The Biological Horrors of Kong’s Skull Island
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Published 2022-07-28
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You may familiar with Skull Island, the filming location of a documentary produced by Peter Jackson in 2005. while the focus of that film was one of the island's largest species of fauna, there is much, much more to discover.
Today, we'll be diving deep into Skull Island's species. But be warned: everything on this island is dangerous, and much of it is disturbing.
For more, you can read the book produced by Weta Workshop (Kong: A Natural History of Skill Island). Sadly, though, this book is out of print and hard to come by. Your best bet is Amazon or eBay, but due to its rarity, prices are usually over $200!
Still, it's a masterpiece of artwork, and the artists and creature designers did a great job. Scroll down for more information!
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Credits:
All artwork taken from World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island. This video features materials protected by the Fair Use guidelines of Section 107 of the Copyright Act. All rights reserved to the copyright owners.
Writer: Daniel Falconer
Research: Ben Wootten
Editor: Margaret Clark
Art Directors: Ben Wootten and Daniel Falconer
Layout Artist: Amanda Smart
Principal Illustrators:
- Greg Broadmore www.instagram.com/greg_broadmore/
- Stephen Crowe www.deviantart.com/stephencrowe
- Daniel Falconer ideasondesign.net/speakers/speakers/daniel-falcone…
- Chris Guise
- Gus Hunter conceptartworld.com/artists/gus-hunter/
- Christian Pearce www.artstation.com/christianpearce
- Paul Tobin www.paultobinart.com/
- Ben Wootten www.artstation.com/benwootten
Cover Artist: Gus Hunter
Supporting Illustrators:
- Gino Acevedo www.instagram.com/gino.acevedo
- Johnny Brough
- Brad Goff
- Christian Gossett www.instagram.com/gossett_pictures
- David Meng davidmengartworks.com/
Weta Creative Director: Richard Taylor
Skull Island Creature Conceptualization/World Design:
- Gino Acevedo, Rob Baldwin, Saul Barnes, Sam Belcher, Jeremy Bennett, Jamie Beswarick, Shaun Bolton, Steve Boyle, Greg Broadmore, Don Brooker, Johnny Brough, Sourisak Chanpaseuth, Keh Chon Wee, Stephen Crowe, Bryce Curtis, Jason Docherty, Daniel Falconer, Ryk Fortuna, Brad Goff, Christian Gossett, Chris Guise, Ben Hawker, Bill Hunt, Gary Hunt, Gus Hunter, Tira Iraka O'Daly, Tom Lauten, Alan Lee, Gareth McGhie, David Meng, Les Nairn, Christian Pearce, Jonas Springborg, Miles Teves, Dominic Till, Paul Tobin, Greg Tozer, Steven Unwin, and Ben Wootten.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:14 - Brontosaurus
2:42 - Sponsored segment
4:22 - Ferrucutus
5:21 - V. Rex
7:00 - Carrion eaters
9:11 - Piranhadon
11:15 - Scorpiopede
12:02 - Swamp-wing
12:11 - Venatosaurus
15:13 - Foetodon
16:04 - Asperdorsus
16:59 - Centipedes
17:43 - Stickalithus
18:18 - Flizards
19:37 - Flying rats
20:41 - Weta-rex
21:14 - Arachnoclaw
21:57 - Deplector
22:38 - Carnictis
23:51 - Terapusmordax
24:59 - Gladiodon
25:40 - Megaprimatus Kong
All Comments (21)
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Shame Peter Jackson's vision did not spawn more content. His movie was magnificent and his version of Skull Island really felt like a lost world.
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Fun fact: The differences between V-rexes and their prehistoric ancestors are largely implied to be the result of inbreeding. Dental deformity, shortened snouts, and narrowed rib cages are common hallmarks of mutations brought about through inbreeding. Though they may serve as temporary boons within their niche, it can be inferred the V-rexes would have eventually gotten to such a point that their deformities become detrimental if not for the sinking of the island.
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For anyone wondering, skull island can support these large megafauna as it was about the size of Texas (before it began to sink)
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This version of skull island was very well fleshed out by Peter Jackson instead of just having your average normal T. Rex Brontosaurus and Pteranodon he actually decided to have everything evolved ever since the Prehistoric Times which is really remarkable if you think about it
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Me, as a Dungeons and Dragons DM, preparing to run a jungle adventure: "write that down, write that down!".
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Skull Island makes Australia look like a petting zoo
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2005 Skull island is way more interesting than 2017 Skull island, just feels more realistic.
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As much as I like the Monsterverse version of Skull Island, this is still my personal favorite version (👏). The amount of genuine creativity, thought, and research inspired by real-life island biodiversity never ceases to amaze me.
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You couldn’t pay me enough to visit skull island if it were real. I wouldn’t last a single day on that island fuck that! Hats off to Jackson for creating such a horrifying monster island
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Ah yes, because when I'm watching a SpecEvo mini-documentary on the biosphere of skull island, I'm really thinking about playing a low-quality Star Trek mobile game.
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While the Skull island of the Monsterverse was extravagant, it still had a fresh, lush feeling to it and looked like pretty much any ordinary jungle paradise except it was populated with some fierce creatures. And the Iwi tribe seemed fairly peaceful too. Peter Jacksons version was much more eerie and sombre, and the attention to detail was extraordinary. However, in real life, it would not be plausible for so many large predators to exist on such a small island as it wouldn't be enough resources to sustain them all. Island gigantism is usually reached by certain species due to a lack of competition, and island dwarfism usually due to lack of resources.
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Even more glad now that they haven't yet updated the Kong ride at Universal Florida. The worldbuilding that went into this version of Skull island is so cool.
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Since flying lizards use their ribs to hold the flying membrane, does that mean its organs are unprotected during flight?
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This is such a great book. I bought it soon as the movie released and it has never left my bookshelf. There’s still so many creatures that weren’t covered in this video, including those found on the coastal shores of Skull Island, stegosaurus species, rhinos, and giant terror birds. I wish this was further explored in a tv series or movie. I’ve trying for a long time to get Goji Center to feature these creatures in their YT content.
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Andy circus’s death was the single most horrific thing I’ve ever seen in a movie.
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The only place on earth where man hold no suzerainty, and builds no kingdoms. We live in harmony with a wild world only when forced to. And the only king on this hidden island is Kong.
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The giant centipedes gave me nightmares as a kid 😆🤣
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I always wanted a survival game set on something like Skull Island. I know there's the King Kong game, but I think having something with modern systems would be fantastic.
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The Carnictis were always nightmare fuel for me. I woke up on several nights in a cold sweat after dreaming of that scene where the guy got overwhelmed by them
