Path of the Wild (Forum Game)

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Sure thing. Welcome to the game!

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Eyyy, thanks my dude.

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Action: Move among the filter feeders eating all the plankton i can, if a small enough prey appears, go for it’s body instead

853

Round 106 - P.1

Chat: https://discord.gg/weGdxFB

~26.5 million years into the game~
Untrustolithic Period, Novaglacian Stage
Season: Early Autumn (North), Early Spring (South)
Time of Day: Afternoon (West), Morning (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.

In the freshwater of the Northern Hemisphere, Thanostoma continue to evolve into new forms, such as Thanostoma acridente. This predator has serrated teeth that can slice open the scales of the recently evolved Xiros dvale, its main prey. Another predator - Pensaspidus jellyfishmonii- has evolved in the southern ocean, a descendant of Arthroskulus that has replaced its beak with mandibles, and a hydrostatic skeleton with true muscles. At the bottom of the food chain, Pictolexipotus has evolved into Masticephalus multiminimacrura, which has more legs and is also able to put up a bit more of a defence against small predators with whip-like tendrils.

@RoboTrannic
Glistroskulus sensei (NT)
SOUTHERN UTEENESSA OCEAN (Temperate Deep Ocean, About 5000m deep)
Early Spring, Afternoon
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 and grow into an adult, ready to reproduce. (3 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 100% (Young Adult - 1/8)
Current Size: 2.3cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 7.9/7.9 (100%) (+40% left over for growth)
Stamina: 40%
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
(Chapparal Lake)
Early Autumn, Afternoon
You swim around the warm, muddy pond, hoping to feed upon the microscopic algae that proliferates there but unfortunately the larger individuals take in the vast majority of the food, meaning you are prevented from feeding. The air outside the pond continues to be dry and the pond keeps shrinking, although it is still deep enough at this time for you and the others to continue living here. The surface is still cloudy with phytoplankton. The light begins to fade. (3)
Status
Maturity: 5%
Current Size: 0.7cm (length)
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 2/4.7 (42.5%)
Stamina: 80%
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 Freshwater, Northern Tartarus Freshwater
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)
Early Autumn, Afternoon
The tide, now coming in, washes over you, and you feel the relief of being hydrated once again. You are in the expanding main channel without having to expend any more precious energy. The tide even delivers tiny morsels of food, which stop you from getting even hungrier. The waters are murky and your blurry eyesight useless, but you detect several nearby larger Quatioculeus and Icthyotelus. The surface is even murkier with microscopic plankton. The light starts to fade. (5 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 0.4cm
Health: Exhausted, Starving
Nutrition: 0.1/1.6 (5%)
Stamina: 10%
Hydration: 100%
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)
Early Autumn, Afternoon
Looking for a good spot to rest, you poke your head into a crevice between rocks on the rock-strewn field. Something in the crevice then lunges forward; it is the sharp teeth of a Dolophonaskulus. You dodge the attack and then flee. However, this latest exertion is to be your last, as it causes you to finally die of exhaustion. (3 = Sadly, the end of your life has resulted in your death. Luckily, your species still goes on. It is a time for rebirth.)
Status:
Maturity: 40% (Juvenile)
Current Size: 7.6cm
Health: Dead
Nutrition: N/A
Stamina: N/A
Hydration: N/A
Effects: N/A

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)
Early Autumn, Morning
The water is hot, and strong, morning sunlight now illuminates and nourishes it. Countless Mollisitula bob around. You head towards their electrical signals as you decide to hunt them. You approach one, which cannot put up much of a fight and you bite into the soft jelly. You eat the animal, but it’s not very nutritious, so you have to go and hunt two more as well before you are partially sated. You are now exhausted. No dent is made in the Mollisitula numbers. (4)
Status
Maturity: 78.5% (Subadult)
Current Size: 9cm
Health: Bad wound on side, internal damage, exhausted
Nutrition: 54.5/54.5 (100%) (+38.5% left over for growth)
Stamina: 15%
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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Z R.106 - P.2

@Biologicah
Xirnikrozz uysaisiroai (VU)
SOUTHERN TARTARUS (Temperate Shallows)
Early Spring, Afternoon
The cool cove is lit by strong sunlight, and the surface is cloudy with phytoplankton. The corpse of the Esoteralimnus sits in the middle of the cove, and seems to attract another adult Xirnikrozz to feed. You wait for it to finish eating, before you approach, and then you successfully reproduce as the light starts to fade. (4 = Well done! You have successfully passed on your genes; let’s hope they fit. Choose 3 mutations to try and evolve.)
Status
Maturity: 100% (Adult - 4/8)
Current Size: 33cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 66.8/222.8 (30%)
Stamina: 20%
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)
Early Autumn, Afternoon
You hatch out into pitch black and cold water. You can sense that a nourishing current is upwelling here and you can also smell what must be a brine pool nearby. You can here movement and smell a few other Thalakelphus hanging around. You also happen to have been born as an extra large and healthy individual. (6)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 0.4cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 2/2.6 (75%)
Stamina: 100%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: High Immunity

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
Pensaspidus jellyfishmonii (NT)
SAYAMYANARIK GULF (Temperate Shallows)
Early Spring, Morning
You hatch out into cool waters, lit up by plenty of sunshine. The water is quite murky and is especially clouded at the surface, where phytoplankton is proliferating in huge numbers, as very nutrient-rich water upwells from the deep. These seas are full of life, such as with a group of Esoteralimnus of various ages and smaller filter-feeders, filtering the surface. Below them are numerous, small benthic filter-feeders, Ostracoderma and Schedocavoura. Giant kelp-like species populate much of the sea, and it is in one of these patches that you are born. There are also some Esoteralimnus eggs nestled in the seaweed. (6 + 1 = Ding, ding, ding! Congrats, you have won a bonus point! Give either yourself or another player a + or -1. Choose carefully; you cannot exchange it later.)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 0.4cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 1.8/2.4 (75%)
Stamina: 100%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None

Pensaspidus jellyfishmonii

Status: NT
Timespan: R.106 - Present
Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Polar Shallows, Temperate Open Ocean, Polar Open Ocean
Distribution: Southern Hemisphere
Niche: Predator
Size: 7.5cm (length)
Predecessor: Arthroskulus pelagus
Classification: Pensaspidusidae, Pincerata, Manucephala
Latest Mutations: Mandibles = 4, Legs = 3, True Muscles = 4
Info: Swapping a razor-sharp beak for a pair of chitinous mandibles, these species can eat more efficiently than its ancestors as the mandibles allow them to grip prey and also bite in comparison with the inefficient stabbing motion of its forefathers. The mandibles are not particularly sharp or cutting, but it does not need to be for their soft-skinned prey. One advantage that the beaked species have is the actual method of killing, which is generally much easier than the grip and cut method that this species must employ. In a case of unexpected convergent evolution, the circular, hydrostatic muscles that made the lineage so worm-like have developed into traditionally, both in structure and in placement. When their body moves, it goes from side to side, like other animals with similar muscles, although internally they have fundamental differences. It lives alongside Arthroskulus, and both compete for the same food.
Description: The top of the blue, cylindrical body is protected by a tough exoskeleton made out of chitin, which has extended to form a pair of mandibles around the mouth at the end of a proboscis. Some of the armour has also formed a fan-shaped tail protruding from the rear, which can be moved up and down by muscle and a muscular siphon at the rear propels out water. The armour behind the head contains a spiracle on each side, allowing oxygen through it. There are four pinhole eyes below the armour, but none of them look up; two are at the front, and two are on the sides. 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. The body is adapted to only low to quite high salinities.

@PositiveTower
Ostracoderma densissima (NT) - Male
SOUTHWESTERN UTEENESSA OCEAN (Temperate Deep Ocean, About 500m deep)
Early Spring, Afternoon
As your mate and eggs drift away, you are about to rest when you sense an oncoming threat. You can detect a Dolophonaskulus as it heads towards you, and you are forced to flee. However, you don’t get far before you are stopped by exhaustion, and the predator is able to kill you. (1 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 100% (Young Adult - 3/8)
Current Size: 3cm
Health: Dead
Nutrition: N/A
Stamina: N/A
Hydration: N/A
Effects: N/A

"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

@Spring_blooms
Hemithateus spicati (NT)
NORTHWESTERN SHELF SEA (Temperate Shallows)
Early Autumn, Afternoon
You are born into cool waters, under bright sunshine. The water is a little murky. Around you, you can discern only a plain of sand, some stretching upwards slightly while the other way moves downhill. A few of your siblings have also just hatched and are dotted around the plain. You can also see what appears to be patches of algae. (4 - I recommend joining our Discord chat for quick updates and if you need to ask a question or something. Link is at the top)
Status
Maturity: 5%
Current Size: 1cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 4/5.4 (75%)
Stamina: 100%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None

Hemithateus spicati

Status: NT
Timespan: R.89 - Present
Habitat: Shallow Sea
Distribution: Northern Hemisphere Temperate Seas
Niche: Herbivore
Nutritional Value: 137.8
Size: 19cm (length)
Predecessor: Hemithateus mediossium
Classification: Makouridae, Makouridea, Caudaria
Latest Mutations: More spikes
Info: With the advancement of predators, this herbivorous species evolved more protective spikes on its flexible, whip-like tail to protect itself as it cannot outrun the fitter species now existing. They are quite common in the northern hemisphere.
Description: The long, blue, tapering body is supported by a vertebrae of bone, although the whip-tail at the end is composed of flexible cartilage. Along the body are three gill slits and a line of electroreceptors. There are no limbs. The head has a cartilage jaw, with a pair of venomous canines surrounded by square shaped teeth. On each side of the head is a pinhole eye, with the ability to swivel around. At the end of the tail, six venomous spikes stick out. A gut leads to a stomach containing weak digestive herbivorous bacteria which can only break down small bits of plant matter. The muscles contain special vacuoles for storing extra energy, and are bathed in hemacoel by the open circulatory system.

Previous Mutations

Extra-Efficient Muscles, Electroreceptors, Open Circulatory System, Whip Tail, Three Gill Slits, Cartilage Vertebrae, Two Poisonous Spikes on Tail, Dentine Teeth, Venomous Canines, Cartilage Jaw, Two Swiveling Pinhole Eyes (1 on each side of head), Herbivorous Digestive Enzymes, Square Teeth, Bone Vertebrae

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Jeez my lucks been horrible well ty for the round :slight_smile:

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856

Action: Move to a different location to eat some food.

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857

Action: Move to the largest patch of algae I can find, and eat

Thanks for the round!

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858

Thanks for the round stealth
Action: eat the eggs and +1 on me
also I just realized that my species main diet is jellyfish…

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859

Hey, thats some good luck, maybe there is still hope?
Action: Find a crevice to rest until sunset

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860

Between a rock and a hard place here, here’s hoping I don’t end up running into either. :confounded:

Action: Rest for a little bit of energy.

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861

Fine i will evolve
Mutation 1:longer tentacles
Mutation 2:better brain
Mutation 3:stronger muscles
Mutation 4:Cone shaped shell

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862

It’s evolution time.

  1. Olfactory receptors for dem sweet, sweet smells.
  2. Sharper teeth to bite better.
  3. More energy-efficient muscles to energy loss lessen.
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863

Sorry, but you actually died as you can see by the stats. I just forgot to add the little “unlucky, you have died” bit.

864

North western uteenessa : Deep ocean

Status
Health: Numerous scratches on sides.
Maturity: 40%
Nutrition: 25%
Energy: 75%
Temp: Ok
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865

Hello. If you want to join, you will have to join the waiting list right now, as we are full. Thanks for your interest and welcome to the community!

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866

Yeah i already see the dead and the N/A

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867

Action: find food to eat

868

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869

Round 107 - P.1

Chat: https://discord.gg/weGdxFB

~26.75 million years into the game~
Untrustolithic Period, Novaglacian Stage
Season: Late Autumn (North), Late Spring (South)
Time of Day: Dusk (West), Midday (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.

@RoboTrannic
Glistroskulus sensei (EN)
SOUTHERN UTEENESSA OCEAN (Temperate Deep Ocean, About 5000m deep)
Late Spring, Dusk
It is completely dark and cold. The floor here is fairly well-populated with Glistroskulus sensei, and you happen to quickly bump into another adult. It is also looking to breed and you successfully reproduce. (4 = 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 - 2/8)
Current Size: 2.3cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 1.6/7.9 (20%)
Stamina: 10%
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, OLYMPIA (Chapparal Lake)
Late Autumn, Dusk
It is dusk, and there is only low light. The rains arrive early this year, stopping the desiccation of the pond, and increasing its size. This eventually causes the pond to overflow and a stream trickles down the slope. You are first to take advantage of this because you are smaller and can swim in less water, following the trickling stream that carries you down. You soon get to another warm, muddy pond, where algal food is already gathering at the surface. As the only animal there, you get plenty of food to yourself. Grey clouds continue to move into the sky, but the sun is going completely below the horizon, drawing in darkness. (5 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 7.5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 1cm (length)
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 6.7/6.7 (100%) (+2.5% left over for growth)
Stamina: 70%
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 Freshwater, Northern Tartarus Freshwater
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 Autumn, Dusk
You continue to rest in the cool, muddy water, as the tide flows in and the estuary submerged you completely. It also luckily brings you small morsels that stop you from starving any more. Your rest is unbroken and you recover a lot of energy from your earlier ordeals. The low light of dusk fades into night, and the water also starts to become cold as winter arrives. The algae at the surface begin dying off. (6 + 1)
Status
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 0.4cm
Health: Starving
Nutrition: 0.1/1.6 (5%)
Stamina: 70%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: None

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)
NORTH OLYMPIA SHELF SEA (Temperate Shallows)
Late Autumn, Dusk
You hatch out in cool, quite murky water, with low light coming from the dusky sun. In your immediate surroundings are a group of Evaphytus shorei, towering above you, and providing you with shelter. The area is well-populated with animals; some Hemithateus feeding on the seaweed that grows in this bay and many cruising around the surface amongst the countless Masticephalus and jellyfish, Ostracoderma and Pneumachasminia sit on the seafloor, and predators hunting them down. You happen to have been born a particularly strong, healthy individual. The sun starts to go down completely. (6)
Status:
Maturity: 5% (Hatchling)
Current Size: 1cm
Health: Healthy
Nutrition: 4.5/6.1 (75%)
Stamina: 100%
Hydration: 100%
Effects: Strong Immunity

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 Autumn, Midday
A tangle of Evaphytus shorei kelp that you can smell is floating past in the hot clear, water under the bright blue sky, uprooted from some shallow sea somewhere. You, and several other Lampsichelus and even Thanostoma, particularly young, flock to it for rare shelter. You ignore the others and settle down to rest, and they ignore you as your rest is long and uninterrupted. Around the algae, countless Mollisitula jellyfish are filter-feeding in the upwelling. (6)
Status
Maturity: 78.5% (Subadult)
Current Size: 9cm
Health: Bad wound on side, internal damage
Nutrition: 46.3/54.5 (85%)
Stamina: 75%
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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