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Rilln; A Sequal to Snaiad
Topic Started: Nov 17 2008, 08:58 PM (2,369 Views)
Canis Lupis
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Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the Earth.

On the introduction to Snaiad, Nemo Ramjet says that some Earth countries have spread throughout the galaxy, settling various planets. He says that America settles a planet with glass trees and nanotechnic creatures. He also says that Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, and other countries in that general area settle a planet of two-headed animals (i.e. Snaiad). So I wondered: what planet was settled by China?

And so I came up with Rilln: a super-Earth in which tripedal animals with copper-fortified "bones" (muscles) and copper-fortified plants.

Here's a link to the map:
http://specbiofan.deviantart.com/art/Map-of-Rilln-103898557

Here's the three major kingdoms and their respective phylums or super phylums:
1. Kingdom Mungela (filter feeding organisms without copper fortified muscles): contains phylum Microgela (microscopic Mungelans) and phylum Macrogela (macroscopic Mungelans)

2. Kingdom Coppeflora (yellow plants with copper fortified bark): contains phylum Gigaflore (tall Coppeflorans), phylum Domaflore (dome-shaped Coppeflorans), and phylum Wiraflore (grass-like Coppeflorans).

3. Kingdom Coppetuata (tripedal animals with copper fortified muscles): contains superphylum Unapedula (an extinct group of Coppetuates with one foot), superphylum Bipedula (a living group of Coppetuates with two feet), and superphylum Tripedula (a living group of Coppetuates with three feet.


What do you think?
P.S. This is based off of the planet in "All Tomorrows" where the Qu introduce Therizinosaurs.
P.S.S. Not meaning to steal your ideas Nemo Ramjet.
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Interesting! Keep going, this could be developed into something... got bodyplans?

And also what planet did the Russians come to? or maybe South Africa and Brazil? :D Keeps me wondering!
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Canis Lupis
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Maybe you could develop that. The body plans are as follows:
COPPETUATES:
Bipedula:

  • They have two legs.
  • Their copper fortification is more porous than Tripedula, allowing them to be more flexible.
  • They have no eyes, but surround their bodies with a weak electrical field (copper has electrical properties) so that they can "see".
  • They are ocean-going, never leaving the water.
  • They use their two limbs for swimming.
  • Since they possess no hands, they use an electrical jolt as a weapon.

Tripedula:

  • They have three legs.
  • Their copper fortification is stronger than Bipedula, allowing them to have a stronger skeleton.
  • They have weak eyes that can only see in black and white.
  • The carnivores surround their bodies with a weak electrical field so that they can detect their prey.
  • They live on land, some lead a seal-like existance, and some even fly.
  • They use their three limbs too walk.
  • Some carnivores have developed a bipedal stance to help them catch prey and use the third limb for a claw.

    Edited by Canis Lupis, Nov 18 2008, 03:42 PM.
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Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the Earth.

Sorry for the double post, but I've got pictures of an order of Microgelans (they are the easiest to start with).

Here's the link to the order Elliporal:
http://specbiofan.deviantart.com/art/Order-Elliporal-for-Rilln-104256676

Here's the link to the order Cloviporal:
http://specbiofan.deviantart.com/art/Order-Cloviporal-for-Rilln-104302691

This post will be edited to include links to other orders of Microgelans.
Edited by Canis Lupis, Nov 22 2008, 02:14 PM.
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Wait... how do the tripod cop-tuts fly? Are they radially symmetrical, 'mirror' symmetrical, or maybe even asymmetrical? What limbs do they use for flight? And just to make sure, what is Rilln's gravity and air density?
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Rilln has pretty much the same gravity as Earth. Its sun is close to the same strength is our sun. However, Rilln formed extremely close to its solar systems asteroid belt. It has a dense atmosphere so that most asteroids are burned upon entry.

The flying creatures have shrunk their back to legs into large wings. Their tail is actually a stub of copper with fin-like muscles on each side. Their copper is more porous than most Tripedulans, leading some scientists to classify them in the phylum Bipedula rather than the phylum Tripedula. Their third leg is a hand-like structure, allowing them to snatch prey from the air, Rillnian fish from the sea, or both. There are no herbivorous flying creaturs (I'll put the flying Tripedulans into the class Chiropteramorpha).
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Hoom, very interesting... so I guess they're 'mirror' symmetrical? The dense atmosphere would be a great help for flying... I'm guessing many airborne lifeforms here...
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Just from that one class, but there are many different orders. Yes, they are 'mirror' symmetrical (which is actually known as bilatteral symmetry).

By the way CarrionTrooper, you seen to be interested in this project. Would you like to help me with it?


P.S. Working on the images of the order Cloviporal (from the class Polyloba and the phylum Microgela) right now. The link will be up before the day is through.
Edited by Canis Lupis, Nov 22 2008, 02:19 PM.
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Well of course! I just love these kinds of stuff. Maybe we'll do a trade or something, I'll do some work for Rilln, and you get to make stuff up in Blood Reign. How's that? :D
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Good trade off. And thank you for joining! :lol:

By the way, I'll be finished with the Microgelans today. Then I move on to the Macrogelans. If you want to start designing some orders, go ahead. I'll also start drawing some sentinent species for Blood Reign, but I won't do that until I finish with the Microgelans and start on the Macrogelans.
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One flaw that I've found in your animals is their apparant lack of diversity. You say that the animal analogs are all tripedal, with variations on locomotion and other morphological aspects across phyla. Yet on earth, such variations are found even within orders, and animal life is much more diverse (the majority of Terran animals do not have vertebral columns and four legs). Are there any vermiform animals? Colonials/sessile filter-feeders? Radially symmetric active predators? Look at Chordata: not everything within that clade has a backbone or is vaguely fishlike.

Just some hopefully helpful criticism :geek:
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One idea would be a bipedula that looks like a serpent, but actually its two legs are very long and twists around itself, while the 'head' is actually the central body. So it looks kinda like a strand with a buttonlike head that shocks stuff. How's that for starters?
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Good idea Carrion (I'm just going to call you Carrion because its shorter. You can call me Canis if you want to). Kind of like an eel analogue. I'll see what phylum we can put it into. You got a name for the order it belongs in?

By the way everyone, I have a list of all the phylums for Rilln. It is attached at the bottom of the page to prevent this post from being exceptionally long. Most of these phylum ideas are inspired by PousazPower's critique about lack of diversification. Don't get me wrong, I love critiques. They help keep my juices flowing.


Keep posting suggestions, critiques, and questions. As mentioned above, they keep my juices flowing.
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Hmmm... maybe Cable Eels? I also have an idea about a species of Wiraflore that is kinda carnivorous... it has a central electric-inducing mass, and the 'wires' grow in a radial fashion from the center. If an animal passes by it'll send a shock that overloads the animal's control center (brain? ganglion?) and it'll absorb the nutrients from the decaying carcass. Electric Traps, or maybe Trapwires.
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Could work. Two ideas to expand on these creature ideas of yours:

1. Your "eels" could be called Screws because their legs wrap around their bodies in a helix-like structure. They could have little copper spikes sticking out of the legs to help them burrow into the ground. Maybe they could burrow into the sea floor (backwards of course). They have a little copper spike in the center of their face, which they use to channel their electrical energy. When they zap prey, they could unscrew from the ground and spear their prey with their spike. Their mouth can extend past their face so they can snatch their prey from the spike. Since you came up with the idea, how does this suggestion sound?

2. For the Trap-wries (I'll call them Tripwires), they could produce a weak electrical field near the tip of their "blade". When a creature passes between two stalks, the circuit of the weak electrical field is completed. The electrical current travels through the copper skeleton of the victim and travels to the brain case (yes, they do have a brain). Due to the nervous system (which is made of microscopic copper fibers), this jolt travels throughout the body, killing the creature. It then reaches out of the ground with its root system, punctures the skin of the victim, and injects digestive enzymes into the victim.

Thoughts on this? I'll post something about the reproduction of all these creatures in my next post.
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