A tiny fire-breather

My postulated creature will look something like this:

or like this:

Its description is as follows:

• it's a non-obligate carnivore
• its height is, on average, about two feet
• it lives in arid habitats
• it DOESN'T fly

Regarding its fire ability:

• since it's a ruminant, it is able to burp out methane
• this is boosted by the help of a throat sac similar to that of either a frog or a frigate bird, not used to amplify its call but to store that methane gas
• similar to snake venom, it has a special sac connected to its teeth that will store either a pyrophoric liquid or hypergolic liquid
• it will use this fire to defend itself and to cook its food for easy digestion

So:

• How many times would it be able to shoot out fire (or belch out methane gas)?
• What pyrophoric or hypergolic liquid could it use or store in its sac?

I'm open to suggestions as to how to improve my creature in general, as well.

posted over 4 years ago

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