What patches can I be in now?
the higher hydrothermal vents and whatever you choose
What are the options? Same as thrive?
yes but more than just that ex: space but you have to have the proper resistances first
Aight I wanna go into like the idk what itās called but itās the deepest one that has light
the one below epipelagic/epipelagic vents
Yeah that one I think
alright you move there
@Topcode @TristanMisja @sci0927 round five is starting
Name: Chomavestis portokali
Attempted Mutations: Phagocytosis (as a defense mechanism), cell specialization (like in ant colonies, not like multicellular organisms)
Description: At the macroscopic level, Chomavestis portokali appears to be a orange mat hovering a few millimeters over the seafloor. At the microscopic level, they are thermosynthesizing organisms that consume substrate and debris, and can consume attacking cells
Original Habitat: Substrate on and around hydrothermal vents.
New Habitat: None
Diet: Debris such as sand, fallen particles from the vents, dead organisms, and organisms that get consumed. Heat gradients when possible, but itās more of a backup method.
The cell specialization happens from a few cells in the colony mutating, and then reproducing in the colony.
Will the increased reproduction be accounted for in my speciesās population?
Alright well, I think my lepisopsis needs a nucleus and for those cilia to get fixed.
yes
(oh wow look at that itās filler text)
name: capsilaris venomtooth
attempted mutations: toxin resistance, another nucleus, motor cilia, open frustule
description: a toxin resistant polynucleated open frustuled mixotroph with sensory motor cilia
new habitat: bathypelagic vents
diet: absolutely everything alive it can fit in itās frustule, heat gradients, hydrogen sulphide, sulphur rocks small enough to fit in itās frustule
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Can I also rename my organism now to pelagicus lepisopsis, meaning scale like of the open sea
My organismās name approximately means āorange soil matā
Name fits better than mine, still donāt have many scale like features
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What are your changes for this round?
Iām goin eukaryotic boiiii
And hopefully I fix my cilia and can move better
Name: industria flavorubrum
Attempted mutations: orange pigment, VGT.
Description: a cell that has vertical gene transfer and is orange.
Habitat:vents
Diet: everything but tristanmisja(and cannibalism)
Correct me if Iām wrong, but isnāt vertical gene transfer already what our organisms do by default?
Even cannibalism? Would think you would want to say not cannibalism
I think in real life cannibalism would speed up natural selection, because the species would be in competition with not only other species but their own