The next creature we have is the wesck, an agile aerial creature which preys on worems. It has a tough hide which protects their float bladders, and a pair of wings which provide locomotion. It also has harpoon appendages that it uses to hunt, as well as a stinger at the end of their tail.

Another creature we have is the glund, a herbivorous offshoot of the worem. It has armor plating, and can roll into a defensive ball. It also produces offspring by giving live birth.

Here we have the stalck, a sluck descendant which has adapted to a life of a land predator. Its armor protrusions have developed into full legs, and currently it hunts by ambush. Due to its coloration it's mostly nocturnal, and retreats to the humid moss patches during the day.

Another amphibious-capable creature, the flouz is a rather slow creature possessing tough skin. It can survive being out of the water, but prefers the ocean. It can drag itself using two strong tentacles on the land, and it also has two phosphorescent patches to surprise prey or predator, as it is still a main staple of bladeworems.

Another fus-derived creature, the pluup manages to survive in the humid moss patches, slowly devouring them. It has two strong tentacles to drag it around, and some protective tentacles housing stingers to deter predators.

These are the available creatures for evolving, but there are still some in the ocean: the vicious bladeworems, which became this world's first superpredator, the flatworems which flourished in the ocean, and the dragonsluck which shares space with the wesck.
On to the plants!

The Evola is an aquatic plant which evolved from the moss. It has cup-shaped bladders, used to get more sunlight.

Oh my god you made my frowg so adorable I could vomit diabetes.

And then we have the yantar, which is the interconnected bushlike plant I mentioned the last thread. It is a descendant of the moss, and it has cuplike leaves that can gather rainwater.

There you have it, evolve away! Keep in mind that plant evolution will have an effect on the animals and vice versa.

oh god.. my only fear right now is the 300 reply limit... thanks a lot moot...


J.K. man, your cool

>inb4 ban

Guess I'll continue what I do best.

The frowg's cartilaginous skeleton gives way to a ridged spine of cartilage discs, giving way to protection from wesck assaults upon their leather-yet supple backs. These strengthened spines reduce the frowg's pliability in favor of hardiness. Their lungs continue to slowly develop with the condensation of oxygen in the atmosphere. Their tongue becomes more ample and prehensile, able to extend beyond their mouth as an improved sensory organ in their pursuit of prey items.

and oh, feel free to evolve more than one creature! You don't have to 'stick' to a creature, you know.

frowg now preys on the aerial wesck, but its young and larvae are still vulnerable to predation.

>>18470106
Due to the differing climates on land, the Yantar was forced to grow larger, longer, and stronger root systems, allowing it to reach water that was deeper while preventing the various winds and such that it did not face while rooted to a rock. This has allowed it to grow in places such as tree's, or various terrains while still retaining its original strengths.


((First time poster, (of evo) does this work?))

>>18470410
You're doing it right! Just a bit of a tweak: there's no trees in this world, not yet. The only plant life are the two available for evolution, the moss, and some microscopic algae in the ocean.

The Evola develop a hard, and tough membrane around their stalks, whilst becoming taller to keep the edible bits away from the low crawling critters.

>>18470442
Ah. Thank you kindly, and I will make future note of that.

Also, that was a replacement of the previous plant (reading other thread)
>>18470073
An off-shoot of the Evola slowly shifts colors, due to a somewhat mild toxin it begins to secrete. This is mostly due to the Glund, and serves merely as a mild irritant for those species that eat Evola.

Name?

>>18470599
Forgot my picture

>>18469989
The Flouz's tentacles split into threes and develop sucker-like undersides, as well as small, barbed hairs that act as fishhooks or anchors.

>>18470693
agh, pic.

The Stalks eyes become larger and more specialized for low light vision.

The glund develops a different coloring, a passive sort of camoflauge that mixes well with the moss and dirt. Able to hide from the land seeking predators with eyes just a little better than before, though it is a fairly minor evolution.

The Glund develops small spikes upon their armored shell. To not only improve traction while in the ball, thus letting them roll fairly well on surfaces that would normally be much more difficult (inclines, etc,) and to also detract predators from eating them

This evo game stuff... all of them... will they ever become a REAL setting?

Is there one big wiki for every evo thread combined into one world?

>>18470716
The Stalks eyes become further specialized, allowing mild therm-optic vision, as well as three glands that detect particles given off by nearby prey.

>>18470920
Should have just went full on Cuttlefish eyes at that point

The Yantar plant begins to grow small buds at the base stems of their tendrils, and purple flowers burst forth spreading spores into the surrounding atmosphere near the plant. So far, the spores are harmless, covering the ground with a fine powder of the stuff as time goes on.

The wesck develops a proboscis, adopting an omnivorous diet.

The Pluup's arms grow more muscular to facilitate their need to find new fungus-patches for their young.

>>18470918
want to start one?

>>18471008
The Wesck adapts to have a longer body, and longer strips across their back in males. Though it doesn't help them be a better in anything specific (Other then as a filling meal) they evolved as such for sexual attraction. They evolved more legs to compensate for their longer bodies while grounded.

>>18471074
Oh goddamnit

>>18471074

I am horrible at organization, but i'd LOVE to play in this world if ALL of the evo posts are one planet or whatever.

The Evola develops a more complicated root system, and uses this to spread it's self, creating duplicate stalks, so that if one stalk is destroyed, it survives in the ground

PoisonEvola is starting to flourish in the coasts, due to decreased predation.
TallEvola now can grow on the marshes as well as the coasts.
PodYantar can find isolated muddy patches and thrive on them, effectively spreading a bit more inland.

For the creatures, this meant: more plant food available! Herbivores gets a pop boost!

The Flouz develops a cartilaginous pseudo-skeleton to survive land and the crushing pressures of the deeps.

>>18470610
The frowgs begin to nest in the safety of the poisonous evola's cup, developing tougher hides that prove resilient to the toxins protrusions while completely losing their ability to preform osmosis. On a lighter note their lungs have fully developed and have heartily adapted to holding in air for prolonged periods of time while developing alongside the slowly vestiging skin-breathing traits. Their toes earn nimble minute claws in which to forcefully pry open curled glunds and shock their underbellies into submission.

Also frowgpole for reference.

>>18471264
Oh I figured poison evola was in the marshes too.

Whatever. Frowgs nest in evolas now.

>>18470703
A split off of the Flouz:

Due to their slow movements on land, a separate branch of Flouz has began to utilize air bladders to create and store lighter than air gases, allowing them to change their depth rapidly, or even float over land, but at the mercy of the wind much like a Balloon.

Frieare

>>18470920
In response to the increasing number of worems, Stalks front appendages become more robust, useful for piercing the armor off a balled up worem.

>>18471004

More spores are released from the strange purple flowers. As the plants begin to grow into the marshlands, they start to absorb some of the toxins present within the soil around them in the nearby bogs. The flowers take on a more hostile color pattern, and small mineral deposits form along the leaves to reinforce their large bowled leaf shape. The central leaf begins to take on a darker color, becoming a more dominant frond. The toxins begin to circulate through the plant and eventually poison the spores. The PodYantar now releases the toxins out of the soil and into the atmosphere around them as a defensive measure against animals trying to feed on them. The spores get into the creatures respiratory systems and cause them to shut down. The dead begin to decompose and rot into the soil, enriching it for the plant. The roots get thicker to gain some ground in the moist soil as well as to take on the added nutrients from the dead.

>>18471212
Cross pollination on the coasts between tall, and poison Evola has created a strain with both a hard to digest stalk, and poisonous bulbs

>Primordial Evolution Quest
>Painfully reminded of Evo Quest, which ended completely abruptly for no visible reason, just as it was getting good
>Also end up reminded of Indonesian Gentleman's own Robotnik Heavy Industries Quest, which was meant to resume three months ago

It hurts. It hurts so much. I... I've loved and lost quests too many times. I can't. Not again. Never again, I CAN'T.

>>18471545
But you will anyway!

chance mutation: due to the PodYantar's chemical spores, some lightly radioactive materials in the ground have been spread by their spores. Glund and Wesck, roll a 1d20 for possible mutation! please note that the mutation may not be beneficial.
1-5: somatic (body shape) mutation
6-10: sensory mutation
11-15: hormone/gland mutation
16-20: adaptation to light radioactivity

rolled 3, 2 = 5

2 d 10, the first for the Grund, the second for the Wesck

rolled 9, 17 = 26

>>18471602
Forgot to pull off noko, also that was d20's.... my fail typing with pizza in one hand...

rolled 17 = 17

Rolling for the Stalks, which develop pincers on their front legs to aid in holding down prey.

Frowgs remain unchanged for the time.

>>18471654
That is one funky ass shrimpslug.

>>18471654
And it appears I derped when I read that, since it says it's only for the Glund and Wesck.

If so, disregard previous roll.

>>18471610
I'll take this roll.
Glund gets sensory mutation, they can now see in a different spectrum than the other creatures.
Wesck gets hormone mutation, which causes them to develop pheromones.
>>18471654
Actually, Stalck don't need to roll, but why not. Some Stalck which lurk around PodYantars gain a sort of adrenaline, which they can use to temporarily gain a boost of speed. This however causes them to lose a bit of lifespan if used a lot.

Meanwhile, the tall PoisonEvola's poison turns out to be a bit beneficial to Fus descendants, which causes tougher, more waterproof membranes to develop.

>>18471523
Due to the absorbtion of dead cells, and various things the Frowgs bring into the Evola, The Evola begin developing series of stalks that trap water inside a bush, mch like a series of spiral staircases. This aids their intake of water, keeping them fed by the excess nutrients brought in, and begins the formation of a symbiotic relations with the Frowgs

Horrid picture I know..... Its hard to do spirals in paint.....

The smaller tentacles of the Flouz grow longer, allowing the flouz to manipulate objects, constrict prey, anchor itself, and drag itself across land somewhat easier.

>>18471798
The frowg respond to their new permanent residence by taking on a similar pigmentation to their surroundings, warding off predators by synthesizing a deterrent similar to that of the poisonous plant they reside in. They learn to meticulously groom and keep their host evola clean and free of parasitic worems and glunds. This creates a new competitive field for territory for mates and suitable plants to house their-selves and their broods in.

>>18471905
Well! The new competitive housing habits has forced the purplefrowgs to develop more brain matter, AKA they get a little bit smarter.

In other news, Bladeworems have grown to a bigger size, bigger than any creature previously had! This is due to lack of competition in the oceans. What does this mean to the land creatures?

>>18471798
Meanwhile, Tall Evola in the marshlands are able to develop much larger leaves due to more water nutrients. The extra energy gained from sun absorption, combined with a wetter environment allows their root systems to spread much farther. In some places the roots for an increasingly dense "hub" of sorts.

>>18471872

>>18472260
Forgot pic, :P

New 'players' always welcome! Evo games are easy enough to join, so why not take a picture and modify it with paint?

>>18471872
With an expansion of their Gas sacks, the Flouz no longer have need to go on land, but instead are able to float off the ground at a multitude of heights. This comes at a cost of them being far larger in size.

>>18472540
Forgot pic

>>18472540
Wesck have added these gasFlouz into their diet, but they, too, are added to the gasFlouz' diet as well.

>>18471458
Pod Yantar here, don't really know what else to add onto the plant since so far it doesn't have many natural predators... Let alone any animals that can venture into it's toxic fields...

Due to increased exposer to toxins Stalcks intestinal organs have expanded, and become much denser. This tract is powerful enough to metabolize the enzymes poisonEvola dwelling Frowgs. When a Frowg is digested a new toxin is stored in the back abdomen. Prey pinned down by their pincers are injected with the paralyzing neurotoxin.

This has lead to a new behavior in the Stalcks, who seem to be raiding frowg colonies periodicity, but never completely eliminating them

>>18472626
Heh, they're not as toxic as they might seem. The light radioactivity field around them isn't a 'kill outright' kind of deal, more like 'long term exposure might cause sterility' kind of radioactivity, dumbed down a bit. And the toxin isn't the kind that would kill, just kinda 'fuck what is this irritating feeling' kind of deal. Those brave or numb enough may still eat the podYantar.

>>18472660
Touché, but so far as of now I don't know what's eating them... The one species to roll for some general immunity was a predator type carnivore I think, and the others haven't seemed to bothered with it much, haha.
What're it's enemies?

marshland Evola have grown a resinous stalk, and gives off pheromones similar to those of the wesck. Though not always successful, any Wesck captured are dissolved, as their innards are highly nutritious. Having few herbivores able to make much of a dent in MarshEvola population, the "hubs grow ever denser.

>>18472724
Glunds eat Yantar, and sometimes podYantar as well.
Maybe you could do something with their water-holding leaves, or modify the pod? Any small mutation/evolution is allright by me.

>>18471798
The Evola now grow berries, which absorb and neutralize radiation in order to protect the main plant and its inhabitants from the poisons which it would otherwise hold no defense, while also serving as a natural method of spreading wider and further than algea. This has the side-effect of causing the Evola to grow in size simply to maintain itself.

The Wesck grows a second set of eyes,initially caused by the radiation, but due to the increased reaction times of the wesck with dual eyes, they began breeding further, entirely replacing the old genes over time.

>>18472913
Because the Wesck wasnt getting enough love....
Also, the picture.

>>18472656
>>18472807
The frowg always had latent bio-electric capabilities. Its growing brain and predatory conflicts only brought back those recessive genetics into play. The frowg gains the ability to preform a method of "electrokinesis" in which it can emit powerful charges of electricity that contain a small magnitude of physical force behind them. Clever members of the species may lure stalcks only to knock them back down with a discharge of disorienting electricity. This once more raises their metabolism, promoting groups of frowgs to take advantage of their predators as potential prey items and tactfully await dropping stalcks to beat into submission. This does not come without casualties, allowing hardier survivors of these battles as perfect suitors to continue the frowg species.

Minerals gathered from the soil, water, and digested wescks, have been gathering on the tip of the resin stalk. As it turns out the minerals are highly conductive. This has lead a large amount of lightning strikes in the now MarshEvola covered marshlands. The MarshEvolas root system has adapted by carrying the electricity through mineral covered ''ground'' roots to discharge. A by product, is yet again, and strengthening of the root ''hubs''.

Due to the stalks of the PoisonEvola finding it necessary to hold more weight, the bases expand into waxy strongholds, ballooning out and replacing the old root systems which are no longer necessary. The downside of this has left several PoisonEvola in the marshes, floating across the water due to this unique formation.

the glund after being exposed to radiation developed subterranean vision and susequently lost their legs to allow them to burrow easier. using their powerful muscles they use above ground to curl to instead move their bodies up and down in the soil and dig. They eat the yantar roots

>>18473190
forgot pic

>>18473190
Maybe some kind of flaps or arms next? or a drill-like mouth may be beneficial? Also, no spikes? Thought he evolved spikes....

>>18473222
there were two versions, ill modify the mouth and add the spikes

Everything is so pink and blue. This is one gay planet.

New threats that have followed the floating Poison Evola into the marsh have caused the MarshEvolas leaves to develop sharp spines and resin to cover its leaves. The leaves are now very much thicker and are more like tentacles now, designed to ensnare anything unlucky enough to wander into a group of networked MarshEvolas close to the newly consolidated root hubs. The Hubs are now cable of storing lightning in a gelatin secreted by the roots, and sending it to points in the network to animate a particular stalks tendrils...

>>18473282
A gay planet that will kick your ass. So it's a Bear planet.

>>18470891
Because of increased feeding on the Evola, t some glund have become resistant to the poison and begun to secrete the poison from their spikes.

This also gave them a slightly modified pigmentation.

>>18473319
also, larger spikes to include the necessary organs

this is shaping up to be a real Death WOrld, fucking EVERYTHING is toxic, acidic, or just plain horrid.

>>18473173
In response to the slighly more electric enviornment, the floatingEvola grows a more parabolic base, suited much better for seas and open water. This new branch of Evola begins moving out to sea, and due to the life they need to sustain, are consequently growing massive with each subsequent generation.

((Electricity? Bah. Im on a boat.... I AM the boat!))

>>18473379
And the Bladeworem has total sea supremacy.

Is there an evolution flowchart yet?

the legless Glund have had their gums elongate into multiple strong tentacles and the teeth have become sharpened hooks at the end with tiny holes in their center allowing them to ingest pieces of roots and some nutrients from the soil. these tentacles also act as shovels and allow the legless Glund to dig more easily (color change is to allow easier paint modification for me, will have that as part of next evolution)

>>18473406
My plan is shaping up!
Also, I seriously need to stop forgetting my pictures...

An off branch of the wesck, these dual winged creatures have found safety and supper higher in the sky.

Taking on a dark blue coloration, to better blend into the night sky, the have taken to hunting the Flouz who float unchallenged in the air.

To attack these thick skinned beasts, the new Wecsky has evolved a hardened chitin spike in place of it's omnivore cousins proboscis. This allows them to ram the Flouz gas sack and hopefully rupture it, sending it plummeting to the ground below, where it is promptly feasted on.

Due to the uneven odds stacked against them, the Wecsky attack in swarms, and share the communal kill, the one to rupture the sack given the lion's share of the kill.

>>18471458

With increasing cultivation of toxins withing the plant, Pod Yantar develops a higher concentration of irritant able to disrupt the sensors of nearby animals. It's still in low dosages just an irritant to drive off, but with the additions of the low levels of radioactivity drawn from the soil it's also beginning to cause mild cases of sterility. These cases are rare but present.

The root system has become more advanced in light of the recent Glunds burrowing ability, though little else is changed in ways of stopping it. Thicker roots, as well as specialized toxin collecting roots grow in place in hopes to deter the developing jaws of the glund worm. The central frond is becoming more dominant, and calcium from the soil seeping into the plant has strengthened the leaves structure and rigidity. Small spikes have formed in the bowl of the central stock, as well as deeper coloration.

The plants now glow faintly in the dark due to the low readings of radiation in the surrounding areas.

Due to many Stalcks being stupid enough to be eaten by its prey, and an overwhelmingly poisonous environment, only the the smartest, most aggressive and resilient have survived. The new generation has a much larger cranium, and a toxin absorbing digestive track that has nearly tripled in size. Any poison not converted into its own nuerotoxin is eventually metabolized into energy. The stalcks now elusively prey on the frowgs at night, and have no other predators...

>>18473482

And an additional thought, any member of the swarm killed by the Flouz is promptly cannibalized by the swarm, to ensure their strength is not squandered. This also ensures that if an attack fails utterly, it is not an entire loss to the swarm.

>>18473487
Damn, I'll have to continue this on mobile for now... No access to paint so when I update there wont be a new photo.

>>18473422
the ground glund after eating the lightly irradiated yantar have evolved a way to harness the plants radiation. By burrowing near the Yantar they absorb radiation with special cells. These cells, primarily in the stomach. This allows them to survive completely on soil. The radiation in their stomach cells break down the minerals with radiation and powerful stomach acids. It also has the side effect of giving them bio-luminescence, allowing them better sight underground.

However because of this young ground glund must be kept near Yantar plants until they absorb enough radiation to survive. Because of this small chambers are dug below yantar plants where female Glund give birth to their young. This proximity is slowly causeing a tolerance in the ground glund population to Yantar poisons

>>18473406
The frowgs began in the sea and so they return. Their access to the salty sea air helps them slow their metabolism as they can once more can produce ionic charges through a combination of sodium and their nervous cocktail. The frowgs at first did not skim too far from their arks, adapting to feeding on the radiative berries, spreading the sporelings across the waves, and wesck offshoots that would follow these floating paradise out to sea. Soon they'd develop strong fin membranes and dive into the deep, feeding on the buffet of fus larvae and sea-worems.

In response to the swarms of wesck descending on them, the Flouz begin to develop a rudimentary form of propulsion, allowing them to expel gas at high speeds, propelling them downward at faster speeds. The side effect is that when this occurs, a trail of slightly acidic gasses is left in their wake, to dissipate within minutes.


((Side note, time for event?))

>>18473507
Oh and then there's these guys.

The frowgs take advantage of their improved aquatic maneuverability over the stalcks. Frowgs assume rhymtic watch over their broods as colony mates take turns bringing home food and cleaning their purple palaces. Egg and larvae raids are common from both ends of the spectrum across the massive root networks of the Evola arks..

Mantis snails and frog eels in a constant war against each other on floating ship trees.

BEST THING EVER.

Yo OP!

We need an event here!

Throw us a bone or it's gonna be a bunch of back and forth between two species trying to one up each other at every turn.

>>18473671
So, what are your plans for the Wesck?

Not sure what im going to do with the Flouz.... Just been kind of reacting to your stuff.

>>18473671
We need an alien uplifting, the reveal of a new species that puts everyone on their toes, a virus, SOMETHING.

>>18473690

Live for the swarm.

Turn them into the locust of Chiron, minus the mind rape part.

>>18473319
The poisonous glund evolve brighter pigmentation reminicent of the poisonous evola they eat. (MUTHERFUCKER, I AM POISON, DO NOT EAT). Their carapaces become slightly harder as well.

Their antennae grow longer and become even more sensitive so they can pick up electrical fields.

>>18473626
yeah. Event soon, fellow stalker!

A weather quirk has turned into a drop in water temperatures, which sent the planet in a kind of minor ice age. Since the current life is concentrated in the tropics, there aren't ice or snow, but the air is definitely different from the usual steamy marshlands.
Time to adapt!

>>18473487
With agitation of the roots due to Glund's burrowing and nesting, the Yantar's root system becomes more diverse and hostile to combat this disruption. The roots grow deep to continue collection of minerals, bog poisons and radioactive materials, forming a thick toxic substance coursing through the plant. This causes it to glow brighter, and the roots themselves to become more toxic. When damaged, the thick sap seeps from the wound to form a seal.
Giving way to the change, however, the plants soon begin to adapt and accept the newly formed chambers as the worms now provide a finer broken down soil. However, in light of their surviving off of the minerals and other resources in the soil the Yantar starts to grow sickly to it's limited food supply. Hopefully, digging deeper solves this problem.

>>18473701
>frowg are taken back to sea
>glund suddenly become delicious prey items for frowg again
>oy vey

What has happened to the bladeworem?

>>18473728
Cue the theme from Jaws

>>18473728
They're probably meter long cuthulufish by now that have no bidnez with us lesser beings.

In response to the electrical surges and cooling temperatures, the FloatingEvola, henceforth known as Frrila, develop a sort of fuzz which keeps its temperatures fairly close to optimal, while forming a channel for electrical discharges much the same way the nervous system of an animal works.Only time will tell what effects this will have on the Evola.

Here is the Evola, just because they are the only one thats not just a straight line.

>>18473756
only a meter long? Psh! I can just imagine the Frrila being massive car sized or larger floating tree's.... With colonies of warring creatures around.
>>18473723

So evolve them!
Make them symbiotic or something!

>>18473722
The cold winds blow in along with the climate change. The soil feels warm but something is odd in the air...
The Yantar begin to freeze. Leaving behind finds of calcium in places where they weren't fortunate enough.

To adapt, the other plants were thicker, meatier. The cupped leaves were thicker and collected more sunlight then before, processing the solar rays into energy while the intricately developed root+ nesting complexes below provided warmth for much of the plants important parts. The roots begin to grow much thicker beneath the plant, and more extend into the soil for warmth and nutrients.

Small calcium based hairs begin to form all around the plants leaves in places where it is thinnest to aid in keeping in heat.

>>18473572
>>18473722
The Ground Glund, begin to grow longer worm like bodies to allow them to move easier in the soil. This result into an elongated digestive system that is able to draw nutrients more efficently from the soil. Because of this they do not draw as much nutrients from the soil, and leaves behind many minerals in tact for the Yantar plant.

the Glund have also evolved a new behavior, they now tend to live in nests of multiple individuals rather than being solitary. they have begone building interconnected tunnels and larger birthing chambers. As well as branching out to eat from places away from their ever important Yantar plants. The larger chambers shine with bio-luminescence, possible enough light in fact to support plant life. (picture of typical Ground Glund Nest to come next)

>>18473793
Did my best

>>18473709
The frowgs begin to take babysteps toward this temperate decline on their evola arks. Their metabolisms slow down and their electrokinesis abilities fall on reserve, rendering their old tactics of knocking stalcks into submission ineffective. Their constant diet of the Evola's irradiated fruit and the recessive genetic leftovers of their time as paddleworems causes a strange transformation over the species. They begin to develop electricity storing organs along their backs that remove dependency upon their nervous system's chemical concoctions. Their hides begin to develop streamlining scale-like patterns for easier movement through the water.

Minor physical changes, to the Wesck as they adapter to new hunting patterns, and changes in prey behavior.

Posture change as the as Wesck begin to rely more and more on they tail stingers to puncture their prey, their stringers have also increased in size and hardness.

Their eyes have become slightly more bulbous to help them seek out prey from afar or high above.

Other minor changes include their proboscis curving downward to aid in a pincer like motion when they attack, and light barring on their wings to aid in heavily wind conditions.


First time Evolver. Hope I'm doing it right.

>>18473898
Doing just fine.

>>18473839
increased communal contact has caused glunds to be a bit smarter.

Meanwhile, the minor ice age has caused some icebergs to float to the tropics, unleashing new nutrients when they dissolve. Algae begin growing further to the poles. Sometimes, the icebergs would crash onto clumps of floating Evolas and carried them far and wide.

The prey must not get away.

Due to the increasingly cold climate, nocturnal hunting is not longer viable. Even the healthiest of Wecsky become lethargic and slow during the chilly nights at high altitude.

They now are forced to hunt during the day, their coloration fading to a pale blue over time.

Their wings increase in size, more blood vessels now exposed to the sun's warming rays, giving them more vitality during the hunt.

To ensure the fleeing gas bag can not escape, hooks have been developed on the front legs and rear stinger. If nothing else, sheer mass will weigh the Flouz down, and a dozen ripping claws will work their way through the leathery sack.

With the increased wing size comes increased range, requiring less energy to fly for long periods, but more energy for short hunting bursts.

They give the Frrilla isles a wide berth, the toxin build up amongst the natives too much for them to handle. Entire swarms will nest amongst them if their travels take them out to sea in search of prey, using mass numbers to scare off anything that would decide to eat them. If nothing else, a handful of the swarm dies, and another predator meets it's end as dozens of enraged Wecsky descend upon it with rending claws and stabbing mouthparts.

Truly dangerous predators will be singled out by the swarm, lifted high into the air by a ball of angry Wecsky, and be dropped either on land or the sea.

Do note, falling onto water from terminal velocity is like hitting a chunk of concrete.

>>18473918

Durp.

>>18473898

I like, I like.

>>18473898
I deem thee to be a new splinter species of the wesck. Godspeed and good luck!

>>18473913
>>18473839
>>18473848
Ground Glund Nest system and size comparison.

would it be possible to see a size comparison of all creatures?

>>18473984

...Ill give it a whirl. One second.

>>18473966

The sky will never be safe again.

Both day and night, the swarm hunts.

Will there be battle between the two, or will they co-exist, brothers in arms in the never ending hunt for delicious Flonz?

I could totally see them working together, but perhaps with the endless hunting, the Flonz will begin to die out, turning swarm against swarm.

The collective minds of the Mevola hubs panicked when the snow began to fall, and its beloved marsh began to freeze. When the roots between the various hub minds began to wither and die, the hubminds felt alone... so they did the only thing there was to do, all of there electrical energy was focused on pulling the mind up, up above the frozen marsh. Cradled by their own tendrils and alone, the hive minds were now individual, and bitter and vengeful. The Mevola stalks that support them are old, and truly massive. Extra lightning stalks were sprouted to capture every last bit of heat. To many they seem dormant, but they can move with lightning speed, to impale and devour all who near them

>>18473984
That looks fantastic! I can't wait to see if the colony develops more.
Also, our alliance seems fitting. Sim biotic relationship is beginning to form as both our species provide for one another.

Could your colony aid in warming the Yantar? I'd imagine your species will need warmth as well... Perhaps moss, or some other small plant life based from the newly lit chambers?
I'll see what I can do with them next post, topside needs some work.

Also, thank you Lord for working on drawings. Much appreciated!

I apologize for any imagery that doesnt fit or looks horrid, its just a mostly to scale based on my own minds eye.

devil plants and hell swarms... oh joy. the Bladefuckers must be feasting with all the new dead things that must surly be falling into the sea, or maybe they team up in schools to pull down the Arks and drown out some tasty morsels

>>18474045
>>18474045
perhaps a moss off shoot from the yontar that covers the inside of glund tunnels which allows the glund more heat and so they cling to it, co heating the yontar


also Glund evolution

>>18474065
Someone should bring them into this. THe only reason I didnt? I couldnt think of anything apropriate....
Needless to say, I dont think they are the toughest thing in the water anymore.

Also, the colony shown is a small colony, and I will probably do more intricate designing tomorrow.

>>18474065
Bladeworems are still loners though, so to the nautical frowgs the bladeworems are akin to sea serpents of old lore.

Meanwhile, the minor ice age ends. Will the newly-adapted versions spread to places hitherto unknown to their tropical brethren?

Each species can now expand to a new climate region: subtropical!

>>18474081
eh, I'd say the original moss can live in those subterranean conditions.

>>18474010
Mevolas thrive in the harsher, temperate regions, as well as the sub-tropical areas as well.

>>18474098
>subtropical
>australia

ONWARD, PLANT BOAT! WE MUST SAIL TO REACHES UNKNOWN.

...Does this mean we're going to run into new species?

>>18474098

With the return of warmth comes the return of thermals.

The Wecsky travel far and wide in search of new aerial prey.

>>18474089

I would have, but as Indonesian Gentleman left them out I thought he meant to imply that they've basically reached an evolutionary ceiling. Like sharks or something.

Kinda disappointed, but I can see that's where they were headed anyway.

Mind if I join in?

Due to the increased predation, and the change in climate, a splinter group of Flouz have been forced to adapt.
The sacks that contain the lighter than air gases have been reinforced with tougher skin plates.
This increase of mass however reduced their ability to float in the air, forcing them back to the ground. In response, their main tentacles grew more powerful, allowing this new breed of ground bound Flouz to move swiftly by hopping around, as their bodies are still relatively light due to the gases they contain.

>>18474125
>>18474125
TO VICTORY!

Ahem.

With the return of warmer climates come winds, winds which sink a few colonies of Frrila. Thanks to the sails developed of waxy plant-fiber, the Frrila are able to stabilize themselves and began the exploration of the various oceans of the world.

A rudimentary Conscious could be noted to form, very slow to react, but still there.

>>18474125
Well, if you do make it to the new places, this thread's continuation would be in that new place. But the thread after that will see how the species in the old place develop, as well, so we would have some differentiation. Expect new horizons for this quest.

>>18474081
Think you could take over the Yantar as well?
I'm fine with writing story for it but lack of drawing things makes it difficult for it, yanno?
Our creatures are becoming necessary for one another greatly, seeing as the Yantar are now your colony's nesting ground/surrounding cocoon of roots...

So feel free to begin cultivating them as your Glundone's develop a more ant-like sense of farming.

Think ants more then anything with this I suppose...?

>>18474184
we should probabbly make a map of some kind.... Just to keep things straight as to species locations and such.

New places!

New Creatures!

New Evolutionary pathways!

These things and more we need!

Honestly, are these things archived? I would totally sick this world on my players in Rogue Trader, Starwars or Traveler post haste.

The horror would be delicious.

After many generations in close proximity to the yontar the ground glund has metabolized the yontars many toxins. These toxins are either turned into energy for the glund or secreted by glands on the glunds underbelly. Because these toxins are so concentrated it is highly dangerous for non ground glund and yontar

>>18474176
You're doing it right!

>>18474151
Don't worry, wait for an ocean thread for more chances of evolving weird stuff. But yeah, the latest bladeworem would probably be hitting their evolutionary peak, that is until something else developed that would compete with them.
Then it's back to evolutionary arms race all over again! whee!

>>18474195

The Wecsky would travel everywhere. They move slow, due to their ever increasing wing size, but imagine a swarm of flying, clawed centipede/mosquitos chasing down one of the Flouz. Or anything that dares invade it's airspace, minus it's nocturnal brothers. They are active at different times, so they would most likely remain ignorant of each other.

How ARE you going to modify them, mr. splinter?

This almost makes me want to play Spore again, operating word here being almost because it was a piece of shit game and a huge pile of wasted potential.

>>18474194
yeah if you type the story ill do my best to draw it. and yeah im thinking the yontar could have off shoot plants from its roots that the glund could cultivate for...fruits? Still working on making a glund queen though.

>>18474205
I think the individual evolution thread makers are keeping them themselves, other then that... I don't know. I heard talk suggesting a wiki to be made about this to possibly combine all the places into one universe... It sounds awesome if that could happen.


As for the map, might be pretty interesting as well. From my perspective I'm mostly imagining what my marsh resembles since I'm sorta... Just focused on the marsh, haha. My limited view of the world... Oh my, hah.

>>18474222

Just play with the creature creator and make all these wonderful critters!

Or use it to make yer own!

Join us!

>>18474205
Wouldn't you want a pet frowg though?

>>18474181
The frowgs remain virtually unchanged from a physical perspective. They begin to take note of the Frrila's manifesting desires on a subconcious level. Generations of their kin spent on these arks have formed a tightly knit bond with them. The colonies follow aromatic and electrical impulses, knowing just where to be at the right time. They've become the Frrila's protectors and primary defenses, akin to an immune system within the weaving networks of purple foliage and buoyant roots.

>yfw we are making Planet's OTHER biodiversity
>yhnf because of evil mantis snails, radioactive plant like, poison spewing armored worms, the things that eat loctus of Chiron/Become them, and LIGHTNING TREES

>>18474176

Update on these things.

The protective carapace on their air sacks start developing after the creatures are nearing maturation. The young Hoppers float in the air much like their ancestors, allowing them to spread over wast distances.

The hoppers produce hundreds of these larvae, as most of them never reach adulthood.

archived!
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/18469745

but the thread's not over yet, folks!

>>18474223
Microbials, fungus, and then of course the rest of the body of the Yantar.
Calcium based reinforced stocks with fronds that are thick, with hairy bits as well. Spores are still being released into the air, effectively cultivating the land around it and keeping it fresh with its own self contained atmosphere so to speak.

So long as wind doesn't pick up too much, the Marsh is basically their own little world. A self contained ecosystem.

Think like an ant colony, leaf cutters cut up leaves and cultivate fungus in food chambers. Roots could be cut for food (the sap) or used to reinforce the nest walls.
Calcium structure could be adapted into them as well! ^_^

Due to the predation by the frowgs, and the Frrila's desire for something which flies, the Stalkcs grow wings, seemingly another portion of the Frilla's desire to reach out while keeping itself at the apex of suppliers.

Thanks to the wings, the Stalkcs are more able to hunt frowgs, and on occasion deal with the roving bands of Wescks that will destroy a Frilla.

((Stalkcs needed some love, and because the Fwrogs are too awesome, and done by an awesome player, I thought I would step in there.))

>>18474262
I do hope we make it to the next thread tonight/today, though. The prospect of new life and new lands sounds exciting!

The Pluup has undergone a massive evolution, perhaps nature's way of catching it up to all the other species. It's rear tentacle has gotten shorter and shorter until finally disappearing completely, replaced by the Pluups growing main body, sprouting three pairs of legs. It's front tentacle acts as a single arm, helping to pull the Pluup along as its short legs have difficulty over most terrain.

>>18474301
>>18474284
>>18474211
BEHOLD!!!!
THE GLORIOUS GLUND QUEEN!!!
after generations of exposure to the yontar's sterilizing toxin many females became infirtile. The ones that didnt flurished and become larger and larger and gave birth to larger spawnings. In time these spawnings became almost constant and thus the glund queen was first observed. The glund queen sits in birthing chambers. Here she is feeds on male glund. She punctures their bodys with he tendrils and feeds on them for up to three days, until they eventually perish. However during these three days she can give birth to up to 10 new glund. The birthrate of male glund to female glund has become almost 100:1. Females born are always glund queens and begin to feed upon the older queen. In the event a glund nest become to large the younger queen will sometimes take half of the colony and dig until they reach an unused yontar plant where they set up a new colony.

(next post will be of updated yontar)

With the Fwrogs accepting a role within the Frill, truly in a symbiotic manner, The frrila begin to adapt further to suit the needs of the various creatures that call it home. A restructuring of roots-like appendages stretch from nodes across the Frrila, allowing the Fwrogs to find their way to a Frrila by simply following the extensive floating networks back to the Frrila.

>>18474290
The frowgs soon enough begin being predated by the stalcks at a quickened rate, but not to the critical point of extinction. They follow the desires of the Frilla to be willingly rationed in combative sacrifice against their airborne rivals in a sort of selective cycle determined by their host.

The frowgs and stalcks were willingly killing each other to promote the breeding of stronger surviving individuals in the name of their trees.

>>18474379
>>18474379

>>18474381

No responses from the Wesck?

The yontar and glund continue to evolve in unison. The yontay begins to grow spongy moss like tissue on the tips of its roots where bio-luminescent glund light is visible. This spongy material is harvested by glund and placed into farming chambers where mushroom and other fungus develop. This fungus is then used to feed the glund as well as provide nutrients for the yontar when the fungus dies and becomes fertilizer.

The yontar plant has also evolved honey comb like calcium over its leaves. This honey comb allows air through the many holes, and also keeps it strong against predators. Though it loses some energy generation, it is supplemented by subterranean gloom light photo synthesis.

>>18474259

Even with their primary prey now mostly earthbound, the Wecsky continue their control of the day lit airspace.


They only land during the night, and assume a ball nest, the interior slowly buzzing to generate heat during the night to ensure the survival of the swarm.

To further improve their protection during these night time hours, a mutation, which only happens amongst the strongest (Or perhaps those who have been exposed to the floating Frrila isles for too long) causes them to lose their wings, and grow heavy shells. While alone they are no match for a single stalck, the pheromones released by a fallen guardian throws the slumbering ball into a frenzy. Following the scent of their fallen's fluids on the attacker, they rend the foe without mercy.

Combined with the armored guardians and soarers, they can attempt to hunt down the bounding Flouz, with mixed success. Guardians always die, rushing in head long without regard for safety or survival, intent only on getting a good latch onto the Flouz and snarling them while their soaring kin move in with a hundred stinging swips before flying off, to avoid harm.

They are the honored elders, too old to join the hunt, but still ready to give their lives dearly for the swarm. If they are not a part of a hunt, they spend what remains of their short time sunning on rocks, waiting for the buzz of their children over head to tell them it is either time to sleep, or time to kill.

>>18474407
I think that's cue for a little something.

Something... changed in the physiology of the Stalck fliers. The more they fly, the more they lose their link to the Frilla, in an irreversible process that begin since their hatching.
In short, they now have a different link to Frilla than the one between the Frilla and the Frowgs.

>>18474290

Since guardians are only formed from the oldest and the largest, figured a size compare would be in order.

>>18474471
about twice the size of a Stalkc?
More like 3?

>>18474465
Works for me.

My image of the Frrila in the future? Massive floating cities with various species working and living throughout, the underlying nature of things for the good of the many, without a true consciousness, but a definable awareness...


As it stands im thinking about going back to one of the original ones and working out a new species.

I want to fill the skies at some point.

>>18474290

See them performing more of short hops around, given their less then aerodynamic body.

Perhaps leaping in the air to catch a low flying skimmer?

>>18474457
Very cool! I like what you did there, it turned out really great so far!

Hmm... Food seems sustained, and you have a queen now as well as a shelter.
But there's no predator. So far they've gone to the waters or to the sky.
That's good and bad I suppose!

Indonesian Gentleman, could we have some help here for an idea on our creations?

With possibly of other species attacking their homes and yontar food sources the glund have evolved a soldier class. These glund have elongated tendrils with mandibles on the end. These mandables are extremely sharp from cutting through soil and are hollowed allow those bitten to be injected with radioactive toxins or sucked dry of bodily fluids. The soldier glunds make pits and hide at the bottom of them, when an unsespecting prey enters the pit the glund bites with its many tendrils and drags the prey partial under ground so it wont escape. It is possible for many soldier glund to lay in wait in a single hole for larger prey.

>>18474495
>>18474493
i like how at the moment above ground we have air polluted with yontar toxin and below ground we have tons of glund tunnels filled with fungus, moss, and toxic slime

I am seriously imagining this is one of the Death Worlds that is mentioned in 40k

Its just too awesome.

>>18474486

I just reduced the size of the Wecsky by 50%.

I imagine they are fairly small, given their highly mobile nature?

Perhaps they have a slight size advantage, but they can not make up for the Stalkc's nature inclination of being a ground hunter.

A pair of mean claws and a barbed tail is no match for the mantis snail. They are just sort of to go "Hey! Hey! Get off mah lawn punk! Don't make me call mah grandkids!" since the Wecsky's strength is purely in numbers and mobility.

>>18474493
Don't worry, the burrowGlunds still has predators in the form of Wescks, flierStalcks and hopperFlouz. Of course, any of you are more than welcome to take an earlier form and evolving them in a different direction.
And the Pluup, they still need lots of love about them! So far I only see two pluups other from the original, and they're just one lineage. Diminishing population, perhaps?

>>18474516

I imagine the night Wesck give them a bit of hell if they venture out of their burrows at night.

>>18474465
The Frillas have made their decision. They cannot nurture two species, especially one that refuses to stay so close to it. The Frowgs begin to adapt once more. As a conservation method in long waiting periods for food, the frowgs master the art of hibernation, huddled together in big lumpy purple clusters within chambers methodically sealed with mats of vegetation, only to be perked awake in an instant the moment a school of prey stirs the Frilla's network of roots. The lack of competition for space with the stalcks allows them to grow slightly larger. For now their existence would seem almost utopian. For now...

>>18474529

Want to play more...

Have to be up for work in four hours...

I hate/love you so much OP, but now, I must be off to sleep.

Until next time, I guess the Wecsky continue the control of the sky, their greatest becoming guardians to ensure the safety of the swarm, and to give their lives to help bring down the delicious adult Flouhoppers.

>>18474542
Sleep tight, mon. Don't worry, your contributions have been recorded, and every decision is a right one.

The Pluup continues to evolve, over time doing away with it's long tentacle during the surge of more and more poisonous creatures. It's poisonous tendrils have been replaced by two poison pouches on its cheeks, also acting as a neutralizer to anything poisonous it may eat with its wide mouth. Being so low to the ground, its middle set of legs strengthen, allowing it to swim more easily and climb over obstacles.

some worker glund have evolved a suction like mouth piece. This allows them to consume slime and is resulting in large amounts of toxins to build up in their bodies. When they become bloated they are fed to the soilders and queen to increase their volatility and often accompany worker glund to the surface. When on the surface the bloat glund move slower then their fellows. As a result when predators attack the bloated glunds move slower and are eaten/killed rather than valuable workers, and also deliver fatal doses of toxins to those attempting to eat them.

Assuming from earlier posts that this strain of Wesck still scours the night?

The Wesck under going a somewhat drastic change due the colder climates during the night. The Night Wescks branching off from it's diurnal brother have become more lethargic even during it's prime hunting in the night.

It has compensated for this by developing a secretion from it's stringer which acts as a sticky sap. Several of them layer this sap in area's that seems to get high traffic from other creatures, and devours them when they awakens at night (Think swarm spiders). It has begun attempting to feed on other creatures (with varying degrees of success?)

It's front forearm have developed into claw like appendages not so much for hunting and feeding but to help it cling to rocks and other surfaces during the day, they wrap themselves in now thinking and less translucent wings to block out the blinding sunlight.

>>18474554

So far, those look like adorable mudkip monsters that got steamrolled. Keep up the good work!


>>18474551
That's actually really clever... I like the idea. Makes it so hunting parties are a lot safer from the sky...
I wonder of it's possible for us to expend like the others... To try to grow out of the marsh a little?

>>18474569
Whoa... That's what we're up against? This will be interesting.

>>18474582
This vs. Bladeworem, not sure which to fear more.

an event happened!
One of the Frilla colonies, inhabited by loyal Frowgs and less-than-loyal Stalcks, has been blown off-course, and has been floating around in the ocean for some time. But now, they find themselves beached on a strange new land! Or rather, an archipelago!
>place unlocked: islands. Wait for the new thread for this place, there will be indigenous plants and animals.

Meanwhile, heavy torrential rains have descended on the mainland. The floods it caused have dislodged nutrients to flow towards the coast and out into the ocean. Of course, some Glund colonies have became flooded as well, and the flood have torn entire clumps of Mevolas and Yantars.

>>18474599
That it for tonight then?

>>18474554
>>18474599
the recent floods have cause many problems in glund colonies. However some bloat glunds have evolved to suck up water rather than toxins, these Gel-Glunds feed on water and combine it with other nutrients in the slime to created a sugar water. These Gel-Glund gorge themselves on water and slime until they grow so bloated that they are rolled to the fungus farm or queens chamber and allowed to burst, feeding nearby glund larvae or fungus.

(also can the glund elect to get smaller and increase in number per colony?)
(right now i figure the average colony contains 1 queen, 19 soldiers, 15 toxic bloats, 15 gel glunds, and 50 workers) equal to about a 100 per colony
can they double their numbers of each and shrink by say 1/4 to 1/2?

>>18474625
Nah, keep going until natural thread death. Or lack of contributors. Whichever comes first!

>>18474641
Well it's 5 AM and that's an hour past losing control of my life. And I just spent the last few minutes making a frowg lounging on a beach with a tall glass of Frillaberry.

I'll check back on how shit progresses later.

The Wesck evolve Propaganda posters.

I'm done tonight.

some Soldier Glund have evovled new mouths. These mouths are a combination of mandibles and spider like spinnerets. By recurgitating soil the glund can make a super hard structure. As a result this new breed of glund- Glund weavers spin low lying webs to catch winged predators seeking to ingest them. The webs have warning lines to soldier pits that when triggered cause all soldiers in the pits to move to the ensnared victim and begin draining it of tasty body fluids and inject it with toxins to kill it.

with this new class of Glund, worker glunds have been able to gather food from the surface more easily, without as much fear of Wesck attack

The Poisonous glund reacted to the cold and storm by eating more, getting bigger and thickening their carapace.

They used their new senses to locate Mevola to eat, using flexible spikes on the tail of their carapace to ground themselves when eating and run dangerous current though the carapace into the ground.

They use their increased size and durability to raid groundglund bases for food in times of scarcity.

(I assume Flouz lack eyes, as at no point did I spot them developing those, in this thread nor in the earlier).

Unlike many of the other creatures, the hoppers respond to the increased predation with speed, instead of poisons. The main tentacles of the hoppers are becoming more and more leg-like, as their increased muscle mas forces their pseudo bones harden so they can support the creature.

In addition to this, their legs are now covered with the same kind of barbed hairs as the tips of their "toes" are. They serve both as extremely sensitive feelers, and defense against predators who might try to grab them, barbed hairs make grabbing them extremely painful.

The growing amounts of poisons in the environment have forced the Hoppers to develop an additional stomach to properly neutralize the toxins.

Their new and more active lifestyle has also resulted in the development of primitive eyesight, though it is mostly based in infrared.
They have also developed pheromone glands for communication with each other.

The new breed of Hoppers are opportunistic scavengers and omnivores. They feed o anything they find. They have bigger mouth parts and more developed secondary to help cracking open though shells and capturing smaller prey.

The Hoppers still reproduce by spawning hundreds of floating larva, and although they have started to develop primitive sociality, they are still mostly loners, who do not take care of their young, and instead rely on numbers for survival.

>>18474685

*more developed secondary tentacles

>>18474677
The poisonous glund lost their ability to curl into a ball and gained horns made from hardened dense carapace material to use to stave off other worem descendants and small foes with their ancoring spike becoming more flexible and longer, gaining the ability to seep their poison as well.

Their antenna have been replaced by small hairs all over the fleshy segment s of it's body to allow for sensory data from all angles with forward sensory data being relegated to their second spectrum eyes.

The poisonous glund's horns evolve serrated edges to help take down large plantlife and opponents.

The rear spike becomes thicker and stronger and a bulb storing concentrated poison grows in.

The horns of the young come in a bit after the carapace.

How many people are still left in this thread?

went and looked at the older thread with the blade worem and stuff...i took a walking pill bug that evolved from a worm....and made it back into a worm...then made it into an ant like slug/zerg/tyranid life form that lives under super toxic radioactive plants...

A herbivore off-shoot of Flouz that developed tougher skin and bigger gas bladder. Some changes in digestive system increase the volatility of the gas as well.

>>18474782
sometimes you just gotta
*shades*
go back to your roots

>>18474849

>increase the volatility of the gas as well.

Please tell me that they can explode when attacked, so they will take their assailant with them?

((Indonesian Gentleman, I would like to make a new species from scratch, and in an odd way. i dont want it to disrupt your game. so if it offends or doesnt fit, please kill it off, but do so with a little story. in the mean time. here is my story))

Carried across the black void of space for a span of time longer then this world has existed a small cloud of organic dust drifted on stellar winds. By chance an insignificant asteroid went into and out of that cloud, and made it to your planet. with it comes new life. The LemUy, Simple creatures without a nitch in the chain of life. ready to be snuffed out by a new environment never meant for them if they fail to adapt.
---
essentially a giant cellular structure, they are mobile like an amoeba, but more bouncy. they have limited intelligence. Oddly enough the one behavior they do exhibit is playfulness. Right now they benefit from the fact that they seem to be inedible to most of the species of the planet, while they themselves live off a combination of photosynthesis an internal breakdown of water that is then consumed as oxygen and hydrogen...which is then also broken down into carbon dioxide and more water..which is then photosynthesized again. When sufficient mass is gained they divide.

With their increased capacity to digest toxins, some flouz have discovered the ample food sources that glund colonies provide, and have evolved multiple sticky, tounge-like tendrils that extend from the mouth for several feet, allowing the flouz to devour entire glund colonies. This leads to groups of flouz tending to gather near Yontar to feed, knowing that (due to the symbiotic nature of the yontar and glund) a glund colony must surely be nearby.

As there are only so many glund nests, these new glund-eating Flouz have begun sharing meals, and traveling with, other Flouz. This herd mentality serves the dual purpose of locating more glund nests (thus increasing total food for the entire pack) and allows most of the herd to escape when predators attack, leaving only the weakest and slowest to be devoured.

(First attempt at this, I hope I didn't add too much, or step on anyone else's Flouzing.)

Having larger gas-bladder and overall size, Boomer Flouz no longer move by hopping, but use their larger tentacles to drag the body around. Slow and steady. Which is good when you lug a bladder full of explosive gas around.

>>18474934
they also release spores that form microscopic versions of themselves, but much less evolved. they are usually treated as food by other microorganisms/ filter feeders and are more edible to the local life. if sufficient spores survive it will allow them to form a moss like carpeting in their immediate area with some fern like structures, they will also begin sporing, creating a light mist in the area. the moss is also highly edible to herbivores, but has a high protein content like meat.

>>18474968
((forgot picture. derp.))

>>18474673
>>18474959
have to point out while the flouz has developed a secound stomach to help digest toxins, it hasnt developed immunity to the yantar's air born spores or tough skin to protect it from injected venom from Glund soilders.

Also in response to the tongues incading the Glund nests, glund weavers have evovled to have serated mandibles. They now hide buried up to their mouths in tunnels and as a tongue passes my they clamp their cutting jaws shut. However this doesnt protect the glund that are near the surface or on the surface from these ravenous predators, but keeps the queen and food chambers safe so that the colony isnt entirely wiped out.

>>18474989
g2g to class
bbl

>>18474989
Good point, actually sort of forgot about the radioactive cloud Yontars emit. That, combined with the venomous soldiers (and new chompy glund weavers) would explain why roving herds of HerdFlouz don't annialate the glund; they can't spend too long around the Yontar without getting sick (another reason so many of them can feed from the same Glundnest: they have to take turns being near to it).

>ITT: what spore should have been.

Dam, do I wish it was even remotely like this.
Here, have this picture for this awesome thread.

The LemUy have found an environment to call their own. Low laying valleys, caves, with a degree of dampness. Along the way they developed a symbiosis with a local incandescent bacteria. They now glow blue-green when content, or alarmed. With their more permanent location the spore to air density has increased. It is now apparent the LemUy have two methods of reproduction. Division like a cell, or Sporing...each stage of the micro LemUy ecosystem is actually a developmental period towards adulthood. Unfourtionatly it is rare to see a LemUy reach adulthood this way due to the LemUy simply rolling over and absentmindedly consuming the hopefuls.

>>18474934
Don't worry, it's approved. Life is about to get weird on the mainland, I guess...

And since they're different, I think it'll have to adapt to moss or detritus if it's going to be more animal-like, or adapting how to extract suitable nutrient from the ground if it's going for a plant-like feel. In any case it has to adapt to this alien world's biochemistry.

the lemuy continue to bio-form damp areas, any attempts to move into dry regions results in death by dehydration leaving nothing more then a withered husk. poor little guys. They can now feed off of their local biosphere. Moss, detritus, carrion, in addition to breaking down water and sunlight for energy. This new food source allows them to breed faster in hopes of a new beneficial mutation. The Lemuy have evolved an organelle that is dimly sensitive to electrical and barometric pressure changes, It can allow them to chemically stimulate their bacterial nodes allowing for more complex light patterns, indicating a wider range of emotion and status.

Its bed time for the LemUy. I hope to see a few offshoots, even if its just one shots. Keep in mind they are not turbo murder machines. Going for a "useful to other creatures" sorta vibe eventually. eating parasites, cleaning off waste, creating moss/fern areas to consume

.one more evolution! The LemUy have created a nocturnal subspecies, they constantly glow, even during the daylight hours they are awake. The Noctrual LemUy have evolved sensory/ control organelles allowing them a greater degree of communication amongst themselves resulting in more nomadic behavior. It should be noted now that areas the lemuy have inhabited are now very, very thick with spores in the air to where the fog severely inhibits vision and could cause possible respiratory distress. due to their isolation to below sea level areas, and that the spore fog becomes denser then air as it matures thus falling like thick rain it never reaches significant height either, thus never leaving their caves and valleys.

bump.

A freakish mutation in the still surviving airborne Flouz population produces a new type of creature, that proves to be exceptionally good at surviving.

The chambered Flouz has the majority of it's body parts doubled, thus it has 4 primary tentacles and 8 secondary ones. It's greatest advantage however is the fact that it's gas bladder is now made of multiple chambers, making it much more resilient to the piercing attacks of wesck's.

These new type of flouzs quickly became quite common, as they were no longer as wounereable to their main predators as their ancestors were.

The Boomer Flouz develops a warning pattern against predators, so they will be even less likely to touch them.
The Boomers also develop longer secondary tentacles, which also end in sensory hairs.
In addition to this, the barbed hairs in their toes change to an acute sensory organ.

>>18474989

in response to the glunds new protective measures, the Tongued Flouz develop hard and barbed cartilage layer over the tips of their tongues, making them more resistant to damage. This however makes them lose their stickiness. Because of this, the Tongued Flouz now hunts by harpooning it's prey with it's tongues. The added weight of the cartilage and the muscle tissue needed for their newfound function has forced the tongues to become somewhat shorter however.

The poisonous excretions of both the yantar plants and the Glunds have also taken their toll on the tongued flouz species. To quickly remove the toxins from their systems, they have greatly increased metabolism, which in turn has reduced their size and made their lives shorter.

Although the majority of the most deadly poisons are either quickly neutralized or expelled, large amounts of toxic residue slowly accumulates inside the body of the Flouz, which also makes their lives much shorter.

The old harpooned flouzes are sickly and shriveled creatures, as the toxins have slowly eaten them alive. Because of this, the harpooned flouz lives it's live swiftly. It reproduces when it's is young, as it's toxic diet won't allow it to live very long.

Common method in nature for dealing with toxins ladies and gents, is a more efficient liver. that and the storage of toxins in fatty tissues, in theory a creature that consumes a lot of toxic compounds would be very efficient at neutralizing them and excreting them in some manner.

>>18478288

What if a creature only recently (relatively speaking. This is evolutionary scale after all) started consuming toxic substances?

>>18478288
Shogun Glund has already researched this technology.

He demands you trade him your knowledge of gunpowder instead for his chariot archers

>>18478320
Most of the offspring would probably die, but the ones who survive will have an easier time with it. If this goes on they will eventually become more or less immune to it.

This is why agricorps need to keep switching the pesticides they use every year or so - the bugs have such a short breeding cycle that they become immune to specific poisons extremely quickly.

Meanwhile, in the ocean, an evolutionary arms race is going on between the bladeworems and the foldworems.

>>18478382

So an evolutionary arms race is going down, then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQkWdtDHTw

>>18478413
>>18478419

>evolutionaryarmsracemind

>>18478420

>the fuck is this?

While the Chambered Flouz quickly started out-competing it's ancestors in their own niche, some of them managed to adapt to this newcomer.

Because the Chambered Flouz was better in what normal Flouzes did in almost every respect, the Flouzes were forced to adapt. They took smaller forms, developed rudimentary wings from their rear tentacles and further refined their already existing propulsion system.

These changes made them much more agile than their lumbering cousins, allowing them to move to another ecological niche, instead of competing for the same one with the Chambered Flouz.

Bumb for evolution!

>>18474989
due to aons of predation by surface creatures the ground glund have finally abondoned the surface in favor for the underground. They have begone to completly seal their nests underground. As a result their nests are much deeper, some queen chambers are up to 15 feet below the surface. As a result over a very short number of generations the glund have lost their eye sight and now relies primarily on pheromones to navigate its underground realm

>>18474972
kawaii uguu

The chambered flouz's primary tentacles develop in to a trap like organ. The barbed hairs covering the "arms" are used to ensnare prey, while the minor tentacles drag it to the mouth. The 4 longer tentacles are used for both defense, movement and anchoring the Sky-trap to the ground.

The phosphorescent patches on it's head have grown immense, and are used to lure unwary fliers, such as the larval flouzes to their doom.

>>18479240

I forgot the pic apparently.

>>18479102

As the glunds bored ever deeper to the ground, the Flouz population started slowly, but surely dwindle. The massive harpoon flouz herds began to disperse, as the food sources ran dry. Those who survived, were forced to adopt another way to live.

The Nomadic Flouz are smaller than their ancestors, they live in smaller although socially far more complex societies that are constantly on the move. They are opportunistic scavengers once again.

Because of their more complex social structure, their pheromone glands have developed, along with their nervous system, that is starting to form numerous primitive brain like structures in the key parts of their body.

Their legs have also adapted to the more mobile lifestyle, as they have become stronger and sturdier.
The greatest development in their biology is their reproductive strategy however.
Instead of releasing hundreds of small and defenseless larvae, the Flouzes instead carry the larvae inside themselves, allowing them to develop further, and thus giving them a competing advance against predators.

Another species of Flouz developed from the original hopping flouz.
The Running Flouz is a predatory creature, that is specialized in hunting other smaller creatures and ground bound flouz species, such as the now extinct harpooned flouz and their descendants the nomadic flouz.

The barbed hairs in their toes developed into sharp claw-like hooks that give them a firm grip on the ground as they run.
Their forward facing tentacles also developed these kinds of barbs, allowing them to grab their prey more efficiently.
Their back tentacles gained mas and became more rigid and tail-like, giving the creature much needed balance for it's running.

The Running Flouz hunts in small packs, and uses distraction to pick of the weakened prey, which it charges with it's sharp mouth parts first, ready to rip open the unlucky prey.

The Boomer Flouz develops glands on it's underside that excrete thick slime, thus easing it's slow crawling over the ground. In addition, the slime traps small creatures, giving the boomer an easy way to get food.

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>>18479787
My life for Aiur!!

No but srsly awsm evo thread, gj guys

bump

Bumbing with jet another Flouz.

The most massive offshoot of the original Hopping Flouz is the Great Flouz. These sizable omnivores prowl through the undergrowth, and snag anything edible to their powerful peak like mouth.

To support their increased mass, the Great Flouz developed larger gas sacks and sturdier legs. They don't jump around, instead they lazily mow down plants and animals alike that are in their way.

They have extremely thick skin, and indeed, they are able to shrug off damage that would rupture a lesser Flouz. To ward of any would be predators the Great Flouz has developed two muscular whip like tentacles, that it can use to constrain it's assailants.

Like their ancestors, they reproduce by spawning hundreds of larvae to the air, and hoping that at least few of them survive.

A new variant of the winged flouz has developed longer wings, sharper peak and the barbed hairs in its toes have changed to sharp hooks.

These fast flying creatures are specialized in hunting larvae of other Flouz creatures. They swiftly either grab them from air with their hooked tentacles or pierce them to their sharp peak.

>>18480903

They have also evolved primitive eyesight, although they mostly navigate towards their prey based on scent.

Too late to join?

>>18481912
Make bladeworms stronger and bigger or something else and you can always join

Pic and description of bladeworms?

most liekly by now there's several dozen species to be honest.

well can you give me a pic and description of the most mild of the bladeworm species?

>>18482029
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/18447772/
read first thread
In short thats big water worm that splits caustics spray

Mmky
A cousin too the bladeworm have taken another evolutionary route. They have grown smaller, have a shorter life spand and reach adult hood sooner. They have increased birth rates.

I had to pass out last night but Im happy to see the thread alive!

The Mevola have made a few minor changes.
The large base tendrils now have smaller offshoots, for more fine manipulation, thees are connected to the center of the tendril, which in turn is connected to the ''capacitor gue'' surrounding the brain. After their vast root system froze the Mevola had to acquire nutrients by other means, as fueling Its massive brain is no mean feat. One of Its gargantuan bulbs has specialized for this exact purpose. Sporting large metallic teeth however tends to scare away likely prey however, so the mouth generally is closed to look much like the other bulb, which has developed crude photo receptors and extra "lightning rod'' stalks. To attract prey non mature spores are released, whose job, when breathed or ingested in sufficient quantity hijack the hosts nervous system, steering it towards the mother plant. Not all animals are devoured however, some are made to ingest mature spores. The spores live in the digestive track and feed off of whatever the host eats. Weeks later a bulb with teeth developed and eats its way out, ''rooting'' on top of the host, and the rest of its body to speed up growth.

by the way, here is the island thread:
>>18482230

but you can still post here, reflecting the different events that happen in the islands and the mainland.

Art Change!

Guess ill start namefagging now. I was doing the Stalcks a little bit at first. Added the neck growth

A few colonies of underground Glund have gathered closer to the surface where competition is more fierce. Now blind but with excellent pheromone perception , swarms of glund now hunt at night for creatures to bring back to the Glund Queen. Instead of secreting goo, they now have goo sacks on their undersides, undulating them for surprisingly fast locomotion.

Being even smaller, they have shorten life span, but increased birth rates. Also the now significantly smaller cousins, are grouping into larger and larger swarms.
No visible change except size.

The blade worms i am talking about.

With plant life growing more complex the foldworems begin feeding at the surface exclusively. To aid in this their six filter-mouths have become industrious intake ports, necessitating a larger stomach as well.

The chamber flouz developing controllable vents that release excess air, for quick altitude adjustment, while also growing a back air nozzle to move more quickly. This increased mobility has lead to increased opportunities for predation and therefor increased size

Been lurking a while, thought I'd contribute something.

Meanwhile in the ocean:

Thanks to their smaller size, the new breed of smaller Bladeworems are easy prey for their larger cousins. As a defense they lose their gliding wings, and adopt a more earthy colouration to better blend in with the ocean floor. Some have been observed making burrows by dissolving soil on the seafloor with their acid but as of yet this behaviour is still rare.

Now that they feed on the boundary between sea and sky the filterworems are vulnerable to attack from above and below. A mutation of eyespots along the underbelly as well as the back helps clots of filterworems scatter to avoid the questing swarms of bladeworems.

Given I cannot draw for shit.

Several varieties of middle weight blade worms have started to develop large blades, that connect with folds of tissue giving them a form of Ray shape. they are primarily mid water swimmers and sometimes burst from the water to snatch prey.

To supply energy for this they have lost their acidic saliva.

Mevloa's photo receptors become much more advenced and numerous. They can can now discharge excess energy through the ends of their tendrils, to incapacitate their prey. Having no natural predators, Mevola now often grow to be 15 feet tall, although the oldest and craftiest are now 40 to 50 feet

The Lemuy have grown a single giant glowing cilia from their nucleus. It can be waved about to attract the other species of the planet. This behavior indicates that the Lemuy want to groom the other creatures of their parasites, dead cells, and other filth. Internally the Lemuy have again increased spore production. The Lemuy biosphere, spores included, have reflected the luminosity of their parents and now at night entire feilds, valleys and caves emit a light glow. The spores are frequently brought to new areas by the Lemuy's client creatures.

(We might be in autosage....)

Chufluoz through consecutive breeding gain strong muscular tentacles, capable of fending off all but the largest wesck swarms, or simply for grabbing larger prey to eat.

>>18482230 invade? in a tropical fashion

>>18484092 next thread, get in here before we all die.

A variety of bladeworms get smaller, but they know are grouping into bigger swarms. Their head becomes slightly bigger to house the bigger ganglia inside. The Bladeworms are starting to use hunting tactics.

poor picture but thats signifying the increased head size.

>>18488208

There is already a new thread going, I case you missed it.
>>18484092