So from Cladistics, we are still technically LUCA.
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I mean not literally I suposeโฆ
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Mutation uno: Mosslings invest into growing fast to recover either from a storm tearing apart the floating mats of moss or outcompete seedlings of larger plants that take longer to grow, so the mosslings themselves donโt die to being starved in darkness from larger plants.
Mutation dos: triflavonoids stored in pre launch mosslings underside so when they start living on their own away from their parent/host moss they can utilise this โfatโ reserve to grow.
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You mean other moss mats? Since pretty sure there arenโt any marine ferns yet
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I see youโre fighting back. Let the arms race begin!
- Strengthening the use of salt to prevent competitors by using the capsules as a preservative for future generations of spores, thus increasing the chances of my species surviving where only my species can survive (against other plants, the allelopathic system of conifers)
- Trying to create a symbiosis with planktonic nitrogen fixers (probably cyanobacteria) to obtain the materials better (someone here has wiped out the fungi, so Iโm going the way Mosquito ferns do)
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Do you plan to keep this symbiosis external or later turn it into a nitroplast(id)?
I wonder when more ecological relationships will develop between players?
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Everyone seems to be in cautious semi-competition with each other. The closest we have to symbiosis are the mangroves and nothing quite lives there yet due to lack of food.
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As well as the surface of the ferns apparently being covered in salt iirc
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Did my species actually evolve the internal symbiosis of algae, or was that excluded due to me attempting to mutate 2 things and move in the early parts of the FG?
Also, there are currently no ice caps, right?
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Roaches can take eating salt surprisingly well, they just donโt particularly go for them. Although there might be a collapse in some island ecosystems due to the lack of plants.
No itโs the โTriassicโ.
I gave you leeway on that one so you did evolve internal symbiosis. Although that wonโt happen again (choosing two mutations and a move)
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Thanks for the clarification!
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Shouldnโt some fern/moss lineages split off to fill that exact niche?
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Probably will. Weโll have to see next round.
(Can you also reply directly to the post. So I can scroll up to the round and see the replies without having to dig through everything?
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Round 8
Report 8 - Round 8
3.5m years post-bathycrash
Central Pangean Uplands - False Spiders, Visitor Roaches, Hydrobryum, Pelagotoma
โHimalayanโ Uplands - Visitor Roaches and Ferns
South African Karoo Highlands - Hydrobryum, Ferns, Radiodontomimus
Siberian Traps Uplands - False Spiders, Visitor Roaches, Ferns
Western Laurentian Belt - Hydrobryum and Ferns
Eastern Australis Highlands - Hydrobryum
Central Mangroves -
West Mangroves -
Central Pangean Sea - Plankton, Pokilos, Archea, Hydrobryum, Pelagotoma, Radiodontomimus
Western Laurentian Shelf - Archea, Plankton
Gondwanan Archipelago - Plankton, Pokilos, Lingula, Radiodontomimus, Hydrobryum, Pelagotoma
Tethys Seaway - Plankton, Pokilos, Lingula
Karoo Basin Sea - Plankton, Pokilos
Open Ocean - Plankton, Archaea, Pokilos, Lingula
False Spiders/Tryatleast: Even larger size
POP: 8
FA: 10
Visitor Roaches/Dumbthriver: Even better digging legs
POP: 7
FA: 10
Radiodontomimus/UndyingHazard: Slicing teeth and movement to the central pangean sea
POP: 6
FA: 10
Clarkina Pokilos/Anthropocenian: Fins and jaws
POP: 5
FA: 8
Pelagotoma/aah31: Swimming and buoyancy
POP: 4
FA: 10
Plankton: Heightened reproduction rate
POP: 8
Ferns/Doom: Strengthening the use of salt to prevent competitors by using the capsules as a preservative for future generations of spores and trying to create a symbiosis with planktonic nitrogen fixers.
POP: 10
Hydrobryum/Cha: Fast growth and energy reserves
POP: 10
Lingula: Elongated tail and movement to the open ocean
POP: 7
FA: 10
Some changes to the biosphere have been detected, a massive starvation event within the mangroves and islands has begun due to the lack of edible plant matter for the Pelagostoma, Pokilos and others. The Visitor Roaches will remain temporarily due to their salt tolerance although it may only be a matter of time before theyโre also poisoned. Pelagostoma have been hit the hardest and now only exist on the various Hydrobryum rafts drifting across the various seas on flooded pangea.
Doomโs currently wrecking havoc on the land ecosystems, letโs hope some other fern branches off of him thatโs less volatile to eat.
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Mutation 1: A separate primitive air-lungs develops from my current gills, allowing me to breath for a short time on land.
Mutation 2: Behind my current teeth develops some flat teeth for eating and grinding plant matter (moss), increasing the range of my diet.
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M: VERY good digging legs. Might look into underground colonies soonโฆ
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You sure you donโt wanna get better at digesting salt?
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M1: I NEED MORE SIZE! I WILL GET MORE!
Also what does body seems unclear is it a full sentence mean
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Donโt you only have one mutation due to exceeding the size limit?
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