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Paradisa; Paradise off Earth
Topic Started: May 29 2017, 02:39 PM (2,267 Views)
DroidSyber	May 29 2017, 02:39 PM Post #1
I'll cut ya swear on me mum Posts: 649 Group: Members Member #1,853 Joined: Jan 12, 2016 Gender: Male Nationality: Oh Oh Canadah Favorite Quote: "Resting and Digesting" Also known as: NinjaSquirrel Gender: Ace	What is Paradisia? Paradisia was a massive terrestrial construct on Srris-1225Fb, otherwise known as HRS-144, a lifeless barren moon orbiting a gas giant. Other than Paradisia, the moon is boring and unimpressive, covered in dry, powdery dust, a thin atmosphere, and large craters scattered across the surface. The only impressive feature is, in fact, Paradisia, which certainly makes up for its natural dullness. One particularly large crater holds a massive entrance complex to the even more gargantuan dome that is the habitable area of the structure. Hundreds of landing platforms, air locks, and umbilicals extend in and out of the huge cliffside entryway, ranging from tiny to the size of small freighters. The interior is also astounding to look at, a vast artificial cavern filled with old residences, many of which appear to be temporary. It may be that Paradisia was some kind of “Hotol” or resort referenced in history servers. It would certainly explain the finery of the facility, which is garish even by the standards of the ancient humans. Continuing further into the facility, you reach a massive wall. The wall curves away from you slightly as it reaches the ceiling and is supported by a massive carbon superstructure. The size of this dome is even more impressive from orbit, where the structure is some massive it disrupts the shape of the planets horizon. The interior of the dome can be accessed through air locks, as well as by remote control of tiny drones that appear specifically designed for surveillance of the habitable interior. Inside the wall of the dome we see another one of the secrets to keeping the massive superstructure from collapsing; the inside, in a layer about one hundred or so meters, is hallow and filled with highly pressurized hydrogen gas, crisscrossed with pipes and support structures. The gas serves multiple purposes, both as fuel for the fusion generators, and as a cushion to support the heavier outer dome. The inner dome is much thinner, and more of a giant television screen then as a defensive or weight-bearing structure. This giant TV is the “sky” of the interior of the dome, with a 22-hour (24 Human hour) day-night cycle, and a way to insert features like water and carbon dioxide into the domes atmosphere. Weather forms naturally because of the immense size of the environment, and is not simulated. The interior of the dome appears to simulate what humans would consider a tropical paradise; vast crystal-blue seas, warm and rich with multitudes of colourful sea life, white sand beaches stretch along the coastline, ridged in tropical jungle and mangrove. The place on its own would be a wonder to explore, but the life, which based on current evidence, is actually believed to be descended from species that walked the human’s homeworld, makes it a biological holy grail. Thousands of professional and amateur biologists have studied the biosphere, and thousands of species have been described, ranging from massive grazers to tiny microbes, and there is so much more left. Now, I will lead you along throughout this rich biosphere, full of vibrant and unique ecosystems and adaptions. This is Paradisia. Biomes of Paradisia: •Terrestrial: Rainforests: The “poster boy” of Paradisa, jungles cover almost half of the total surface area inside the dome, including the ocean. The rainforests are filled with massive trees, stretching hundreds of meters into the air, supporting tens of thousands of species of plants and animals. The upper and lower canopies are prefect habitats for areal and arboreal life, with most of the inhabitants never stepping foot on, or even seeing, the ground. The surrounding ground is a gloomy underworld, where the death of the trees serve as a source of life for a cornucopia of decomposing animals and fungi, and odd plants and animals specially adapted for living in the perpetual twilight. Swamps: Warm, wet, and often smelly, the swamps and marshland of Paradisia are home to many weird lifeforms. The wet conditions make an amphibious lifestyle a recommended approach, and the waters and marsh plants support a varied ecosystem. Many specialized roles and adaptions have occurred for the unique half-world of the swamp, in both the brackish waters and in the trees and marsh plants above. Microscopic decomposers and larvaing insects greatly appreciate the still breeding grounds, and benefit fully from it. While this is a nuisance for some, for others, it’s a valuable food source. Floodplains: There are some areas where even the substantial water present in Paradisia isn’t enough to support the massive forests or swampy terrain found in other portions of the land, enter, the floodplains. Vast, covered in vibrant plains of grass and other underbrush, the floodplains follow a cycle of wet and wetter. The rains come and food the rivers, covering the grassy fields in water and nutrients, allowing the grasses here to grow strong and tall, reaching into the sky and forming a somewhat lower, but no less dense, canopy over the earthy ground. True trees exist few and far between, meaning long legs are essential for speeding through the oceans of grass. The fields are criss-crossed with rivers and streams, fast-flowing and for some, impassable barriers. In the rivers lurk hunters and food, depending on how big, or how smart, you are. •Marine: Open Ocean: The shallow sea off the coast of Paradisa’s sandy shores is teeming with rich plant and animal life. Tiny micro-organisms, plankton and algae, serve as a basis for a food chain filled with a variety of life, from tiny herbivores to giant filter feeders and apex predators. The water of the ocean, though warm compared to on different worlds, is cooler by a large degree then the land and air of the surface, promoting adaptions beneficial to cold climates, such as blubber. Water allows for the support of much larger animals then the land, coupled with lots and lots of nutrients, allow the animals here to reach much larger sizes the possible on the dry surface, both including vertebrates and invertebrates. Coral Reefs: An aquatic rainforest, coral reefs serve as a vibrant and beautiful home for literally tens of thousands of species, of plants, algae, fish, corals, arthropods, and other weirder life, tailored and adapted for the beautiful glory of the reefs. Formed over centuries, the reefs are chaotic mishmashes of ancient skeletons and living polyps of filter-feeding corals, supported by the endless layers of an endless cage, formed of calcium and carbon formed long-dead molluscs and corals. Nooks and crannies form in the organic bedrock, some stretching on for hundreds of metres and attached to hidden caves, and interconnected by the tiniest of cracks. The colours of the coral, vibrant and unhealthily colourful, which would be considered idiocy for camouflage in most conventional environments, are cloaks of invisibility amongst the underwater flowers of the reefs. Shorelines and Sandbanks: Sandy, warm, an underwater desert, the sandy sea floor of sandbanks and seaweed gardens are, by ocean standards, lifeless and dead. Flat and open, the sand provides little in the way of hiding, triggering unique adaptions for defense and hiding. The flat serve as grasslands to the oceans, and, like grasslands, are food to mammalian and avian grazers but, unlike grasslands, are also home to more fishy and cartilaginous grazers. The sands eventually end in beaches, the unfortunate final destination of many an unfortunate ocean dweller. White sands serve as nurseries for the hard-shelled egg-layers, homes for burrowing invertebrates, and all around beautiful transitions from the worlds of land and sea. Mangroves: A mixing pot of salty and fresh water, mangroves are a cross between sandbanks and swamps; waterlogged forests forming artificial rivers and waterways, a home for many smaller marine life. It also serves a kind of aquatic beach, serving as a launching platform for freshwater creatures to enter the larger, saltier sea, and for saltwater-dwellers to enter freshwater. Above the water are the canopies of the mangroves, tangled roots and branches forming highways near and away from the water, paths for arboreal mammals and reptiles, nests for seabirds, and resting spots for crustaceans. The tangles also form a woody reef, not unlike the coral reefs further out at sea. Nooks and passages form for smaller fish, crustaceans, and other marina, serving as secrets paths and hiding holes to avoid the combined dangers of the land, the seas, and the rivers. •Freshwater: Rivers and Streams: Fast-Flowing, often shallow and murky, rivers and streams have no real comparability in the surface world. Safely out of the path of the truly large predators of the oceans and lakes, rivers serve as perfect spawning grounds. That is, except for their fast currents, murkiness, and the land predators who are all too happy to nab a fishy would-be mother or father. Rivers and streams can also serve as watery transportation routes for both land and aquatic species, letting them pass from one area to another with much greater ease then through the tangles of the jungle floors and branches. A source of water for many thirsty creatures, rivers are, as is every other environment known, in this world or others, extorted for food by stealthy hunters. Rivers are two sides of the same coin; Impassable barriers and excellent highways, sources of life and death, safe and full of danger. Pools and Ponds: Still bodies of water like pools and ponds are some of the most abundant and vibrant freshwater communities. Ranging from tiny pools to kilometre-lakes, these water bodies are crucial to many life. They are perfect breeding grounds for insects, along with swamps, and therefore a good hunting ground for the insectivores that feed on the arthropods, tiny, but voracious predators. These then facilitate larger hunters coming to feed on these smaller predatory prey. Water plants attract herbivores as well, and water, always a precious resource, also attracts even some arboreal life. Many pools have long since disconnected from each other, or never connected at all, leading to unique, tiny ecosystems scattered across the jungles and plains. Lake Gwarick: A massive lake, capable of holding entire mountain ranges, Lake Gwarick is really more a freshwater ocean then a lake. The Lake is deep, dark, and cold, far inland from the sea, towards the edge of the dome. The lake is made up of a sandy or rocky bottom, with kilometres of open, fresh, clear water above it. The lake is particularly special because of how the food chain has formed, with traditionally ocean roles now being filled by freshwater species. Giant, peaceful filter feeders drift through the watery gash in the land, hunted by voracious predators. Without the need for special adaptions to live in salt water, traditionally amphibious or relegated groups of life can now prosper in the deep blue waters of the northern lake. Table of Contents: Main Updates: Primates on the Plain I: Mapinguari and Anteater Simian Snapshot of Life I: In the Jungle Canopy Evolution Mini-Updates: Mapinguari and kin; Leg Ontogeny Edited by DroidSyber, Jun 19 2017, 03:57 PM.
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Yiqi15	May 29 2017, 03:48 PM Post #2
Prime Specimen Posts: 1,443 Group: Members Member #1,998 Joined: Oct 10, 2016 Gender: Male Nationality: Ontarian Gender: Male	This looks like a pretty cool concept. On a more humorous note, was it the Walt Disney Corporation that built the resort?
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GlarnBoudin	May 29 2017, 04:31 PM Post #3
Disgusting Skin Fetishist Posts: 1,902 Group: Members Member #1,641 Joined: Feb 15, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Alternate Evolution Nationality: United States Favorite Quote: "My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!" Gender: What is a gender? A miserable pile of secrets!	I freaking love concepts like this. I wonder, what were the organisms that were 'seeded' here, and how long have they been evolving?
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DroidSyber	May 29 2017, 05:48 PM Post #4
I'll cut ya swear on me mum Posts: 649 Group: Members Member #1,853 Joined: Jan 12, 2016 Gender: Male Nationality: Oh Oh Canadah Favorite Quote: "Resting and Digesting" Also known as: NinjaSquirrel Gender: Ace	GlarnBoudin May 29 2017, 04:31 PM I freaking love concepts like this. I wonder, what were the organisms that were 'seeded' here, and how long have they been evolving? For the latter question, the answer is simple. About 40-50 million years. The former question however is a little trickier. I want the concept to be fluid, and I can add in this if I want them, particularly if I find out about some good ancestral species I didn't know about before. I can say all the seeded organisms would be tropical, from environments like the ones described.
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Beetleboy	May 30 2017, 12:06 PM Post #5
neither lizard nor boy nor beetle . . . but a little of all three Posts: 3,700 Group: Members Member #1,776 Joined: Oct 2, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: British Favorite Quote: In the absence of proper data, speculate wildly. Also known as: Jacob, JurassicJacob, Beetle	Ooh, this looks good!
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RoyalPsycho	May 30 2017, 03:36 PM Post #6
Adolescent Posts: 347 Group: Members Member #891 Joined: Dec 2, 2012	NinjaSquirrel May 29 2017, 05:48 PM For the latter question, the answer is simple. About 40-50 million years. The former question however is a little trickier. I want the concept to be fluid, and I can add in this if I want them, particularly if I find out about some good ancestral species I didn't know about before. I can say all the seeded organisms would be tropical, from environments like the ones described. If you haven't already got a list it might be interesting to put together a list of less common species to proliferate and diversify. You could, for example, avoid rodents and instead use marsupials or smaller ungulates to fill the small mammal niches. Tuatara and tortoises could be the only reptiles on the plane. You could have no flying birds, only flightless ones. Etc, etc. Edited by RoyalPsycho, May 30 2017, 03:36 PM.



IIGSY	Jun 1 2017, 03:26 PM Post #7
A huntsman spider that wastes time on the internet because it has nothing better to do Posts: 3,763 Group: Members Member #1,987 Joined: Sep 11, 2016 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Favorite Quote: Don't have one Also known as: Anomonys Gender: male	NinjaSquirrel May 29 2017, 02:39 PM Lake Gwarick: A massive lake, capable of holding entire mountain ranges, Lake Gwarick is really more a freshwater ocean then a lake. The Lake is deep, dark, and cold, far inland from the sea, towards the edge of the dome. The lake is made up of a sandy or rocky bottom, with kilometres of open, fresh, clear water above it. The lake is particularly special because of how the food chain has formed, with traditionally ocean roles now being filled by freshwater species. Giant, peaceful filter feeders drift through the watery gash in the land, hunted by voracious predators. Without the need for special adaptions to live in salt water, traditionally amphibious or relegated groups of life can now prosper in the deep blue waters of the northern lake. I discussed this once. Apparently, rocks leech salt into a large enough body of water. Though I don't know the limit, so your lake could still be possible (I sure as hell hope it is). Anyway, here is some ideas. Reefs made of bryozoans, freshwater sponges, mussels, hydra, and even angiosperms Pelagic insects "Fish" descended from neotenic amphibians Freshwater tide pools "Seabirds" descended from ducks Pelagic arachnids Large predators descended from pike Fully aquatic crocodilians Something descended from anacondas Insects sharing "crustacean niches" with crustaceans Without those damn shipworms, you can have massive chunks of driftwood floating around Sorry, I got a little exited there.
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Yiqi15	Jun 1 2017, 03:40 PM Post #8
Prime Specimen Posts: 1,443 Group: Members Member #1,998 Joined: Oct 10, 2016 Gender: Male Nationality: Ontarian Gender: Male	Speaking of lists, I myself have some suggestions for terrestrial fauna when I read. Large primates descended from macaques Something descended from cassowaries Arboreal deer Ground sloth-like bears
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DroidSyber	Jun 1 2017, 08:44 PM Post #9
I'll cut ya swear on me mum Posts: 649 Group: Members Member #1,853 Joined: Jan 12, 2016 Gender: Male Nationality: Oh Oh Canadah Favorite Quote: "Resting and Digesting" Also known as: NinjaSquirrel Gender: Ace	Insect Illuminati Get Shrekt Jun 1 2017, 03:26 PM NinjaSquirrel May 29 2017, 02:39 PM Lake Gwarick: A massive lake, capable of holding entire mountain ranges, Lake Gwarick is really more a freshwater ocean then a lake. The Lake is deep, dark, and cold, far inland from the sea, towards the edge of the dome. The lake is made up of a sandy or rocky bottom, with kilometres of open, fresh, clear water above it. The lake is particularly special because of how the food chain has formed, with traditionally ocean roles now being filled by freshwater species. Giant, peaceful filter feeders drift through the watery gash in the land, hunted by voracious predators. Without the need for special adaptions to live in salt water, traditionally amphibious or relegated groups of life can now prosper in the deep blue waters of the northern lake. I discussed this once. Apparently, rocks leech salt into a large enough body of water. Though I don't know the limit, so your lake could still be possible (I sure as hell hope it is). Anyway, here is some ideas. Reefs made of bryozoans, freshwater sponges, mussels, hydra, and even angiosperms Pelagic insects "Fish" descended from neotenic amphibians Freshwater tide pools "Seabirds" descended from ducks Pelagic arachnids Large predators descended from pike Fully aquatic crocodilians Something descended from anacondas Insects sharing "crustacean niches" with crustaceans Without those damn shipworms, you can have massive chunks of driftwood floating around Sorry, I got a little exited there. Yes, in our world, that's what happens. Just going to say that Paradisia is artificial, and therefor capable of having the environment edited. Also, Green means yes, Red means maybe/not. Reefs made of bryozoans, freshwater sponges, mussels, hydra, and even angiosperms Pelagic insects "Fish" descended from neotenic amphibians Freshwater tide pools "Seabirds" descended from ducks(I'm planning one better, Seabirds descended from ibises.) Pelagic arachnids Large predators descended from pike Fully aquatic crocodilians Something descended from anacondas Insects sharing "crustacean niches" with crustaceans(Opposite) Without those damn shipworms, you can have massive chunks of driftwood floating around Yiqi15 Speaking of lists, I myself have some suggestions for terrestrial fauna when I read. Large primates descended from macaques Something descended from cassowaries Arboreal deer Ground sloth-like bears Yes to primates No to cassowaries at least for now, How about arboreal deer rodents? Not ground sloth bear...
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IIGSY	Jun 1 2017, 09:27 PM Post #10
A huntsman spider that wastes time on the internet because it has nothing better to do Posts: 3,763 Group: Members Member #1,987 Joined: Sep 11, 2016 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Favorite Quote: Don't have one Also known as: Anomonys Gender: male	NinjaSquirrel Jun 1 2017, 08:44 PM Insects sharing "crustacean niches" with crustaceans(Opposite) What?
	Projects Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates Last one crawling: The last arthropod ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess) Potential ideas- Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized. Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal. Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents. Quotes "Arthropod respiratory systems aren't really "inefficient", they're just better suited to their body size. It would be quite inefficient for a tiny creature that can easily get all the oxygen it needs through passive diffusion to have a respiratory system that wastes energy on muscles that pump air into sacs. (Hence why lungless salamanders, uniquely miniscule and hyperabundant tetrapods, have ditched their lungs in favor of breathing with their skin and buccal mucous membranes.) But large, active insects already use muscles to pump air in and out of their spiracles, and I don't see why their tracheae couldn't develop pseudo- lungs if other conditions pressured them to grow larger."-HangingTheif "Considering the lifespans of modern non- insect arthropods (decade-old old millipedes, 50 year old tarantulas, 100+ year old lobsters) I wouldn't be surprised if Arthropleura had a lifespan exceeding that of a large testudine"-HangingTheif "Humans have a tribal mindset and it's not alien for tribes to war on each other. I mean, look at the atrocities chimpanzee tribes do to each other. Most of people's groupings and big conflicts in history are directly or obliquely manifestations of this tribal mindset."-Sceynyos-yis "He's the leader of the bunch You know his Coconut Gun is finally back to fire in spurts. His Coconut Gun Can make you smile If he shoots ya it's firing in spurts. His Coconut Gun Is bigger, faster, stronger too! He's the gun member of the Coconut Crew! HUH! C.G.! Coconut Gun! C.G.! Co-Coconut Gun! Shoot yourself with a Coconut Gun! HUH!"-Kamineigh "RIP, rest in Peytoia."-Little "In Summary: Piss on Lovecraft's racist grave by making lewds of Cthulhu and Nyarlathotep. Then eat arby's and embrace the void."-Kamineigh "Dougal Dixon rule 34."-Sayornis Phylogeny of the arthropods and some related groups In honor of the greatest clade of all time More pictures Other cool things http://rob-powell.deviantart.com/art/Venacarpia-carcarius-275086084 http://rob-powell.deviantart.com/art/Extreme-Sexual-Dimorphs-294860775 https://books.google.com/books?id=m-_cCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT94&lpg=PT94&dq=vertebrate+chauvinism&source=bl&ots=CenrvpmqxP&sig=sURud3Duu3K-2FEPdM9ls5ScDeA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO1or7tIbTAhWGLSYKHUvLAjwQ6AEIcDAR#v=onepage&q=vertebrate%20chauvinism&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=wKbfbLf-SoUC&pg=PA282&lpg=PA282&dq=colonization+of+land+by+nematodes&source=bl&ots=0Z260TBWMQ&sig=JDFVZjaOIpYvEo9KaiLyUSEPK2g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHrZ2dh5bTAhXMSSYKHUq_DboQ6AEIRDAF#v=onepage&q=colonization%20of%20land%20by%20nematodes&f=false All African countries can fit into Brazil


DroidSyber	Jun 1 2017, 09:44 PM Post #11
I'll cut ya swear on me mum Posts: 649 Group: Members Member #1,853 Joined: Jan 12, 2016 Gender: Male Nationality: Oh Oh Canadah Favorite Quote: "Resting and Digesting" Also known as: NinjaSquirrel Gender: Ace	Insect Illuminati Get Shrekt Jun 1 2017, 09:27 PM NinjaSquirrel Jun 1 2017, 08:44 PM Insects sharing "crustacean niches" with crustaceans(Opposite) What? Crustaceans sharing insect niches
	Non Enim Cadunt! No idea how to actually hold down a project.


IIGSY	Jun 1 2017, 10:45 PM Post #12
A huntsman spider that wastes time on the internet because it has nothing better to do Posts: 3,763 Group: Members Member #1,987 Joined: Sep 11, 2016 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Favorite Quote: Don't have one Also known as: Anomonys Gender: male	NinjaSquirrel Jun 1 2017, 09:44 PM Insect Illuminati Get Shrekt Jun 1 2017, 09:27 PM NinjaSquirrel Jun 1 2017, 08:44 PM Insects sharing "crustacean niches" with crustaceans(Opposite) What? Crustaceans sharing insect niches Oh
	Projects Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates Last one crawling: The last arthropod ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess) Potential ideas- Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized. Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal. Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents. Quotes "Arthropod respiratory systems aren't really "inefficient", they're just better suited to their body size. It would be quite inefficient for a tiny creature that can easily get all the oxygen it needs through passive diffusion to have a respiratory system that wastes energy on muscles that pump air into sacs. (Hence why lungless salamanders, uniquely miniscule and hyperabundant tetrapods, have ditched their lungs in favor of breathing with their skin and buccal mucous membranes.) But large, active insects already use muscles to pump air in and out of their spiracles, and I don't see why their tracheae couldn't develop pseudo- lungs if other conditions pressured them to grow larger."-HangingTheif "Considering the lifespans of modern non- insect arthropods (decade-old old millipedes, 50 year old tarantulas, 100+ year old lobsters) I wouldn't be surprised if Arthropleura had a lifespan exceeding that of a large testudine"-HangingTheif "Humans have a tribal mindset and it's not alien for tribes to war on each other. I mean, look at the atrocities chimpanzee tribes do to each other. Most of people's groupings and big conflicts in history are directly or obliquely manifestations of this tribal mindset."-Sceynyos-yis "He's the leader of the bunch You know his Coconut Gun is finally back to fire in spurts. His Coconut Gun Can make you smile If he shoots ya it's firing in spurts. His Coconut Gun Is bigger, faster, stronger too! He's the gun member of the Coconut Crew! HUH! C.G.! Coconut Gun! C.G.! Co-Coconut Gun! Shoot yourself with a Coconut Gun! HUH!"-Kamineigh "RIP, rest in Peytoia."-Little "In Summary: Piss on Lovecraft's racist grave by making lewds of Cthulhu and Nyarlathotep. Then eat arby's and embrace the void."-Kamineigh "Dougal Dixon rule 34."-Sayornis Phylogeny of the arthropods and some related groups In honor of the greatest clade of all time More pictures Other cool things http://rob-powell.deviantart.com/art/Venacarpia-carcarius-275086084 http://rob-powell.deviantart.com/art/Extreme-Sexual-Dimorphs-294860775 https://books.google.com/books?id=m-_cCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT94&lpg=PT94&dq=vertebrate+chauvinism&source=bl&ots=CenrvpmqxP&sig=sURud3Duu3K-2FEPdM9ls5ScDeA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO1or7tIbTAhWGLSYKHUvLAjwQ6AEIcDAR#v=onepage&q=vertebrate%20chauvinism&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=wKbfbLf-SoUC&pg=PA282&lpg=PA282&dq=colonization+of+land+by+nematodes&source=bl&ots=0Z260TBWMQ&sig=JDFVZjaOIpYvEo9KaiLyUSEPK2g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHrZ2dh5bTAhXMSSYKHUq_DboQ6AEIRDAF#v=onepage&q=colonization%20of%20land%20by%20nematodes&f=false All African countries can fit into Brazil


IIGSY	Jun 2 2017, 09:07 PM Post #13
A huntsman spider that wastes time on the internet because it has nothing better to do Posts: 3,763 Group: Members Member #1,987 Joined: Sep 11, 2016 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Favorite Quote: Don't have one Also known as: Anomonys Gender: male	Sorry for double posting, but why no freshwater tide pools?
	Projects Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates Last one crawling: The last arthropod ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess) Potential ideas- Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized. Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal. Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents. Quotes "Arthropod respiratory systems aren't really "inefficient", they're just better suited to their body size. It would be quite inefficient for a tiny creature that can easily get all the oxygen it needs through passive diffusion to have a respiratory system that wastes energy on muscles that pump air into sacs. (Hence why lungless salamanders, uniquely miniscule and hyperabundant tetrapods, have ditched their lungs in favor of breathing with their skin and buccal mucous membranes.) But large, active insects already use muscles to pump air in and out of their spiracles, and I don't see why their tracheae couldn't develop pseudo- lungs if other conditions pressured them to grow larger."-HangingTheif "Considering the lifespans of modern non- insect arthropods (decade-old old millipedes, 50 year old tarantulas, 100+ year old lobsters) I wouldn't be surprised if Arthropleura had a lifespan exceeding that of a large testudine"-HangingTheif "Humans have a tribal mindset and it's not alien for tribes to war on each other. I mean, look at the atrocities chimpanzee tribes do to each other. Most of people's groupings and big conflicts in history are directly or obliquely manifestations of this tribal mindset."-Sceynyos-yis "He's the leader of the bunch You know his Coconut Gun is finally back to fire in spurts. His Coconut Gun Can make you smile If he shoots ya it's firing in spurts. His Coconut Gun Is bigger, faster, stronger too! He's the gun member of the Coconut Crew! HUH! C.G.! Coconut Gun! C.G.! Co-Coconut Gun! Shoot yourself with a Coconut Gun! HUH!"-Kamineigh "RIP, rest in Peytoia."-Little "In Summary: Piss on Lovecraft's racist grave by making lewds of Cthulhu and Nyarlathotep. Then eat arby's and embrace the void."-Kamineigh "Dougal Dixon rule 34."-Sayornis Phylogeny of the arthropods and some related groups In honor of the greatest clade of all time More pictures Other cool things http://rob-powell.deviantart.com/art/Venacarpia-carcarius-275086084 http://rob-powell.deviantart.com/art/Extreme-Sexual-Dimorphs-294860775 https://books.google.com/books?id=m-_cCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT94&lpg=PT94&dq=vertebrate+chauvinism&source=bl&ots=CenrvpmqxP&sig=sURud3Duu3K-2FEPdM9ls5ScDeA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO1or7tIbTAhWGLSYKHUvLAjwQ6AEIcDAR#v=onepage&q=vertebrate%20chauvinism&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=wKbfbLf-SoUC&pg=PA282&lpg=PA282&dq=colonization+of+land+by+nematodes&source=bl&ots=0Z260TBWMQ&sig=JDFVZjaOIpYvEo9KaiLyUSEPK2g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHrZ2dh5bTAhXMSSYKHUq_DboQ6AEIRDAF#v=onepage&q=colonization%20of%20land%20by%20nematodes&f=false All African countries can fit into Brazil


DroidSyber	Jun 2 2017, 09:18 PM Post #14
I'll cut ya swear on me mum Posts: 649 Group: Members Member #1,853 Joined: Jan 12, 2016 Gender: Male Nationality: Oh Oh Canadah Favorite Quote: "Resting and Digesting" Also known as: NinjaSquirrel Gender: Ace	Insect Illuminati Get Shrekt Jun 2 2017, 09:07 PM Sorry for double posting, but why no freshwater tide pools? Because freshwater tide pools are ponds?
	Non Enim Cadunt! No idea how to actually hold down a project.


IIGSY	Jun 2 2017, 09:26 PM Post #15
A huntsman spider that wastes time on the internet because it has nothing better to do Posts: 3,763 Group: Members Member #1,987 Joined: Sep 11, 2016 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Favorite Quote: Don't have one Also known as: Anomonys Gender: male	NinjaSquirrel Jun 2 2017, 09:18 PM Insect Illuminati Get Shrekt Jun 2 2017, 09:07 PM Sorry for double posting, but why no freshwater tide pools? Because freshwater tide pools are ponds? Not really. Ponds are inland. Tidepools are pockets of water that form from large bodies of water, such as an ocean or a very large lake. I mean, there's really no reason not to. And why no amphibian derived "fish"? I'm not saying you have to, I just want to know why. Edited by IIGSY, Jun 2 2017, 09:27 PM.
	Projects Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates Last one crawling: The last arthropod ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess) Potential ideas- Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized. Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal. Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents. Quotes "Arthropod respiratory systems aren't really "inefficient", they're just better suited to their body size. It would be quite inefficient for a tiny creature that can easily get all the oxygen it needs through passive diffusion to have a respiratory system that wastes energy on muscles that pump air into sacs. (Hence why lungless salamanders, uniquely miniscule and hyperabundant tetrapods, have ditched their lungs in favor of breathing with their skin and buccal mucous membranes.) But large, active insects already use muscles to pump air in and out of their spiracles, and I don't see why their tracheae couldn't develop pseudo- lungs if other conditions pressured them to grow larger."-HangingTheif "Considering the lifespans of modern non- insect arthropods (decade-old old millipedes, 50 year old tarantulas, 100+ year old lobsters) I wouldn't be surprised if Arthropleura had a lifespan exceeding that of a large testudine"-HangingTheif "Humans have a tribal mindset and it's not alien for tribes to war on each other. I mean, look at the atrocities chimpanzee tribes do to each other. Most of people's groupings and big conflicts in history are directly or obliquely manifestations of this tribal mindset."-Sceynyos-yis "He's the leader of the bunch You know his Coconut Gun is finally back to fire in spurts. His Coconut Gun Can make you smile If he shoots ya it's firing in spurts. His Coconut Gun Is bigger, faster, stronger too! He's the gun member of the Coconut Crew! HUH! C.G.! Coconut Gun! C.G.! Co-Coconut Gun! Shoot yourself with a Coconut Gun! HUH!"-Kamineigh "RIP, rest in Peytoia."-Little "In Summary: Piss on Lovecraft's racist grave by making lewds of Cthulhu and Nyarlathotep. Then eat arby's and embrace the void."-Kamineigh "Dougal Dixon rule 34."-Sayornis Phylogeny of the arthropods and some related groups In honor of the greatest clade of all time More pictures Other cool things http://rob-powell.deviantart.com/art/Venacarpia-carcarius-275086084 http://rob-powell.deviantart.com/art/Extreme-Sexual-Dimorphs-294860775 https://books.google.com/books?id=m-_cCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT94&lpg=PT94&dq=vertebrate+chauvinism&source=bl&ots=CenrvpmqxP&sig=sURud3Duu3K-2FEPdM9ls5ScDeA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO1or7tIbTAhWGLSYKHUvLAjwQ6AEIcDAR#v=onepage&q=vertebrate%20chauvinism&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=wKbfbLf-SoUC&pg=PA282&lpg=PA282&dq=colonization+of+land+by+nematodes&source=bl&ots=0Z260TBWMQ&sig=JDFVZjaOIpYvEo9KaiLyUSEPK2g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHrZ2dh5bTAhXMSSYKHUq_DboQ6AEIRDAF#v=onepage&q=colonization%20of%20land%20by%20nematodes&f=false All African countries can fit into Brazil


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