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MickMcDee — Biosphere Epsilon - Bakyrn
Published: 2011-07-17 16:42:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 4566; Favourites: 81; Downloads: 51
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Biosphere Epsilon - BakyrnHi,
today we meet the primitive creatures of the habital moon Bakyrn. This moon circles around a beautiful turquoise-green gasplanet and life on it has reached the stage of the ordovician era on earth. Invertebrates dominate all areas of the ocean and simple plants and animals have started to invade land. And here we go:
Blasenhaupt (bubble-head) - one of these simple plants, really similar to Cooksonia, the bubbles are filled with hydrogen
Kepler's Steinschmecker (Kepler's stone-gourmet) - one of the first land animals, a stone devourer with radial body-plan, read more about it here: [link]
Wasserkappe (water cap) - a waterplant which distends its buds out of the water, so the dandelion-like seeds can drift away with the wind
Strandfächer (coast fan) - a worm-like water filterer, jams itself into the ground
Kiemenfinger (gill finger) - strange open-water-invertebrate, filters the sea with its whole body, 70 centimeters long
Nasenfangarm (nose tentacle) - relative of the Kiemenfinger with some tentacles, 1,20 meters long
Grabenglocke (ditch bell) - relative of the Strandfächer, living in the deep sea and filtering dead material from above
Schattenkraken (shadow octopus) - another relative of the Strandfächer, which hunts lost creatures in the dark
So, next biosphere done! Hope you like it, so keep on watching and please comment!
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really cool. One of my favourites out of your whole gallery
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Diese Kreaturen finden Dein Vater und ich sehr realistisch in Bezug auf die Zukunft. Unser Fav ist "Wasserkappe", weil auf diesem fremden Planet die richtigen Voraussetzungen für diese Lebensform vorhanden sind!
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danke!!! das ist auch mein favorit^^
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I think the most fascinating of these is the wasserkappe. Since Bakryn is close to quite a large planet (possibly the picture of your icon?) that means the moon itself would have quite strong tides. How would this affect the Wasserkappe? Also, how do they prevent thier seeds from being blown out into deeper waters? And if so, if the seeds are like dandelion petals how do they sink to the bottom so they can plant themselves?
Anyway, it was kind of ironic that I have been designing some coastal plants myself, mostly primitive forms of sponges and kelps such as the ten meter high 'skyscraper balloon kelp' which has the method of deploying seeds in a balloon-like sack which is quite tough and drifts across the ocean until it comes to warmer waters. The temperature triggers a special chemical in the sack so that it folds away and so the seeds can sink to the bottom. Another smaller type of coral/sponge I have designed is a carnivorous 'drain-mouth' which uses suction to pull small particles and vertebrates into it's digestive bowl where is filters out the water and digests the prey alive.
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wow, big fat comment as always!
well, when I'm designing i do not 100 percently think about how something works, I just have a great idea and draw it - like the wasserkappe! the seeds fly away just a few meters from the plant and land at the coast-side . . . . eh, whatever, I'm tired...
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The Kiemenfinger and Schattenkraken are my favorites, but with so many beautifully coloured beasts, they're all amazing. ^^
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