Regu (ray-goo)

Regu is a hulking ape-like alligator kaiju hailing from the United States with a carnivorous diet and is fiercely territorial. It was the first kaiju to make itself known in the 21st century.

Physical Description

Body Features

Its forelimbs have evolved into an immense pair of arms, which it uses to knuckle-walk across and climb terrain in similar fashion to gorillas and orangutans.

Special abilities

Regu can breathe underwater but possesses no visible gills or gill-adjacent adaptations, with the exact reason stumping cryptozoologists and cryptogeneticists. 
Like all other kaiju, Regu also possesses an advanced healing factor, able to heal broken bones and damaged body parts that would be unsalvagable for normal animals. The massive scaly hide allows it to shrug off conventional human artillery and stand up to more unconventional mecha weaponry. Its regenerative healing abilities plus the advanced amniotic-addled DNA has made Regu immortal, only killable via starvation or another kaiju.

Specialized Equipment

It also utilizes a long muscular tongue to tether grab opponents and/or prey items and pull them back into its maw, like that of a chameleon.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

• Species description: Alligator maximus
• Biological basis: American alligator
• Diet: Carnivorous

A truck containing a barrel of amniotic fluid was being transported through the backroads of Louisiana. Majestic 12 ordered it to be moved under the cover of night to avoid stops or suspicion. Unfortunately for them, a particularly heavy rainstorm had set in and drenched the land. The truck slid off the road and crashed into the swamp, with the driver and passenger killed. A rogue alligator had been residing in that portion of the land and happened upon it, feeding upon both the fluid and its transporters' corpses. Majestic 12 set to work investigating the disappearance of their missing cargo with the intent of recovering it by any means necessary. The amniotic fluid began to alter the alligator's form and pushed it to evolve further, taking on different forms throughout its development. It moved on past its traditional diet and began going after farms, breaking into backyards to eat pets, and even targeting humans. Local animal control attempted to give chase after the mysterious beast, but it was Majestic that ultimately took over. The agents found themselves severely unprepared for just how fast the creature had evolved and changed, with their troubles growing worse as it retreated into the sea to Florida and hid in the Everglades . The fully evolved kaiju was provoked out of the swamp by Majestic invasion and rampaged into the nearby city of Sunnywood , eventually ending with it retreating back into the swamps.

Intellectual Characteristics

The anthropoidian arms combined with its slightly higher intelligence give it the advantage of tool utilization as Regu will often take objects such as trees, radio towers, and wind turbines to utilize as weapons. It is not immune to the swathe of blind fury that takes over many kaiju in the heat of battle. Yet it also possesses a reasonable enough intelligence level to make usage of tools for combat and such. An oddity in Regu's behavior is its protective nature over alligator habitats, speculated to be because of its kinship and origins with them.

Personality Characteristics

Likes & Dislikes

Regu is a solitary dweller and rather territorial as a result, not taking kindly to any sort of intruders. An oddity in Regu's behavior is its protective nature over alligator habitats, speculated to be because of its kinship and origins with them. The giant alligator prefers warmer wetter climates to anything else, hence its dedication to the Everglades.

Environmental Impact

While it leaves massive destruction in its wake when provoked, its influence on the environment is profound. Its feces is high in protein - both natural and amniotic-addled - and benign nuclear isotopes that - after being absorbed by the soil and filtered into the water - cause immense population booms in the flora and fauna inhabiting its region. Flowering plants and trees will grow wildly, and animals experience high birth rates. Crayfish and fishing seasons are extended because of the population boom, and the American crocodile bred so exponentially that it was removed from the endangered species list. Lumber and paper production rose significantly but were capped in secret by Majestic 12 to avoid provoking Regu in the swamp. Despite this, there seems to be no danger of overexpansion of animal populations as Regu's appetite keeps them fairly balanced.

Miscellaneous Information

Regu is unique in that it is one of the few kaiju to have its entire life cycle documented, going through rapid evolutionary metamorphosis. Initially having started out as a regular American alligator, it grew a more sprinter-like build similar to ancient crocodyliformes such as Kaprosuchus. Afterward, it grew further and resembled spinosaurids like Baryonyx, eventually concluding with the more anthropoidian reptile form it possesses currently.

Gallery

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Commission of Regu from rochasaurus.

Alligator kaiju of the Florida Everglades.

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Current Status

Alive

Current Location

Everglades

Age

Modern

Date of Birth

2020 CE

Circumstances of Birth

Accidental exposure to great amniotic fluid

Birthplace

Louisiana, United States, Earth

Sex

Male

Eyes

Orange and yellow

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Scaled

Height

80ft