Round 36 (
Round 35;
Round 37)
Event: N/ALooks like everyone is trying to win the game and become sapient
Here are the nervous system “levels” most of you have already unlocked:
III – as dumb as a fly
IIII – like a mouse
Going any further will require you to have a closed circulatory system with a 4 chambered heart, an omnivorous lifestyle, and a large size (equivalent to two or more grow votes).
V – like a cat
VI -
StealthStyleL –
Quatrus ocus (Primary Consumer)
Eyes: 6
Improved Nervous System: 6
Improved Wings: 6
(v)
After a long time, the spores of the many plant species have begun regrowing on the mainland, and most of the primary consumers have returned. Over the years that they have been gone, this species has developed much more developed eyes that are able to notice green and blue colors. The image that these eyes create is fairly flat, but it allows for 360 degree vision, which allows the
Quatrus ocus to notice any predators. This species has also improved its nervous system to relay this information much faster than before. Finally, the wings that once saved this species have further evolved and have recently grown muscles attached to them that allow for their movement. This gives the
Quatrus ocus a dragonfly-like flight, which is energy expensive, but allows for really fast movement to almost any place.
NTPast Adaptations:
VGT
Circulatory System (3 chambers)
Muscles
Nervous system (II)
Digestive system (with acid)
4 Fins
Hearing
Purple
Notochord
Digestive Acid
Eyes
Herbivory
Lungs like a bird
Desiccation resistance
Teeth
Burrowing
Skeleton
Star nose
Pincers
Claws
Spit acid on pincers
x-shaped glider
Habitat:
Underground on beach
Bigyihsuan –
Wheelie aquaticus (Primary Consumer)
Omnivorous: 2 (You have teeth)
(h) Hearing: 2
This organism has not changed much physiologically; however, it has moved changed its ecosystem once again to the mainland, which has recently seen an influx in food.
CRPrevious Adaptations:
Mitochondria
Fully Multicellular
Muscles
Nervous System (II)
Stomach (Very potent acid)
Horizontal gene transfer
Circulatory system (3 chambers)
Smell
Eyes
Vacuoles
Internal gills
Air sac
Strong Fins
Wheels
Acid resistance
Lungs
Bigger
Desiccation Resistance
Teeth
Skeleton
Habitat:
Land
Atrox –
Wheelie ottus (Primary Consumer)
Nervous System: 5
(h) Jaw: 2
This organism has gotten a much more complex nervous system, giving it the intelligence of a common fly. This allows the species to better find algae to feed on.
LCPrevious Adaptations:
Mitochondria
Fully Multicellular
Muscles
Nervous System (II)
Stomach (Very potent acid)
Horizontal gene transfer
Circulatory system (3 chambers)
Teeth for filter feeding (hairs)
Heat Tolerance
Smell
Eyes
Vacuoles
Fins (2 fins, 2 turbines, 2 glider fins on top)
2 Ball and socket joints (2 turbines)
Twisting muscle
Acid resistance
Lungs
Bigger size
Dessication Resistance
Skeleton
Hearing
Swim bladder with pure oxygen
Habitat:
Ocean
deandactyl –
Dactylum avianus (Primary Consumer)
Wings: 5
(v)
This organism has developed an umbrella shaped protrusion from its top. This “parachute” can be shot out by the species for a very quick escape strategy. The air quickly lifts the
Dactylum avianus from the ground and moves it around before eventually setting it down (or slamming it violently against a rock). This species still spends much of its time in burrows, feeding on roots and insects.
VU[/b]
Past Adaptations:
Vertical gene transfer
Muscle fibers
Nervous System (II)
Stomach
Mouth
4 Tentacles
3 retractable eye stalks
Smell
Cryobiosis
Circulatory System
Thermoreceptors
Touch
Can digest plant and meat
Star-shaped mouth
Teeth
Purple
Long sticky tongue
Toxin Resistance (Toxin B – 6)
Jaw
Heat Resistance
Gills
Plated Shell (Can roll into a ball)
Passive Electroception
Acidic secretion (2 pH)
Mucus secretion
Stronger tentacles
Spit stomach acid
Cephalization
Scaly Skin
Skeleton
Burrowing
Snake-like body
Claws
Habitat:
Mainland
Redwatt50 –
Redwattus toxicus (Secondary consumer)
Slow metabolism: 3
(h) Better brain: 4
This organism has developed the ability to slow down almost all of its processes (except for sight). This allows the organism to fall into a trance-like state if life every gets boring. The only way to snap this species out of such a state is a change in the environment around it, such as a falling leaf or a prey item. It has also developed a much more efficient nervous system to allow for such a complex instinct.
VUPrevious Adaptations:
Muscles
Nervous System (I)
Stomach (with acid)
Horizontal gene transfer
Circulatory system
Tearing Teeth that can crush through bone
Heat Tolerance
Smell
Eyes (reflective to see in darkness)
Internal lungs
Touch
Purple
Bigger (1 mm)
Notochord
Fins
Desiccation Resistance
Jaw
40 small, calcium legs
Toxic Bite (10/10)
Bones
Burrowing
Habitat:
Underground at beach
Zer1000 –
Zer ottus (Secondary Consumer; omnivore)
Omnivory: 5
This organism has developed the ability to eat moving prey if plant matter ever gets scarce; luckily, its arsenal of weapons makes this very easy. This organism is still very small, so it isn’t able to take down the large 1-2mm big organisms.
NTPast Adaptations:
Nervous system (IIII)
Muscles
Digestive system (with acid)
Electrical shock (kill anyone of a similar size, must touch conductive surface on organism)
Eyes (three-dimensional, green and yellow)
Electroreception
Circulatory System
6 tentacles
Blue
Lungs
Desiccation resistance
Bones
Teeth (sharp and tearing)
Hearing
Habitat:
Sometime off the beach
Skyguy98 –
Skylos aerus (Primary Consumer)
Swarming: 6
(h) Migration: 3
This species has developed a complicated pattern of signaling by using pheromones that are released into the wind. These chemical signals let other
Skylos aerus know that there is food in this location, a habit that stemps from The Great Ecosystem Collapse. The organisms are still unable to control their flight readily, but they try their best to come near members of their species and eat plants together.
LC Previous Adaptations:
Mitochondria
Muscles
Nervous System (III)
Stomach (Very potent acid)
Vertical gene transfer
Circulatory system
Teeth for chewing plants
Heat Tolerance
Smell
Eyes (Blue and green)
Vacuoles
External gills
Hearing
Passive electroreception
Touch
Fins
Black
Spikes
Exoskeleton shell
Lungs
Desiccation Resistance
Jaw
4 limbs (2 arms and 2 legs)
Bones
Cephalization
Teeth
Toxin D (6)
Bigger (1-2 mm)
Delta-plane wings
Small hairs on arms
High-jumping legs
Habitat:
EVERYWHERE
mitobox –
Umbraflora dryo (Primary Producer)
Branches: 6
(v)
This species has regrown from spores and has returned to the mainland, to the extreme satisfaction of other organisms. Over the years, it has also worked a bit on its growth structure, resulting in a 10% chance that a branch will split into two at any given period of growth (which is annual for this species). This creates a larger surface area that allows for more energy absorbtion.
LCPast Adaptations:
Chloroplasts
Dessication resistance
Low pressure tolerance
Black pigment to match land
Form moss-like colonies
Spores (VGT)
Acid environment
Roots (axial root)
Stalks
Vascular System
Leaves
Bark
Habitat:
Land
Quests! The first person to complete one of the things below gets to choose from:
1. 4 extra votes, usable at any time, utilizes normal dice rolling rules
2. 2 extra votes that are guaranteed to be successful (a 6)
3. The ability to make an extra vote on another players’ species (could be good or bad)
This is done to encourage friendly competition and an evolutionary arms race. Anyway, here they are:
Destroyer: First person to purposefully drive another player extinct. This could be as a result of over-exploitation or purposefully evolving to kill them.
Explorer: The first player to live in 4 different ecosystems. So far you all started in the “Near the hydrothermal vents” ecosystem, and some have moved to the “Coast”. Land will be a third ecosystem.
Hunter: The first player to develop 3 offensive mechanisms. Examples include: a toxin, a horn, anything really as long as you can argue it serves an offensive role. You as the player will have to point out these three mechanisms, in case I miss them while looking at the “past adaptations” column.
Adaptable: Don't go extinct for 34 rounds.
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