Path of the Wild (Forum Game)

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829

Do you mean tolerant of tropical water?

830

Action: Eat, since I seem to not be able to reproduce, which is fine

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831

Yes, I do mean becoming tolerant of tropical water.

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832

@AgentTine

Ok, so you don’t actually need to vote for tropical tolerance. You survive the temperatures of tropical water just fine.

It’s works like this: except for freezing or geothermal water, you can survive all normal temperatures. What temperature does is affect your metabolism, because you are cold-blooded, and the hotter it is, the faster your metabolism. This means in hot water you lose more energy each round you don’t eat, but you also move faster at the same rate.

You need to adapt to tropical water in the ocean because of salinity difference,

This means this vote would do nothing as it is, so you can replace it with another vote. A similar vote would be some sort of adaptation that reduces heat in your body. However, feel free too choose whatever you want, it’s your free vote.

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833

Damn my injuries
Action: swim towards the food that moved earlier, maybe it got stuck in a crevice or something

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834

Ah.
I guess I’ll go with better temperature regulation instead of tropical tolerance.

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835

Do you have any more specific ideas? The type of thing I’m talking about is on the same level as, say, hair, it does the same sort of thermoregulation.

836

I don’t have any specific ideas, but I guess I’ll go for more of a behavioral adaptation. I want my animals to undergo aestivation (hibernation but in the summer) by burrowing underground.

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837

Round 105 - P.1

Chat: https://discord.gg/weGdxFB

~26.25 million years into the game~
Untrustolithic Period, Novaglacian Stage
Season: Late Summer (North), Late Winter (South)
Time of Day: Midday (West), Midnight (East)
Event: None

Species: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ramXIxwYwggWj1bVH3zmZT-tlZSbQvW4PUZAEiVWYB8
Biomes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1079__KZqoqQ5PQkA5gr4rMSIGIHx1UN1RwMa__ZNPV8

Detailed Species Stats

Ezta’s Natural History: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JOwzI4ZHorn8nrqEr62v2_uXXlbs7qSCudHc476qLMY

State of the World: The global temperature is at about 21c, and there is a fair amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Due to the minimal plant life, the oxygen levels are low. There are two supercontinents, Olympia in the north and Tartarus in the south. The continents are surrounded by the superocean Uteenessa, and in-between lies a comparatively small ocean called the Gaia Ocean. The sea levels are quite high, about 100m above standard. Very small moss-like plants exist on land, specifically wetlands, and create soil where they grow.

A new species has arisen in the wet and dry season affected areas of the northern hemisphere. Known as Xiros dvale, it is a descendant of Archaiapasaria, but has unique scales that give it protection from the sun, and is able to survive some of the harshest droughts through aestivating in a cocoon.

@RoboTrannic
Glistroskulus sensei (NT)
SOUTHERN UTEENESSA OCEAN (Temperate Deep Ocean, About 5000m deep)
Late Winter, Midday
You remain on the ooze of the abyssal plain, in cold and dark water, and filter from where you are, instead of going back on the rock where the other Glistroskulus have gathered. You grab passing particles and pull them into your mouth. You get a decent amount of food. (3 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 80% (Subadult)
Current Size: 1.8cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 6.2/6.2 (100%) (+10% nutrition)
Stamina: 50%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 0.5

Glistroskulus sensei

Status: NT
Timespan: R.66 - Present
Habitat: Mid Ocean, Deep Ocean
Distribution: All Deep Ocean
Niche: Benthic Filter-Feeder
Size: 2.3cm (length)
Predecessor: Glistroskulus louixi
Classification: Squickidae, Squickidea, Membrania
Latest Mutations: Improved chemoreceptors
Info: This species have become the most common at the bottom of the ocean. It’s chemoreceptors can detect the chemicals from potential food over tens of meters away. This makes them more successful.
Description: The yellow, tubular body has a fleshy membrane running along the top and underside. It has a single pinhole eye with a lens, facing forwards. Chemoreceptors sit by the mouth with three gill slits at the back of the head and it has tiny teeth in its round mouth. Its mouth has a primitive gut leading straight to the anus. At the front of its nervous system, is a tiny brain. An open circulatory system bathes organs and muscles in hemacoel; this contains anti-freeze proteins to stop bodily fluids from freezing. It’s back is supported by a notochord.

Previous Mutations

Muscles, Membrane, Chemoreceptors, Gills (3), Yellow Pigmentation, Teeth, Open Circulatory System, Pinhole Eye, Anti-freeze Proteins, Notochord, Lens

@agenttine
Xiros dvale (NT) - Male
OLIVER RIVER LAKE, (Chapparal Lake)
Late Summer, Midday
You hatch out in a warm, muddy pond, surrounded by dry land. The sky is clear and the strong sun is glaring down; there’s not a raindrop in the sky, and the pond seems to be decreasing in size. The surface is cloudy with particles of food, but you also have to share with other hatchlings as well as larger Xiros. (4)
Status
Maturity: 5%
Current Size: 0.7cm (length)
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: (75%)
Stamina: 100%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.25

Xiros dvale

Status: NT
Timespan: R.105 - Present
Habitat: Tropical Monsoon Forest, Savannah, Hot Steppe and Chapparal Freshwater
Distribution: Northern Olympia, Northern Tartarus
Niche: Herbivore, Filter-Feeder
Size: 13cm (length)
Predecessor: Archaiapasaria circulus
Classification: Xirosinae, Archaiapasaridae, Archaiapasirini, Longicodoformes, Chordatachordoformes, Caudomorpha
Latest Mutations: Thick Skin = 6, Denser Fins = 1, Lungs = 2, Aestivation = 6
Info: On the extremes of aquatic life is where this animal thrives; places where freshwater dries up with the dry season, such as in monsoon forest, savannah, hot steppe and chapparal climates. Their most obvious adaptation is the layer of reptilian scales, which give extra protection from the sun’s heat and UV radiation, as well as reduce water loss. This would be enough to survive on land, except it still breathes through water. Unlike their relatives the Archaiapasaria, this species can enter a state of aestivation when the water level reaches a critical point. When this happens, it wraps itself in a mucus-created cocoon, called an epiphragm, also enveloping remaining water because it still needs water to breathe, which it cannot completely stop even when aestivating. Aestivation does mean that they lose very little nutrition or water during these periods of hardship, allowing them to live where no other animal can. Aestivation can last for up to 3 months, until it starts running out of oxygen in its cocoon. They are very easily disturbed or awoken from this state. The range of this animal ends before deeper freshwater areas that are not at risk of seasonal droughts, because Archaiapasaria are far better suited for these environments. This species has no swim bladder, and it’s increased weight, especially in the tail fins which have become hardened by bone. This makes it much slower, and when it does swim it is weighed down by its tail. Therefore, they prefer to wallow in shallow water.
Description: The main body is a general fish shape (like a roach) and the orange and red skin is covered in a layer of brownish scales - small plates of keratin formed in the epidermis of the skin. There are three fills in each side of the body and an almost undetectable break in the scales is a line of electroreceptors. A long, whip-like tail with a pair of barbed and poisonous spikes at the sides protrudes from the body, with two fins of dense bone making a circle at the base. On each side of the head is a lens-covered pinhole eye, with muscle that allows them to swivel. A cartilage jaw frames the mouth and it contains mostly square teeth but with two venomous canines embedded in the upper jaw. A primitive gut leads from the gizzard that can grind up food to a stomach, contains digestive herbivorous bacteria. A ladder of nerves runs along the length of the body, which is supported by a spine of bone vertebrae. The muscles, contesting special vacuoles, and other organs are nourished by the closed circulatory system. There is almost no difference between males and females, except for the possession of requisite gonads. The body is adapted to freshwater only.

@immortaldragon
Quatioculeus olympeii (NT)
UNNAMED OLYMPIAN RIVER (Temperate Forest River)
Late Summer, Midday
You keep moving slowly across the mud, under the glare of the hot sun. You still have not quite made it to the main channel of the estuary and are on the verge of starvation and exhaustion, and continue to dry out. You are also hot. The sun is becoming slightly weaker and the air starting to cool slightly. (2 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 0.4cm
Health: Exhausted, Starving
Nutrition: 0.1/1.6 (5%)
Stamina: 10%
Hydration: 33%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.5

Quatioculeus olympeii

Status: NT
Timespan: R.102 - Present
Habitat: Estuaries
Distribution: One Estuary in Olympia
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Size: 7.5cm
Predecessor: Icthyotelus sinspica
Classification: Orthuscidae, Chordatacaudoformes, Caudomorpha
Latest Mutations: Eel-like fins = 3, Better Eyes = 6, Filter-Feeding Tendrils = 4

Details

Info: This species has developed further in its filter-feeding habits by evolving a pair of small tentacles at the side of the mouth to help shove in passing particles of food - this is a case of convergent evolution, with the tentacles being very similar to those found in the unrelated extinct Almoskulus and extant Ostracaderma. It is also better aware of its surroundings and has actual, but still dim and blurry, sight. It can see to the front, as well as to the left and right. They live only in the brackish water of a single estuary, being unable to spread out because there is no way to get to other estuaries. As such, the population is very small but thrives in a competionless home.
Description: It has a tapering body, lined with electroreceptors and three gills on each side. It has two pectoral ray-fins and a pair of forward-facing pinhole eyes, as well as one on each side of the head. Around the circular mouth is a pair of small tentacles. An oily liver helps to maintain buoyancy. An open circulatory system bathes the organs in hemacoel, and the body is controlled by ganglia. Down the back are cartilage vertebrae and the muscles have vacuoles to store extra energy.

@soundwave
Soundwavia vorei (LC)
NORTHWESTERN SHELF SEA (Temperate Shallows)
Late Summer, Midday
As you try to settle down again, you suddenly notice the approach of the adult Soundwavia again - it actually was pursuing you. You are forced to leave again, a dart into a field of boulders and rocks. Hiding between them, the adult cannot follow and gives up. There are lots of small animals hiding here, such as Ostracoderma and Pneumachasminia, even some Dolophonaskulus. You are now starving and tired. The water is warm and the sun high. (3)
Status:
Maturity: 40% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 7.6cm
Health: Starving, Tired
Nutrition: 5.7/46 (12.5%)
Stamina: 30%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.25

Soundwavia vorei

Status: LC
Timespan: R.76 - Present
Habitat: Shallow Sea, Ocean Surface
Distribution: Temperate Northern Hemisphere
Niche: Apex Predator
Nutritional Value: 132
Size: 19cm
Predecessor: Thanostoma aquaprinceps
Classification: Makouridae, Makouridea, Caudaria
Latest Mutations: Swim Bladder = 4, Increase Size = 3, Flippers = 5
Info: Although it tends to live around shallow seas where prey is larger, this relatively efficient swimmer can also hunt at the surface of the open ocean. It is quicker, more agile and can control its buoyancy, being able to hunt down the most fleeting of prey. It has become the dominant predator in the entire northern hemisphere, driving Thanostoma aquaprinceps into extinction. It requires air at the surface to inflate its swim bladder.
Description: It has a blue, tapering body, lined with electroreceptors and three gills on each side, ending in a long whip-tail complete with venomous spikes. Two large pinhole eyes, that the animal is able to swivel slightly for increased range of sight, sit on the side of the head and it’s mouth is full of small teeth, with a pair of venomous fangs embedded in its cartilage jaw. Supported by rays of cartilage, it has a pair of pectoral flippers, as well as a dorsal fin on the back. An open circulatory system bathes the organs in hemacoel, and the body is controlled by ganglia. Down the back are cartilage vertebrae. In the gut, was a primitive stomach with the ability to digest multicellular matter. It has a swim bladder connected to the gut.

Previous Mutations

Extra-Efficient Muscles, Electroreceptors, Open Circulatory System, Axochord, Whip Tail, Three Gill Slits, Notochord, Cartilage Vertebrae, Digestive Carnivorous Bacteria, Two Poisonous Spikes on Tail, Dentine Teeth, Venomous Canines, Cup Eyes, Blue, Pinhole Eyes, Jaw

@blackink
Lampsichelus paladarus (NT) - Male
EAST UTEENESSA OCEAN (Tropical Deep Ocean, About 600m deep)
Late Summer, Midnight
Utilising the upwelling, you float easily upwards without using too much energy, and gradually you enter a world of light. As you move from a perpetual twilight to clear sunlight, you sense more and more filter-feeders, but cup eyes do not allow you to create images, only detect light. When you reach the surface, you detect a throng of filter-feeders and a phytoplanktonic bloom. You drift slowly through the water, filtering lots of food in the shape of microbial plankton. (6)
Status
Maturity: 40% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 4.6cm
Health: Bad wound on side, internal damage
Nutrition: 27.3/27.8 (98.5%)
Stamina: 35%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 1.5

Lampsichelus paladurus

Status: LC
Timespan: R.91 - Present
Habitat: Mid Ocean, Deep Ocean
Distribution: Non-polar Ocean, Below the thermocline
Niche: Carnivorous Filter-Feeder
Nutritional Value: 73
Size: 11.5cm (length)
Predecessor: Asteridermus mutatiogenus
Classification: Achmachelusidae, Tyrannidea, Caudaria
Latest Mutations: Intestine = 1, Serrated Teeth = 2, Hanging Lure = 5, Oily Liver = 4
Info: In the darkness of the abyss, Lampsichelus is the most well-lit of all animals, able to put on quite a light show; as well as the numerous bioluminescent spots on its body that act as one, there is a bulb on the end of a barbel protruding from the jaw that also produces light - this is controlled independently of the others, and can be flicked up and down to be more enticing. However, rather than use it to catch prey, the lights for this species are more useful in terms of finding another individual for mating. This is because there is stiff competition for prey, such as Thanostoma altium, and so it is largely restricted to filtering flesh from marine snow. The most significant obstacle to being a little predator is that it has lost the teeth in the upper jaw, probably as a result of continual filter-feeding. (The species name means Gummy Joe.) Unlike its predecessors, it can control its own buoyancy now with an oil-filled liver, although it has a shrunken digestive system, making digestion less efficient.
Description: All over the black body tapering to a short, spiked tail are light blue bioluminescent spots, as well as a line of electroreceptors and three gills on each side. The two spikes are venomous. At the front, above the cartilage jawed mouth are olfactory receptors and facing forwards are a pair of cup eyes. The jaw contains very simple, shapeless teeth but only on the lower jaw. A cartilage barbel protrudes out and down from the lower jaw, and has a light blue bioluminescent bulb and a hinging muscle at its base. A pair of oval fins, supported by rays of cartilage are attached vertically just behind the gills and there is a fatty hump on the back. Inside, the organs oare bathed in hemacoel by an open circulatory system. All the muscles contin a vacuoles. It’s digestive system is proportionately very small and narrow, which consists of the stomach and gut. There is also a liver, which is filled with oils. The body has cartilage vertebrae running down the back and is controlled by two nerve cords and a rung of nerves. The tiny brain in the head controls this.

Previous Mutations

Extra-Efficient Muscles, Electroreceptors, Open Circulatory System, Tail, Three Gill Slits, Cartilage Vertebrae, Digestive Carnivorous Bacteria, Two Poisonous Spikes on Tail, Dentine Teeth, Cup Eyes, Jaw, Fins (two vertical near head), Hump, Bioluminescent Lights, Olfaction, Temperate and Tropical Tolerance, Bioluminescence Control, Genders, Oily Liver

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R.105 - P.2

@Biologicah
Xirnikrozz uysaisiroai (VU)
SOUTHERN TARTARUS (Temperate Shallows)
Late Winter, Midday
You peer out from the bed of seaweed in the cool, fairly murky cove, and spot an Esoteralimnus in distress. It is difficult to see but your eyes are adapted to these dawn-like conditions that accompany the polar night. The herbivore has the telltale marks of an Xirnikrozz attack, but you cannot sense the attacker nearby. The Esoteralimnus succumbs to its injuries and die, so you move out from the seaweed and feed on the large corpse until you have had your fill. You become even larger than the average adult with this extra food. (6)
Status
Maturity: 100% (Young Adult - 3/8)
Current Size: 33cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 222.8/222.8 (100%)
Stamina: 80%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None

Xirnikrozz uysaisiroai

Status: NT
Timespan: R.95 - Present
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Open Ocean
Distribution: Southern Uteenessa
Niche: Apex Predator
Size: 31cm
Predecessor: Peregapodus zaxzirkrnk
Classification: Peragapodusae, Makouridea, Caudaria
Latest Mutations: Limbs = 2, Fins behind limbs = 5, Stronger Jaw = 4
Info: Bursting out of the gloom, this would be the last thing most prey would see. It feeds on other large predators, because only these will sustain it. is an apex predator, and caused one of the previous apex predators to go extinct by the coast; it was faster than them - specifically great acceleration-, with four paddles and it also had a stronger bite, that means it can chew through quite hard materials, like cartilage, and access extra nutrients. Xirnikrozz uysaisiroai, common name “Kroxinkarouyaisiroai” rules the southern temperate seas, and can even hunt almost as effectively at night. Also, it’s extensive hunting forced Esoteralimnus into extinction.
Description: This species has a long, blue body that tapers into a whip-like tail, armed with two toxic spikes. It’s jaw is made of cartilage and it has tough muscles and lumpy teeth here. On each side of the head is a pinhole eye, that is able to swivel slightly. Behind the retina is a layer of cells containing reflective crystals called a choroidal tapetum cellulosum. Along the side of the body, are three gill slits near the front, and line of electroreceptors. There are four paddle-like limbs of flesh, cartilage and muscle. Inside, they have a gut with a stomach containing carnivorous digestive enzymes, and connected to the gut is a swim bladder. It’s brain is not quite as small as most other contemporary species. Finally, supporting the entire body is a spine of cartilage vertebrae.

Behaviour Traits
  1. Be vigilant.
  2. Do not eat own species.
  3. Remain near to capsules after they are laid.
Previous Mutations

Extra-Efficient Muscles, Electroreceptors, Open Circulatory System, Axochord (L), Whip Tail, Three Gill Slits, Notochord (L), Cartilage Vertebrae, Digestive Carnivorous Bacteria, Two Poisonous Spikes on Tail, Dentine Teeth, Venomous Canines, Cup Eyes (L), Blue, Pinhole Eyes, Cartilage Jaw, Bigger, Swim Bladder, Stub Limbs

@svrangite
Thalakelphus narefaciemis (VU)
NORTHWESTERN UTEENESSA OCEAN (Temperate Deep Ocean, About 600m deep)
Late Summer, Midday
The disease continues and you have no defence. You do not recover and perish. (1)
Status
Maturity: 40% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 3.4cm
Health: Dead
Nutrition: N/A
Stamina: N/A
Hydration: N/A
Effects: N/A

Thalakelphus narefaciemis

Status: VU
Timespan: R.98 - Present
Habitat: Temperate & Tropical Deep Ocean (Below Thermocline, Above 800m)
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder
Size: 8.5cm (length)
Predecessor: Thalakelphus asperacuta
Classification: Zestoskulusidae, Kardiaskulusidea, Kardiarchia
Latest Mutations: Nostrils
Info: With a pair of nostrils on the face above the mouth, Thalakelphus narefaciem has a much greater chance of finding some food floating in the great, empty abyss. The nostrils provide olfaction and also help with locating the direction in which the smell comes from. They slowly drift through the deep ocean, filtering passing marine snow, and have no regular predators with their shell and poisonous skin.
Description: It has a smooth, straight shell made of calcium carbonate with several medium-length tentacles sticking out the front covered in poison glands. On the face is a couple areas where minuscule cilia which act as mechanoreceptors, picking up underwater noises and inputting this information into the nerve network and a pair of nostrils linked to sensory pads. On the head that just protrudes from the rest of the shell, two large pinhole eyes with lenses face upwards, while another one faces forwards above the circular, toothless mouth. The skin that is uncovered is layered with heat-proof scales. At the rear, a muscular hyponome drags in water and uses it to propel itself quickly. This tube leads into the siphuncle, which manages water content inside the shell, creating buoyancy. This also delivers water to the gills and gill frills inside the shell. A simple gut, behind the pharynx, leads through the body, which is circulated by a semi-open circulatory system; capillaries cover the muscles, which also have special vacuoles, but the rest of the organs were bathed in a chamber. The circulatory system is pumped by a tubular heart. A tiny brain and two nerve cords control the body. The body has vertebrae made of cartilage.

Previous Mutations

Extra-Efficient Muscles, Open Circulatory System, Tubular Heart, Web of Capillaries Over Muscles, Axochord, Notochord, Four Gill Slits, Two Gill Frills, Pharynx, Large Pinhole Eyes With Lenses (2 on top of head, one on front), Heat-Proof Scales, Cartilage Vertebrae, Calcium Carbonate Shell, Heat Resistance, Tentacles, Hyponome, Shell, Hearing, Pigmentation, Poison Glands, Lower Metabolic Rate

@jellyfishmon
Arthroskulus pelagus (NT)
SOUTHERN TARTARUS (Temperate Shallows)
Late Winter, Midday
You swim back up the way you came, and out through the system of caves until you can finally see a glint of light. Coming out into the sea, it is still quite dark and murky. However, it does not take you long to find the chemical presence of another adult, and you successfully reproduce. (6 = Well done! You have successfully passed on your genes; let’s hope they fit. Choose 3 mutations to try and evolve.)
Status
Maturity: 100% (Young Adult - 3/8)
Current Size: 7.5cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 4.69/46.9 (10%)
Stamina: 10%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None

Arthroskulus pelagus

Status: NT
Timespan: R.89 - Present
Habitat: Shallow Sea, Ocean Surface
Distribution: Southern Hemisphere Temperate & Polar Ocean & Seas
Niche: Predator
Nutritional Value: 30.3
Size: 7.5cm (length)
Predecessor: Arthroskulus circumcaudus
Classification: Roharasridae, Codowecoidea, Aquamusculidia
Latest Mutations: Swim Bladder
Info: With a swim bladder allowing Arthroskulus pelagus to control its buoyancy, this species can now not only remain around the surface of shallow seas, but also survive out in the open ocean. It hunts the larger jellyfish, Regemsitula.
Description: The top of the blue, cylindrical body is protected by a tough exoskeleton made out of chitin. Some of the armour has formed a fan-shape protruding from the rear, which can be moved up and down by muscle. Also, the armour behind the head contains a spiracle, allowing oxygen through it. Underneath the armour, the animal has a hydrostatic skeleton composed of strong, longitudinal muscles, which seem to be slightly more powerful than those of its predecessors. At the front, the characteristic sharp beak protrudes from a proboscis. There are four pinhole eyes, but none of them look up; two are at the front, and two are on the sides. A muscular siphon at the rear propels out water. Inside their body, they have a simple gut leading to an anus, a stomach containing digestive carnivorous bacteria, a nerve network and small bunch of ganglia, and an open circulatory system filled with blue-green hemacoel. There is also a swim bladder, unconnected to the gut. Anti-freeze proteins flow through the hemacoel.

Previous Mutations

Bitter Chemicals, Chemoreceptors, Proboscis, Sharp Beak, Digestive Carnivorous Enzymes, Bigger, Blue Pigmentation, Open Circulatory System, Anti-Freeze Proteins, Hyponome, Hydrostatic Skeleton, Pinhole Eyes, Exoskeleton Shield, Stronger Muscles, Spiracles, Fan-Tail

@PositiveTower
Ostracoderma densissima (NT) - Male
SOUTHWESTERN UTEENESSA OCEAN (Temperate Deep Ocean, About 500m deep)
Late Winter, Midday
You are exhausted but when a female Ostracoderma arrives in the area, you feel compelled to mate. You successfully reproduce, although you do not have the energy to produce many offspring. (4 = Well done! You have successfully passed on your genes; let’s hope they fit. Choose 4 mutations to try and evolve.)
Status
Maturity: 100% (Young Adult - 2/8)
Current Size: 3cm
Health: Exhausted
Nutrition: 12.9/15.2 (85%)
Stamina: 5%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Metabolism x 0.5

"Ostracoderma densissima

Status: NT
Timespan: R.97 - Present
Habitat: Deep Ocean
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Niche: Benthic Filter-Feeder
Size: 3cm
Predecessor: Almoskulus caecorum
Classification: Ostracadermae, Almoskulisidea, Tunicoidea, Membrania
Latest Mutations: Shell = 5, Improve Nervous System = 1, Longer Tentacles = 3, Phragmocone = 2
Info: Proliferating through the deep seas, the thick, calcium carbonate cap-shaped shell of this species is impenetrable by any contemporary predators, making it difficult to be preyed upon. This is a good thing, because it has a very slow, inefficient nervous system composed of only one nerve cord, and the heavy, thick shell slows it down ever further. To move, it must drag itself across soft sediments using its fins, which is very ungainly and slow. The gliding membranes of its predecessors have completely disappeared. Once it finds a good spot, it filters in microbial matter with its short tentacles. It can only live below the thermocline because of the acidic surface waters and above 4,000 metres because calcium carbonate is not useable at this depth.
Description: The tubular body is hidden beneath a cap-shaped shell made of calcium carbonate, specifically calcite, with just enough of the body showing to allow the two eyestalks to stick out. The shell is quite thick and relatively heavy for its size. Beneath the shell is a mouth surrounded by chemoreceptors - two small tentacles also protrude from underneath the shell. There are three gill slits along the body. Under the body is a pair of sturdy, short fins. There is a small brain, attached to a single nerve cord, attached to webs of nerves. The gut is simple and leads straight to the anus. Hemolymph is distributed through the body to hemacoels, as the open circulatory system. It contains anti-freeze proteins.

Previous Mutations

Muscles, Fleshy Membrane (along back and underside), Chemoreceptors, Basic Instincts, Three Gill Slits, Yellow Pigmentation (L), Dentine Teeth, Open Circulatory System, Pinhole Eye With Lens (one on top of head), Notochord, Anti-freeze Proteins, Slow Reactions, Red-Transparent Colour Shifting, Small Tentacles, Eyes, Fins, Weak Skin (L), Fix Skin

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839

Yay, my mutations worked!
Action: Try to scoop as much food as possible before I have to aestivate.

840

Action: SLEEP
Thanks for the round I betting I’m going to die again oh well

841

Please work please work. :confounded:

Action: Get to the water, get to the water with all my strength! There’s food and shelter from the sun there!

842

Action:wait until i get born

843

YAY ! :smile:
my first time evolving as this species lets hope I get good rolls
Mutation 1: mandibles (attempt 2)
Mutation 2: dem sexy bug legs
Mutation 3: true muscles
oh and thanks for the round

844

FEED FEED FEED FEED FEED complete sentence

845

If I play… how do I play? Can I join?

846

Action: Make sexytimes

847

I’m going to ask @Spring_blooms if he wants to play first since we now have an opening, and I’ll add you to the waiting list.

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848

Ye, totally. I’ma play Hemithateus spicati if that’s okay.

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