Talk:Gauntlet of Fire/@comment-25270260-20160418194959/@comment-10390252-20160418213051

There is no real world equivalent. However, looking at them, they seem to have been basically mashup of the front end of a Ankylosaurus and the rear end of a Megarachne, a member of the extinct Eurypterid family (aka, the 'Sea Scorpions').

Along with the timberwolves and the other denizens of the Everfree Forest, the sea serpents (dragon-hunting sea creatures!), the Hydra and the Tatzlwurm, we are again reminded that, outside of the areas strictly governed by Pony magic, Equestria is a Death World.