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Published: 2021-01-12 09:16:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 4087; Favourites: 87; Downloads: 4
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Description I have since updated the snish's anatomy. Instead of using the snish's gill chamber as a swim bladder (which doesn't make sense) The swim bladder has evolved from the digestive system, being fully of methane gas.

CONTEXT:

Snish come from a fictional scenario, in which creatures and plants, common in aquatic jar ecosystems (such as bladder snails, copepods, hydroids, aquatic isopods and so on) are placed in an ocean-sized jar environment, several kilometers long. No fish exist in this scenario allowing snails to evolve as an analog.

Snish are a very large group of animals evolved from a snail ancestor. All Snish have two eyes, four tentacles, a mantle cavity that leads to their gills/lungs and anus, and an internal shell that resembles a vertebrate skeleton. Most are pelagic nekton in their adult forms, inhabiting almost every aquatic environment in the jar. Niches and diets vary wildly among Snish species.

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cuttledish [2021-01-12 16:24:30 +0000 UTC]

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SquidySpecsOfficial In reply to cuttledish [2021-01-15 21:58:16 +0000 UTC]

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cuttledish In reply to SquidySpecsOfficial [2021-01-15 22:45:38 +0000 UTC]

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SquidySpecsOfficial In reply to cuttledish [2021-01-15 22:53:29 +0000 UTC]

We've solved this problem some what. There is no volcanic activity but very long summer and winter seasons with varying amounts of light and temperature can affect things. The 'continents' in the jar form as giant islands of algae that form, grow, and sink back down overtime. The environment is dynamic but probably not as dynamic as a planet would be. There are also planned extinctions and times where new animals are added. After a long while in the last period (The Arthrozoic) things may become stagnant though. At that point we might opem the jar.

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