| “ | It's the Venus Flytrap of dragons, the devious Snaptrapper! [src] | ” |
| — Gobber introducing the Snaptrapper |
The Snaptrapper is a four-headed Mystery Class dragon. There is a type of Snaptrapper known as the Leafy Snaptrapper.
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Official Description
| “ | While as beautiful and serene as an exotic flower upon first blush, the four-headed Snaptrapper is actually one of the most insidious and deadly dragons ever discovered. Upon opening their triple-split jaws, Snaptrappers release a sweetly intoxicating scent, stimulating hunger in nearby dragons and humans. When the unlucky victim goes foraging through the deceitful dragon's lea-like wings and fins, the Snaptrapper unfurls and strikes. Although they are best known for producing the alluring aroma for unwitting prey, Snaptrappers can also exude a noxious odor to ward off would-be predators. One whiff of this pungent reek of putrefaction is enough to scare of even the most starving Titan Wing [src] |
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| “ | With triple-split jaws on each of this Mystery Class Dragon’s 4 heads, it looks like a man-eating Venus Flytrap. Just not as friendly. Snaptrappers may smell sweet, but their acid attacks pack a potent sting...that can melt through metal! [src] |
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Physical Appearance
Egg
Snaptrapper eggs resemble plants, with four leafy branches on top and several root like protuberances on the bottom. Its surface is covered with vine-line patterns.
Hatchling to Adult
The Snaptrapper is a dragon that has four heads, each with three jaws. Their tails are forked like the Hideous Zippleback's, and they look somewhat like the latter as well. Their unique, frightening jaws open up in a way that resembles a flower blooming, and the spines on their neck, body and tail look similar to leaves. All four heads of the Snaptrapper have three tongues; these tongues each resemble the anther of a flower, as it is the Snaptrapper's tactic to resemble a plant of some kind to lure prey in close, or to help them hide from the dragon's few potential predators. They are one of the larger species of dragons, and have very long necks and tails.
Titan Wing
Titan wing Snaptrappers have four heads and triple-spilt jaws with more teeth. They have developed a small tuft of pink petal-like structures at the back of their head. They have dark brown wings with some blue spots and yellow network vein like patterns, as such, their wings resemble dead leaves. Also, their neck is clearly segmented and has spines protruding from the back of their necks, all the way down to their tail, which eventually splits into two yellow tails.
Abilities
Firepower
The Snaptrapper is known to breathe a flammable mist containing methane, and can produce the smell of chocolate from their mouths to lure in potential prey. They also spit acid that can sting foes and even melt through metal.
Venom
The Snaptrapper also has the most deadly venom of all dragons.
Camouflage
Superbly stealthy hunters, they can excellently camouflage themselves amidst dense vegetation, both to hide from larger dragons and from their prey. Their wings and scale tone are adapted to look like leaves and foliage, and they have leaf-like fins atop their backs.
Snaptrapper spraying its scent
Producing smells
Snaptrappers are well-known for their uncanny ability to emit a tantalizing scent compared to the sweet aroma of chocolate. This smell stimulates hunger in other dragons and humans nearby to lure them right into their jaws.
However, it can also release a horrid odor that can scare off even the most starving Titan Wings for self-defense.
Flexibility
Snaptrappers are not the most nimble flyers, a drawback of their heavy adaption for stealth-based hunting. However, their long, thin necks and tails are very flexible, similar to those of the Hideous Zippleback.
Behavior and Personality
Snaptrappers are said to love rain, frolicking in mud whenever a water falls from the sky.
Described to be beautiful, peaceful and calm at first sight, these dragons are fierce and aggressive. They are, however, incredibly patient. They will wait for food for days, and can be motionless in doing so.
Appearances
How To Train Your Dragon
The Snaptrapper first appeared in the film within the pages of the Dragon Manual when Hiccup was trying to find information on Night Furies. He did not state the dragon's name, although the book read that Snaptrappers are extremely dangerous, and should be killed on sight.
Book of Dragons
Bork was in a field raking leaves when a Snaptrapper attracted him through the smell of chocolate. The third head ate him and the entire dragon shed their scales, shed their claws, and grew them back, before spitting out Bork. He met again with a Snaptrapper when a storm came. Bork made a discovery that Snaptrappers love rain as the dragon played in the mud, spraying the mud all over Bork.
Comics
In this Burning Midnight, Gobber tells a story about when he and Stoick fought and defeated a group of Snaptrappers in a cave, one of which was known as Death & Chocolates.
Games
Dragons: Rise of Berk
The Snaptrapper became available in Rise of Berk, where the Leafy Snaptrapper, a breed of Snaptrapper, was introduced, along with two individuals, Outsnapper and Death & Chocolates.
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School of Dragons
The Snaptrapper became available in School of Dragons.
Trivia
- The Snaptrapper is based off a Venus Flytrap, and also resembles both the Hydra from Greek Mythology and, to a much lesser extent, a European dragon.
- It is likely the Snaptrapper is related to the Zippleback, as they have many physical traits in common.
- It is one of two dragons whose lower jaw splits in two, the other being the Catastrophic Quaken.
- In the Book of Dragons Short, the Snaptrapper is said to use the smell of chocolate to lure its prey. However, chocolate was unknown in Viking times, due to it being native to the Americas. It would have been more realistic to use honey, which was known to Vikings and is made from the nectar of flowers which the Snaptrapper's heads resemble. The use of chocolate might be a shoutout to the books though, due to one of the villains trying to find America.
- In Dragon Tracker Part 4 seen in the special features of DreamWorks Dragons: Defenders of Berk Part 2, the Snaptrapper was misnamed as the Snappertrapper.
- The Snaptrapper is one of the few dragon species that doesn't have forked tongues. The others are the Flightmare, the Snow Wraith, the Razorwhip, the Death Song, the Triple Stryke and the Woolly Howl.
References
External Link
Snaptrapper. (Copyright - 2019). Dragonpedia.
