mud beneath the seafloor, and fell into torpor. 248 million years later, a deep-sea dredging operation disturbed the beast, and brought it back to the surface.

The monster attacked fishing ships at first, devouring the crew and cargo with ease. At the same time, hundreds of Eurypterids were found in the Sea of Japan. Moving onto land, it attacked a small town, only to be faced by the new rulers of the planet: the descendants of the Therapsids, the mammals known as humans, and their technological might. The tiny machines were brushed aside with ease, but before it could kill anyone else, the beast was challenged by Earth’s newest and greatest defender…

Powers: Powerful armored shell, swift swimmer and burrower, a poisonous stinger, massive claws, can spawn and command incredible numbers of Eurypterids, spews a sticky mass from its mouthparts that can hinder a target’s movements.