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As the rulers of the underground world beneath Skull Island, Skullcrawlers had no respect for other creatures. They had tremendous bite strength, were elusive, and were vicious and savage. They were especially degenerate, having once wiped out the Kong species, and were known as "demons."
So why were the Skullcrawlers and Kongs mortal enemies?
To answer that, we had to talk about the origins of the Skullcrawlers, the Kongs, and Skull Island.
Based on the comics, Hao Shuai guessed that the Skullcrawlers and Kongs most likely both came from Hollow Earth.
In the MonsterVerse, Earth's interior was a vast hollow, with expansive land where countless giant monsters and prehistoric creatures lived. Among them were the Titan Kong species and the Skullcrawler species.
At some point, a massive geological upheaval caused a landmass from inside the hollow Earth to rise to the surface, forming what was now Skull Island.
When this happened, some of the Kongs happened to be on that rising landmass. In a daze, they found themselves transported to the surface world.
Besides the Kongs, there were also Skullcrawlers, Reef Bull Demons, Sacred Tigers, prehistoric dinosaurs, and other creatures.
Skull Island was too small. After the Kongs came up from Hollow Earth, they were far from its geothermal radiation, and the island's limited size meant food was scarce. To adapt to their new environment, they had no choice but to shrink.
Their smaller size left the Kongs struggling against the Skullcrawlers, a species they had once considered beneath them.
After all, compared with the Kongs, who had trouble reproducing, Skullcrawlers bred incredibly quickly.
The two species fought for hundreds of years, and the conflict ended with the Kongs wiped out. Only Kong survived, an orphan who had escaped by sheer luck. The Skullcrawlers, however, had also been dealt