King Dodongo

Dodongos are a race of dinosaur-like creatures, causing all kinds of chaos throughout the series, including pestering the Goron race. There are many forms of Dodongo that have been spotted. First, there is the baby form, in which the beasts can try to run into the enemy in numbers to subdue it.

There are five types of mature Dodongos: 1. First there are those that breathe fire and are mountain based, they also lash their tail whenever struck by an intruder, hoping to knock away the intruder from behind. 2. Similar to the species above, except they are susceptible to bombs when opening their mouth, stunning them for a few seconds. They are also a bit larger. 3. This species is rarely seen, and can swim in water and even up humongous waterfalls with its powerful muscles. An example of this is the Dodongo Link befriends in Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages 4. Another rare specimen, called King Dodongo, seems to be the ruler of all Dodongos in Hyrule. He is much larger than any other Dodongo specimen and seen in a few games such as Ocarina of Time

5. This species is different from all the rest, on account of the fact that they are snakelike in appearance and have no visible eyes. They can be forced into eating bombs, which eventually causes them to explode from the inside out.

An "Infernal Dinosaur", King Dodongo is the largest of the Dodongo species of monsters. It was presumely summoned by Ganondorf in his plan to gain the sacred stone of the Gorons by making the "Dodongo's cave" saturated with monsters and preventing the Gorons from accessing their food source within. Link entered the cave and encountered King Dodongo in the depths of a lava pit, destroying it and recieving the Goron's Ruby (and brotherhood with King Darunia) soon after.