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Random stuff and something else.

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Actually life is beautiful because the sound I make while trying to breathe around hot food sounds like my dog trying to eat an apple. When I yawn my cat tries to put his face in my mouth like a little dentist man and when he yawns I put my finger in his obligate-carnivore trapzone and we both know he will not hurt me. When I do not fold my clothes, they do not hold it against me.

I am demonstrably sad, and lonely, and full of fear. But there are other people who will hold my hand, who will point out the hawk overhead, who will give you That Look in a public place. The other day at a coffee shop a child said "look! It's snowing!" so all of us strangers went to go look out the windows. It wasn't the first snow and it won't be the last but wasn't it lovely like that?

How wonderful to live in a world where birds and frogs both say beep! How wonderful to have an ocean of beautiful sharks with their dinosaur teeth! How wonderful the moon and her changing face, how wonderful the bees and their dancing to communicate, how wonderful shrimp and their forbidden layers of vision! How wonderful, you, and what you will give the world! The way we love things enough to spend entire blogs devoted to them? How people will let me explain my Pokemon team to them? How we will both jump at the scare in the movie, how we laugh so loudly, how it feels to give someone your baking? How wonderful to be alive. I am sorry for forgetting.

This is the process of getting better. With wonderful people and wonderful strangers and wonderful friends: I am getting better, slowly. Thank you, whoever you are. In some way, you've been wonderful, and left a wonderful place in the world to ripple out to me. In some small way - isn't it beautiful - I promise, you've been helping.

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Not on mood for drawing

Hey, guys! I’m just passing here to apologize for the lack of posts this week. I’m not on my usual mood and I can’t deliver any ~quality work like this, so I might as well not post anything.

I’ve tried to draw this week’s entry, but I felt like I wasn’t doing my best. The proportions were all wrong, and I was barely thinking about the biological systems on the creature. It was some lazy job (like I said, I’m not on mood for drawing). Sorry.

If it helps: this week’s entry would be the Root-digger, from the Sagitta family. Yeah, that one which eats half a Shadowvine’s root and then spread the rest of it through the forest :)

That’s all, folks. Pardon my laziness :v

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Arrow-head

The Arrow-head is an animal-like organism indigenous to an isolated island, located in the equatorial regions of the planet Eden, the same island from which Eden’s Roses come. Altough this organism strongly resembles an Earth’s lizard, it does not present enough similar physiological characteristics (such as scales, “cold-blood”, oviparity or ammonious wastes).

The organism is a primary-consumer, feeding on the Slimegrasses on the soil. For such task, it has a mandible-lowering mechanism - as oposed to the “mouth-opening” one of other animal-like creatures -, capable of taking its food from the ground directly to its mouth without the need of focusing sight on the food. Its abillity to detect food without directly looking at it comes from special odor-senstive cells on the bottom of its head, capable of recognizing the smell of the “algae”.

The name “Arrow-head”, as opposed to what it suggests, does not mean that the arrow-shaped head is an unique characteristic. Field biologists have named it like this as a way to express its genetic proximity to the common ancestor of all the Sagitta family, to which also belong the Root-digger, the Rose-licker and the Arrow-hunter (all of the island’s “complex animals“).

Being in the “complex animal” category, the Arrow-head has various complex systems* dedicated to a wide variety of physical functions. Some that outstand themselves are the Biodigestive System and the Reproductory System. The first one because of its abillity to extract all of the needed water from the Slimegrasses only - which is proves useful, as the organism would have some problems in effectively drinking water from ponds -; as for the Reproductory System, it outstands because of the way the reproduction happens in these organisms: one of them lies on its back, while the other “connects” its organ to the other’s and at the end, both are pregnant and will give birth to two or three descendants.

First commented entrance on the organism’s encyclopedia page was made by Field Biologist 01 from the Adam Mission, Karmen Ragson.

*Numerous complex systems. No room for display. Seek further specific information on each system for details. Global entry: YWHA2_SAGITTASP_SYS/X

(That’s all folks. No delays today :D )

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Alterpillar

The Alterpillar is an animal-like organism indigenous to an isolated island, located in the equatorial regions of the planet Eden, the same island from which Eden’s Roses come. Altough it is very similar in looks to an Earth’s caterpillar (hence the name: alternate + caterpillar), the organism is actually closer in physiology to the worms: Plathelminthes, Nemathelminthes and Annelids.

One of the most outstading characteristics of this being is its symbiosis with an alga-like organism, which provides it with glucose and oxygen, while the worm provides them with moisture. The glucose shared by the algae is enough to sustain the organism - explaining the absence of a digestive system -, and while this might seem impossible, there is an explanation: the worm is “hollow”, this way it has more surface area for photosynthesis and a numer of cells small enough to survive on the products of that process. The hollow cavity is called the Air Sack, and serves part as a rudimentary pulmon - for oxygenation of the inner cells - and part as a small water reservoir - for supplying the algae with moisture on dry days.

As every organism on the island, the Alterpillar is depedant on the “Roses’” shadow, especially for keeping its algae moist. The organism attaches itself to the main stem of a “Rose” and remains still - trusting its algae-camouflage to stay safe from predators like the Rose-licker -, altough, it does not have any fixation appendages, its method is more ingenious and resourceful: excretions; the worm has a rudimentary Excretory System, which collects waste from all over its structure and disposes of it through Excretion Cavities on its bottom. The excreted material then provides fixation for the organism, which is now able to stay in place and favour photosynthesis.

The movements of the worm are controled by a primitive Neural System, composed of a small ganglion in the front, close to odor-sensitive cells - for orientation -, and two ganglia segments - one in the bottom and other in the top - for locomotion control and tact. The organism’s method of locomotion is similar to that of the Earth’s Earthworms: stretching forward and then retracting the back part of the body.

An Alterpillar’s life-cycle is as follows: after reaching maturity, the worm seeks for a mate, then they release gamets and mucus (both produced in the Reproductive System) while letting some algae fall into the “mixture”. The mucus is then left in the stem, protecting the eggs during their development and providing moisture for the algae. When fully developed, the young Alterpillars - which are called nymphs - leave the mucus, bringing some algae along, and start their life. It is not unusual for an Alterpillar nymph to be carried by the wind to land on a different “Rose” after leaving the mucus, this process is probably meant to avoid a concentrated population and incest.

First commented entrance on the organism’s encyclopedia page was made by Field Biologist 01 from the Adam Mission, Karmen Ragson. Warning: off-directives commentary; reason: disappointment. (That’s all folks. Sorry for the delay. Again, it’s my fault ;-; )

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Sunbloom

The Sunbloom is a plant-like organism indigenous to an isolated island, located in the equatorial regions of the planet Eden, the same island from which Eden’s Roses come. Having its own Floral Structures, this organism is the most idependent from the “Roses” to live in the island, altough it is not completely independent.

The floral structures give a hint and genetic analysis further confirms that the Sunblooms share a common ancestor with the Eden Roses, altough, they have followed very different evolutive paths. For starts, Sunblooms remained small organisms, while the “Roses” filled the ecosystem’s “tree niche”; Sunblooms also developed multiple (relatively) small floral structures capable of retracting instead of one big static structure for protection, their structures are also more flexible than those of the “Roses’”; Sunblooms’ floral structures are attached directly to its photosynthetic stems, which are branches of a single stem, attached to the organisms Fixation Structure - which is also responsible for absorbing minerals from the soil.

The flexible stems help the organism to survive the strong winds of the oceanic storms that occasionally hit the island - a strategy opposite to that of its “larger cousins”. Another measure taken against the winds is to retract its Floral Structures, reducing the air resistance of the organism and making it less prone to being ripped off from the ground; this measure is possible thanks to specialized Photosensitive Cells, that keep the floral structure opened under intense solar radiation, and closed in its absence - hence the name “Sunbloom”. The organism’s overall flexibility also helps its reproductive cycle - which is identical to that of the “Roses” -, by dispersing more polen and gamets along with the winds.

As opposed to the “Roses”, Sunblooms are not essential for the ecosystem, therefore, they could be subjected to being preyed on, fact prevented by the organism’s poisonous nature - property alerted by the color of its Floral Structures. Another form of defense used by the organism is alelopathy: due to its size, Sunblooms can’t share soil with other organisms - like Shadowvines, which share soil with Eden Roses, benefiting of the shadow casted by them -, so they release chemical compounds on the soil around them that prevent the growth of other photosynthetic organisms.

First commented entrance on the organism’s encyclopedia page was made by Field Biologist 02 from the Adam Mission, William Strauss. Warning: off-directives commentary; reasons unknown. (That’s all folks. Sorry for the delay, this time it’s my fault :v )

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Slimegrass

The Slimegrass is an alga-like organism found in various regions of the planet Eden. Altough it presents a number of resemblances to Earth’s algae, it outstands itself in one factor: it lives on land, similar to organisms like mosses and slimes, but serving an ecological function similar to that of grasses.

Slimegrasses are organisms composed of various individuals cells living in a stationary colony style and sharing resources through cellular diffusion. The dependancy on such method of nutrient transport limits the organism, causing its average size to be around 5 milimetres. If an organism reaches a size double that of the average, the cellular diffusion system will start failing, causing the death of cells, which, in a chain reaction, cause the organism to split in half. This is the effective mean of reproduction of the species, since it can only happen if the enviromental conditions are favourable enough to support an organism double the average size.

A close-up on the Slimegrass’ cells shows a number of similarities to Earth’s algae, with some differences on the cellular structure to facilitate cellular diffusion. An outstanding characteristic, however, is the organism’s ability to survive on land, due to its cells producing a substance capable of absorbing moisture from the surrounding atmosphere and retaining it for a longer time. This trait is especially useful in regions like the “Rose Island”, in which solar radiation is more intense - altough, the Slimegrasses, like any other organism in the island, take advantage of the shadow casted by the “Roses” for protection.

Being such simple and widespread organisms, Slimegrasses are an essential part of the planet’s Biosphere, serving the role of producers for various complex food webs - much like phytoplankton in the oceans. Also, by keeping moisture in their structures, Slimegrasses play a grand role on the hydration - besides the nutrition - of primary consumers of dryer ecosystems.

First commented entrance on the organism’s encyclopedia page was made by Field Biologist 01 from the Adam Mission, Karmen Ragson. (That’s all folks. Sorry for the delay, it’s Tumblr’s fault...) 

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Shadowvine:

The Shadowvine is a plant-like lifeform indigenous to an isolated island, located in the equatorial regions of the planet Eden, the same island from which Eden’s Roses come. The “Roses” are a key factor to the Shadowvine’s survival, because they provide the needed shelter from the intense equatorial radiation, therefore, it is not uncommon to find Shadowvines growing around the base of an Eden’s Rose.

Altough very similar in structure to the vines found on Earth, the Shadowvines have some major differences in behaviour and minor details on their anatomy that set them apart, for example: Shadowvines do not tend to grow upwards using the “Roses” as sustaining strucures, they are fairly bound to the ground and have basically no attachments to their “natural parasols”; also, their Photosynthetic Organs differentiate from the vines’ leaves through their nutrient circulation networks - that are much more dependent on cellular diffusion - and their stem connections - located more in their interior than in their borders.

The fixation structure is also very different from the vines’ roots. The structure is an amorphous multicellular agglomerate, containing lots of pores in its body to favour water and mineral absorbtion from the soil around (note that, because of the considerable size difference between the Shadowvine and the “Rose”, the latter is not harmed by the soil sharing with the former). The structure’s cells are also totipotent, which means that any piece of it can re-grow into a complete organism, that being the primary mean of reproduction of the species, benefiting from an interspecific relationship with the Rootdigger, an animal-like lifeform that feeds on the Shadowvine’s fixation structure and then spreads pieces of it later in its regular motion. The structure regrows normally on the eaten organism. Mutations occur via cellular division, only.

First commented entrance on the organism’s encyclopedia page was made by Field Biologist 02 from the Adam Mission, William Strauss. (That’s all folks. Pardon my digital colouring skills... again)

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Eden’s Rose:

The Eden’s Rose is a plant-like lifeform indigenous to an isolated island, located in the equatorial regions of the planet Eden. Its most outstanding characteristics are certainly its size - 3 metres high on average -, along with its familiar floral structure, which, altough very similar to an Earth’s flower, does not serve the same sole purpose.

The floral structure serves mainly as an UV Protector, shielding the organism’s photosynthetic stems from potentially dangerous radiation. This characteristic is justified by the fact that the “Roses”, unlike most equatorial autotrophs, do not grow in heterogeneous equatorial forests - where large organisms shield the lower levels of the forest from intense radiation -, instead growing homogeneous forests of “Roses”.

The shadow casted by the “Roses” not only protects their photosynthetic stems, but most importantly allows the island’s entire ecosystem to flourish, protecting various organisms - most remarkably Shadowvines and Alterpillars - from thermal and potentially carcinogenic radiation.

Their life cycle is pretty common: wind carries gamets to the reproductive centre in the floral structure, from which fecundated cells are released as heavy polen for a short flight. The polen then proceeds to grow into a primal floral structure, only later developing the true photosynthetic stems. An Eden’s Rose takes 3 years in average to reach its mature form, and is estimated to live up to 50 years more.

First commented entrance on the organism’s encyclopedia page was made by Field Biologist 02 from the Adam Mission, William Strauss.

(That’s all folks, hope you liked it. Again, pardon my digital colouring skills)

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A closer look on Eden

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Yhwa system (Pardon my digital drawing skills)

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You guys into speculative astrobiology?

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GIFs of the ‘Temple’ title card backgrounds from Steven Universe. Everyone loves giant hands!

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Uma nuvem na alta atmosfera paira sobre o Arsia Mons (20 km de altura!). A nuvem está parada sobre o vulcão há quase um mês, mas sua localização é apenas coincidência, o Arsia Mons está inativo há 50 milhões de anos. . A high atmosphere cloud floats over the Arsia Mons (63,000 ft). The cloud stands over the volcano for almost one month but its location is just a coincidence, the Arsia Mons is inactive for the past 50 million years. . Credit: ESA . #esa #mars #marte #arsia #mons #space #espaço #astronomia #astronomy #planet #planeta #latergram #instagood #picoftheday #cloud #nuvem #1month #1mes #vulcão #volcano https://www.instagram.com/p/BpdUeogl5HH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=134crwhnm3zbz

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Essa é a galáxia M33 conhecida como a Galáxia do Triângulo, não pelo formato, mas por se localizar na constelação do Triângulo. M33 é a terceira maior galáxia do chamado Grupo Local de galáxias, depois da Via Láctea e de Andrômeda. . This is the M33 galaxy, also known as the Triangulum Galaxy, not because its shape, but because the constellation of the Triangulum. M33 is the third largest galaxy of the so called Local Group of of galaxies, after the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy. . Credit: Christopher Kaltseis . #apod #galaxy #galaxia #local #group #grupo #local #third #terceira #milkyway #vialactea #andromeda #triangulo #triangulum #m33 #astronomy #astronomia #astrogram #picoftheday #instagood #largest #maior https://www.instagram.com/p/BoPOjmpl2VI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mvvygg4cnduh

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Planet of Clouds via NASA https://ift.tt/2PpHhwU

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Rainbows also have ultraviolet and infrared :)