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NocturnalSea — Field Guide to Amaterasu page 1
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A portion of a field guide to the life forms of Amaterasu, a highly volcanic moon orbiting the gas giant Izanami. The inspiration came from a couple of critters I created for contests over at World-Craft: [link] [link] [link]Much inspiration was taken from the various Peterson Field Guides, as well as Dougal Dixon's After Man, David B. Wiliams' A Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country, and of course Barlowe's Expedition.
Eventually I'd like to make guides for the other environs of Amaterasu, such as the Karakorum steppes, The arctic, The intertidal zone, The acid bogs, the underwater rivers, etc.
Part 2: [link]
Part 3: [link]
Part 4: [link]
Part 5: [link]
Part 6: [link]
Part 7: [link]
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How does the water get in the rocks in the first place?
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Your work is truly wonderful and incredibly inspiring!
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I come bearing a message from the Speculative Evolution Forums ( [link] ):
"Spugpow, can you get this mesage to nocturnal sea?
How about this as a method of geting the Psudocaprellids into the tank bracts.
Phytomorphs already produce spores. What if the hermaphroditic indivduals produce airborn "larva" esentualy a cell cluster with a protective outer coat. These land on tank bracts and stick to the outside. After this they release a tendril that burows through the outside wall and produces a spore at the interior end which will become the new first member of the new colony.
The zoomorphs on the other hand have a much more direct method. As a pool begins to dry they enter in to an orgy. Folowing mutual fetilization they undergo a radical transformation as the mandibles and gills are reabsorbed into the body, the genital opinig becomes a syringe like oviopositer and the gut becomes a single trachial tube. They then leave the pools in surch of young aquarium plants in wich to lay their eggs."
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Groovy. I've been planning on joining the Spec Evolution Forum for a while. Now that you've informally introduced me, I think I'll go do it tonight.
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Woah, this is so awesome .... I love both the execution of the art and the writing! thanks for making this!
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O___O So much to read. So awesome.
Why does the Aquarium plant release water from its tank bracts? Isn't that wasteful?
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The pool attracts other animals and plants who add nutrients (guano, decaying bodies, etc) that help the plant survive in the relatively sterile volcanic field.
I probably should have touched on that more in the entry, but this is still a work in progress. Think of it as a first draft.
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Alright, I see. Could the plants potentially add some sort of gelatin-like substance to reduce the water's rate of evaporation? Or maybe something that solidifies into a hydrophobic (but air-permeable) skin on the surface of the pond?
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Hmmm-- not a bad idea. I like the hydrophobic skin concept.
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