Since females are the ones who must track down these groups of males, it makes sense to me that males would then fight each other for the right to breed with a female that has graced them with her presence, and Shredstone Walls indicates that these fights can get quite violent. They are indicated to be found in groups, leaving me to believe that, like females, males live in groups together. Dragons: Rise of Berk tells us that there are quite a few Razorwhips at Shredstone Walls and Thorstopia (the latter found by the twins). So of course, males must live elsewhere, and since all males on this island are attacked - any male animal, apparently (Wingmaiden Island's ecosystem must be a mess) - the females must be the ones to travel to find males, not the other way around. So we know nearly all adult female Razorwhips live and nest at Wingmaiden Island (with the exception of Windshear), but we also know no male lives there to prevent them from performing filial infanticide. Shredstone Walls and Thorstopia are common meeting places. Theory 6: Razorwhip males live in groups females travel to find them. Now sea slugs can refer to a number of different types of animals, but normally, and particularly in Norway, sea slugs refer to nudibranches, or shell-lacking sea snails, which the Razorwhip can only get by dipping into the ocean, so I assume they are quite apt at swimming. In fact, it's their only weakness, which leads me to believe that it's really the only thing they eat and they can suffer it taken away from their food source. Razorwhips are said to have a diet of sea slugs. Theory 5: Razorwhips are excellent swimmers. They can cling to things with their tails very well, but they might also use their wing claws to aid in this as well. They are forest dragons that appear to nest in trees, but they only have two claws on each foot to cling to these trees. Razorwhips have dexterous wing claws that must be used for something, and clinging to trees makes the most sense to me. Theory 4: The Razorwhip's wing claws are used for clinging to trees. Maybe the scale grows in as the Razorwhip develops its eyesight. But the blind Razorwhip hatchlings don't have this. We see in the show that Razorwhips are diurnal, so this might be important to protecting their very large eye. Adult Razorwhips have a scale above their eyes that some fans have disliked for having the appearance of "eyelashes." I think this scale might have a use, though I think it's used to shade the eye in bright light. Theory 3: The scale above the Razorwhip's eye shades it from the sun, which grows in once they gain their sight. In order to put up with such a neighbor, I have to believe Razorwhips don't have the strongest noses. Also, in Dragons: Rise of Berk, you can find Razorwhips at Windy Pass, a place known for being well-populated with Gobsuckers, very stinky dragons that are always producing methan. For one thing, they don't have split tongues like most other dragons, which are used to enhance a reptile's sense of smell. And they need this vision because I don't think they have the best sense of smell for a dragon. This makes me think that Razorwhips have pretty strong vision. The Razorwhip has rather big eyes, and some even have purple eyes, which as stated before when discussing Woolly Howls, is an eye color useful for seeing in the dark. Theory 2: Razorwhips have great eyesight but not a strong sense of smell for a dragon. Whenever Windshear looks at something behind her, she ends up putting her head down to look between her legs, so I have to believe that's a blind spot. Not only do I think this because the Razorwhip seems to have a good vision range, but there is actually evidence for this. Theory 1: The Razorwhip's blind spot is behind it. But I still think there was some interesting stuff to think about with Razorwhips, so I hope you like what I did find! Now the unfortunate thing about their design is that they seem to be based off of the concept of "armored dragon" rather than any specific animal, so I can't really latch onto a species to research for ideas. (Hey, I never said I couldn't be bought for a small price.) XD If this dragon was an ice dragon, I'd be all over this thing, regardless of all the other stuff. My first ice dragon OC looked something like that. Its design might be one of my favorites! Why can't all the dragons look that cool?! I used to dream of four-legged, long necked, long tailed silver dragons with dragon plate armor, no joke. But that aside, I definitely get why people like the look of this dragon so much. I like them fine, but it's just not the personality I lean toward. I admit, I am not actually the biggest Razorwhip fan. As desired by Goldenwolfmidna V from the School of Dragons forum, here are theories on the Razorwhip dragon!
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