The Carno looks to be the right size, as the museum specimen found was about 2.5 meters tall at the shoulder. Though I know reptiles frequently have light colored eyes, they look a little off without the pupils being visible. The carno does appear to be dangerous, but as a framing device the...
Stories should be sorted, when sorting by rating, such that for each rating value (4.0, 3.9, 3.8...) the stories are also sorted in a descending manner such that stories are also sorted according to their total number of ratings. It would make the rating filter more useful if you didn't have to...