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|name            =Vinestrangler
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|species          =''Prehistoric katydids''
|species          =''Vitis Strangulari''
|nicknames        =''Vitis Strangulari''
|length           =9-12 feet
|height           =9-12 feet
|enemies          =[[Humans]]
|allies          =Other Vinestranglers
|firstappearance  ="Skull Island: Archives"
|enemies          =Humans
|debut            =''[[Skull Island: The Birth of Kong]]'' [[Skull Island: The Birth of Kong Issue 1|#1]]
|last            =''[[Skull Island: The Birth of Kong]]'' [[Skull Island: The Birth of Kong Issue 4|#4]]
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'''Vinestranglers''' are predatory monsters that appear in the [[2017]] [[Legendary Pictures]] series, ''Skull Island: Archives''.
The '''Vinestrangler''' is a predatory insect monster profiled in "Skull Island: Archives," a featurette included on home video releases of the [[2017]] [[Legendary Pictures]] film ''[[Kong: Skull Island]]''. Like the [[Death Jackal]], [[Psychovulture]], [[Sirenjaw]], [[Magma Turtle]], [[Swamp Locust]], and ''[[Icarus Tigris]]'', the Vinestrangler was conceptualized for the film but did not make it in. However, while most of these creatures were featured in the film's official tie-in comic series ''[[Skull Island: The Birth of Kong]]'', the Vinestrangler has not made an official appearance outside of "Skull Island: Archives."
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==Name==
==Name==
Vinestranglers are named for their appearances. In the creatures' bio provided on a Blue Ray Bonus for ''[[Kong: Skull Island]]'', their species name was given as " katydids", family of long-horned grasshoppers.
The Vinestrangler is named after its resemblance to vines and its preferred mode of attack.
==Design==
==Design==
According to the creature's bio, their vine-like appearances allowed these creatures to camouflage themselves and live in wooded areas in the treetops.
The Vinestrangler is a slender insect which uses dozens of tentacles to drag prey into its massive maw.
==Personality==
==Behavior==
According to [[Monarch]]'s profile on the Vinestrangler, are crepuscular in nature, active during both dawn and dusk. The profile also characterizes they as arboreal insects."
The Vinestrangler is most active during dawn and dusk.
==History==
===''Skull Island: Top secrect archives''===
A crepuscular tree dweller, this giant insect is a primordial chapter of the katydid family. Leafy structures encase the creature within the branches of its tree habitat, although initial findings have proven inconclusive as to where the Vinestrangler ends and the tree begins.
==Abilities==
==Abilities==
Their camouflage allows them to hunt in the treetops undetected.
===Camouflage===
===Weaknesses===
The Vinestrangler blends into the trees where it dwells, to the point that its [[Monarch]] profile noted that "initial findings have been inconclusive as to where the Vinestrangler ends and the tree begins."
Apparently they can not move so fast on the ground.
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File:Vinestrangler_1.PNG.png|[[Monarch]]'s profile of the Vinestranglers from ''[[Skull Island: The Birth of Kong]]''
Vinestrangler_1.PNG.png|[[Monarch]]'s profile on the Vinestrangler
Vinestrangler Slide.jpg|Alternate version of the Vinestrangler's Monarch profile, shown briefly during the Secrets of the [[MonsterVerse]] panel at Los Angeles Comic Con 2018
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Revision as of 01:31, 3 May 2019

Vinestrangler
Sketches of the Vinestrangler in Skull Island: Archives
Species Vitis Strangulari
Length 9-12 feet
Enemies Humans
First appearance "Skull Island: Archives"

The Vinestrangler is a predatory insect monster profiled in "Skull Island: Archives," a featurette included on home video releases of the 2017 Legendary Pictures film Kong: Skull Island. Like the Death Jackal, Psychovulture, Sirenjaw, Magma Turtle, Swamp Locust, and Icarus Tigris, the Vinestrangler was conceptualized for the film but did not make it in. However, while most of these creatures were featured in the film's official tie-in comic series Skull Island: The Birth of Kong, the Vinestrangler has not made an official appearance outside of "Skull Island: Archives."

Name

The Vinestrangler is named after its resemblance to vines and its preferred mode of attack.

Design

The Vinestrangler is a slender insect which uses dozens of tentacles to drag prey into its massive maw.

Behavior

The Vinestrangler is most active during dawn and dusk.

Abilities

Camouflage

The Vinestrangler blends into the trees where it dwells, to the point that its Monarch profile noted that "initial findings have been inconclusive as to where the Vinestrangler ends and the tree begins."

Gallery

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