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I suggest it often looks down at plains, bogs, or forest clearings because it will need enough space for its massive wings to extend when it finally snatches up its prey.

Or it may prefer high cliffs, which seems far more reasonable. To perch on a tree, it would need to have an old growth forest for there to be a tree strong enough to hold it. Then, when it locks on its target, it attacks, taking off and then deploying its second set of wings to stabilize its glide when it goes in for the kill! (Basically it hunts exactly like a great grey owl, only with a wider range and two pairs of wings.) This tells me the Stormcutter must come at its prey from high up above from a certain vantage point.

#STORMCUTTER SCHOOL OF DRAGONS HOW TO#

The Art of How to Train Your Dragon 2 states that the Stormcutter spends most its day 'on the lookout,' positioning itself on top of a large tree or rock formation at dusk to begin stalking, remaining completely motionless while taking in events within a 10-mile radius. Theory 2: Stormcutters live in old growth forests or mountains and cliff habitats that loom over plains or bogs, and they nest in caves. It must have good night vision for all of this to be true. It also claims that it's the Stormcutter's powerful eyesight that makes it 'an unbeatable stalker.' The Stormcutter is also based on the grey howl and great horned owl, two nocturnal owl species that have very large eyes for seeing in the dark. One is that the Stormcutter, while it has been seen hunting during the day, usually hunts at night. The Art of How to Train Your Dragon 2 makes two interesting claims that make this theory practically fact for me. Theory 1: The Stormcutter has excellent night vision. There's a lot of good animals going into this dragon that can give us theory fodder! I got a lot here, so let's get started! And a lot of them required me to not only research many companion books from the DreamWorks Dragons franchise but also research the animals the Stormcutter is based on: the great gray owl, the great horned owl, and the vampire bat. Interestingly enough, I couldn't find much in the way of compelling theories about Stormcutters online, not even on Tumblr.except for a topic I will discuss in Theory 17, where I give my own take on one glaring plot hole in How to Train Your Dragon 2.īut that's okay I managed to think up a few of my own. As a result, I not only tracked down every little bit of canon information I could find on them - scouring my DreamWorks Dragons books and trading cards and rewatching the second movie, as well as seeing what the official website and the School of Dragons and Dragons: Rise of Berk games had to say - but I also decided to look at what other theories fans might have left online. This is one of the most popular species in the franchise.

So this week's HTTYD dragon to focus on is the Stormcutter.

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