The World of Kong
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The World of Kong is an informational book detailing the various ecosystems both seen and unseen in 2005's King Kong written by Dan Falconer. It was released on November, 22 2005.
Description
Plot
After Kong's death in New York City, the scientific community was sent into a frenzy about him and his place of origin, Skull Island. Never had such an opportunity for exploration and discovery arisen since Europe discovered the New World. Upon Skull Island's unveiling, Universities and private organizations scrambled to dispatch exploration teams while battling with one another for exclusivity and justification rights, as each wanted to be the first on the island. Of the twelve expeditions made to Skull Island, only a handful managed to make landfall, and of those, six were woefully unprepared for the horrors that awaited them. After a year of these ceaseless tragic losses, a jointly managed and financed initiative was created by the three biggest interested parties.
This three month expedition, lead by Carl Denham, went by the name Project Legacy, and began in 1935. Its goal was to systematically explore and document Skull Island, but with the amount of discoveries being made every day in tandem with the realization that
Contents
Skull Island Introduction
- Main article: Skull Island.
Skull Island has long been sinking into the ocean due to its being located on the Indo-Australian and Eurasian tectonic plates. It was formerly part of a larger landmass called Gondwanaland, but over time the plates that created the island began to destroy it, making it highly unstable. When Skull Island fell away from Gondwanaland, its indigenous species went with it, but the dwindling land and resources made the ecosystem incredibly competitive.
At some point in its history, people theorized to be from Southeast Asia came to the island, likely with the ancestors of the Kong. However, at least one thousand years before the 20th Century, they disappeared, leaving only their wall and their cities behind, which were slowly retaken by nature.
Coastal Organisms
- Skull Island Crustaceans
- Osteodomus
- Lividuscutus
- Scutucaris
- Cunaepraedator
- Tartarusaurus
- Skull Island Reptiles
- Dragonskin
- Discus
- Peracerdon
- Limusaur
- Acidactylus
- Nefundusaurus
Lowland Organisms
- Brontosaurus
- Ligocristus
- Ferrucutus
- Vastatosaurus rex
- Skull Island Reptiles
- Calcarisaurus
- Termito'saurus
- Lycaesaurus
- White Wedgehead
- Volucerictis
- Pugbat
- Skull Island Bugs
- Skull Island Termites
- Scissor Beetle
- Maggotfly
- Meat Weevil
- Carrion Centipede
- Ornate Carrion Beetle
- Dung Beetle
- Moonspider
- Skull Island Birds and Fish
- Carrion Storks
- Green Carrion Parrot
- Red Carrion Parrot
- Great Carrion Parrot
- Zeropteryx
- Brutornis
Swampland Organisms
- Piranhadon
- Skull Island Bugs
- Estrivermis
- Profanus
- Contereobestiolla
- Cutiscidis
- Nepalacus
- Aspicimex
- Hydruscimex
- Mortifillex
- Mortapsis
- Spinaculex
- Skull Island Crustaceans
- Impurucaris
- Funnucaris
- Incultulepas
- Skull Island Reptiles
- Dirt Turtle
- Turturcassis
- Inox
- Udusaur
- Skull Island Snapper
- Furcidactylus
- Scissor-head
- Malamagnus
- Ambulaquasaurus
- Scorpio-pede
- Skull Island Fish
- Nefacossus
- Sepulcro
- Papilio
- Sun-fin
- Gribbler
- Rogue Fish
- Bloodfish
- Prickle Fish
- Panderichthys
- Javelin
- Morsel Fish
- Fire-side
- Needlemouth
- Segnix
- Rapanatrix
- Ghoulfish
- Hamudon
- Sparkleside
- Bile-fin
- Rhadamanthus
- Sicklefin
- Shagfish
- Stink-fish
- Killer-eel
- Swamp-wing
- Skull Island Birds
- Falcatops
- Great Grey Heron
- Skull Island Egret
Jungle Organisms
- Venatosaurus
- Skull Island Reptiles
- Adlapsusaurus
- Avarusaurus
- Scimitodon
- Sylvaceratops
- Pudgiodorsus
- Hebeosaurus
- Dinocanisaurus
- Feather Devil
- Alatusaurus
- Novusaurus
- Aerosaur
- Trident Chameleon
- Chamelephant
- Honey-Tongue
- Fat Chameleon
- Carver
- Monstrutalpus
- Atercurisaurus
- Skull Island Birds
- Hylaeornis
- Noctupervagus
- Pinnatono
- Martial Parrot
- Dark-wing
- Brightbird
- Skull Island Hawks
- Dapper Crow
- Foetodon
- Diablosaurus
- Asperdorsus
- Tree-tops
- Skull Island Bugs
- Megapede
- Gyas gyas
- Stickalithus
- Wicked Weaver
- Idolon
- Omnimatercimex
- Shaggywing
- Celocimex
- Fallow Mantis
- Guard-bug
- Jewelbug
- Firebellied Tree-talon
- Savage-gnat
- Unguasilus
- Megalatus
- Noxmuscus
- Virucinifis
- Lividuvespa
- Pitchbug
- Skull Island Mammals
- Burglar Monkey
- Howler
- Skull Island White Bat
Chasm Organisms
- Skull Island Bugs
- Decarnocimex
- Weta-rex
- Arachno-claw
- Skull Island Crustaceans
- Abyscidis
- Deplector
- Carnictis
- Vultursaur
Upland Organisms
- Terapusmordax
- Skull Island Mammals
- Skin-Bird
- Skull Island Reptiles
- Bear-croc
- Chaly-tops
- Bifurcatops
- Arsartis
- Bidensaurus
- Gladiodon
- Draco
- Malevolusaurus
- Kong
Gallery
Trivia
- On page 119, there is a typographical error. When referring to the domed shells of the Skull Island Loggerheads, the phrase "domes shells" is printed.
References
This is a list of references for The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
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