#planet dysphia

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SILLY SHRIMP OBSESSION

@copperpipes. I am foaming at the mouth for anything related to Dysphia and Dysphians. I LOVE your gloriously segmented multiple-meter-long extraterrestrial shrimps.

They are difficult to draw, but that will do little to stop the Dysphian brainrot. I am determined to master their shapes. I must draw more.

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Is that an original copperpipes character??? Real not clickbait1!1!

Yeah not typical for me, Pshicha wasn't planned so it doesn't count.

Anyway meet Geha :)

as you can see Geha is a juvenile, and lived 260 years before the first coast. I'm not sure about pronouns for the entire species yet so they would be a placeholder for now. Geha will help me explore dysphia, I hope you like them as much as I do :D

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in the list of raesons why dysphians may wear anything, this the first - self expression!

Some dysphians like to stand out from a crowd, adorning themselves in colorful string, garments and fabric is one of the ways in which they can do that. There are other things that can be used, like engravings (tatoos), jewelry and body paint.

bonus:

["because its the g.o.a.t and it represents me"/said with pride ]

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Hunt or go hungry

A dysphian unnamed party of three using a hunting technique on a large lone filter-feeder

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Doodles and ice cream after early morning shift :D

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Yes, I will have one silly shrimp please?

Perfect :]

One of my art fight ocs! And one I've been wanting to talk about for a long while, you see, Pshioorcha here is of a planet called Dysphian, my oldest spec bio projects, and the most flashed out so far.

What i got on them includes:

solar system, the planet and its moons, evolutionary branch, planet geography, planet geological history, cultures, religions, physiolgy, wars, history, chemical makeup of the planet, chemical makeup of animals, many other plant and animals besides dysphians, agriculture and more.

They also begun as my most humanoid in design when I started on them, but as you see they're better now :)

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More questions because I can’t get enough of your silly shrimps :]

Five questions! I mean, I still have more (I’m sorry mate I have so many lol) but I think to give you just like, a few to take a look at right now would be more efficient than yeeting 20 questions in a row at you. Take as much time as you need. 👍🏽

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I] Now, I have gathered that Dysphians can be found in various parts of Dysphia, like the equator and polar regions. How has their biology adapted to living in these areas? Do Dyspians have anything that could be considered a subspecies due to this?

II] Oh, and here’s an important one: What do Dysphians eat? And how do they eat?

III] How do Dysphian morals differ from those of humans? (Or well, at least I assume they do differ… I think it would be quite strange if they didn’t, with an entirely different evolutionary chain, biology, and history and all). I also assume that Dysphian morals would also vary depending which settlement I am referring to.

IV] I wonder, how advanced is Dysphian Technology? I’ve seen the above water exploration gear that Pshi uses, and observed that they have some form of agriculture, but I don’t know much more than that. Are they at discovering nuclear fission level yet? Hmm… have they even discovered atoms yet? I assume they have, as they would need to understand atoms and their electrons in particular and so on to build those robotic legs Pshi uses.

V] Are Dysphian cells similar to ours? If so, what are the similarities, and the differences? Hmm… I suppose they don’t have DNA, do they? Another very complex molecule with the same function, probably…

*cracks knuckles* 

I] Now, I have gathered that Dysphians can be found in various parts of Dysphia, like the equator and polar regions. How has their biology adapted to living in these areas? Do Dyspians have anything that could be considered a subspecies due to this?

I] dysphians are mostly, but not exclusively, tied to chains of hydrothermal vents (like human settlements tend to be near a water source), so around tectonic seams all across the planet. Considering the nature of hydrothermal vents, those chains are easy to follow, so it had taken dysphians only around a couple ten-thousands of years to reach everyware, not long evolutionary, but long enough for communities to become isolated. By the time of the first coast dysphians had separated into nearly a hundred different subspecies in the whopping span of 120 thousand years.

Here are some examples! [These are all adoults]

II] Oh, and here’s an important one: What do Dysphians eat? And how do they eat?

II] Dysphians are omnivores :) The meat in their diet can range from clams, worms and small critters to predators and juvenile megafauna, while plant matter is kelp and different sorts of sea weed that's grown locally.

about how they eat.. it's tricky. before dysphians actually separated into their own species, their ancestors who lived in the deep primerally ate carcasess which because of the unique conditions down there were soft, so their jaws actually kinda regressed and became more primitive, they cant open or close them so their ‘tongue’ evolved to block the opening when not in use. between still eating softened carcasses and starting to hunt and get smarter dysphians mouths changed very little, one of the reasons being that they started to work around the structure of their mouths, preparing the parts of their quarry they couldn't scrape off with the edges of their tubular mouths for consumption. 

from there the food needs to get from the mouth to the stomach, dysphians don't have the muscles necessary to swallow, in fact most beings on Dysphia can't, instead they evolved a special organ that's anchored in the stomach (which i wouldn't call a proboscis because it does not suck up food) and is used to drag food directly into it, its function is similar to a trunk so let's call this appendage trunk :D

[Juvanile dysphian, on the younger end, in an attempt to snatch and eat something they shouldn't, the equivalent of a fea]

Trunks across dysphia come in many shapes and sizes and usually serve a similar purpose, but can also be very versatile, for example they can be evolved to become a lure, or a capturing net-like device. 

III] How do Dysphian morals differ from those of humans? (Or well, at least I assume they do differ… I think it would be quite strange if they didn’t, with an entirely different evolutionary chain, biology, and history and all).

I also assume that Dysphian morals would also vary depending which settlement I am referring to. 

III] I would assume that most intelligent species would come up with a similar set of morals if they're not solitary animals. Killing without reason is unfair and is generally frowned upon even with reason, same goes for intentionally causing pain or harm to others, those are the most basic morals, in order for a community to exist and stay those rules are the minimum.

Otherwise it mostly depends on the settlement, the big differences come in how dysphians treat labor, strangers, and their young, but those aren't really morals, they are societal norms. 

IV] I wonder, how advanced is Dysphian Technology? I’ve seen the above water exploration gear that Pshi uses, and observed that they have some form of agriculture, but I don’t know much more than that.

IV] My development of Dysphia isn't very time specific, like humanity Dysphia has different milestones in the scientific field, like the aforementioned First Coast ,the first successful expedition out of water and the founding of the first surface colony for example.

Pshi is from the First Coast, a middle aged mechanical engineer responsible for the ‘legs’ that allowed greater mobility than the previous to them wheels. You'd be surprised but the legs that Pshi built are purely mechanical.

Are they at discovering nuclear fission level yet? Hmm… have they even discovered atoms yet? I assume they have, as they would need to understand atoms and their electrons in particular and so on to build those robotic legs Pshi uses.

they will eventually learn nuclear fission. at the time of the first coast though, cells and microorganisms have been known for several decades already.

V] Are Dysphian cells similar to ours? If so, what are the similarities, and the differences?

There are differences but there are similarities too. For example most dysphian cells have no nucleus and full DNA, RNA is produced in the spinal cord/branches and is shipped into microfactories located in the organs and tissues to be translated into proteins.

Not all dysphian cells possess the ability to produce/translate RNA, at least independently. The cells that can produce and translate RNA I call provider cells, which are bigger and more complex compared to the working cells. all cells can breathe and produce energy for internal and external functions, but not all cells can reproduce and create their own proteins, they must first send a chemical signal to the nearest provider cell and ‘request’ proteins, be it because their lifespan is running out and they need to prepare for mitosis or they need new enzymes. This mechanism was adopted by multicellular organisms when they were starting out to fight against viruses and cancerous growths, it has proven to be effective, but  other than multicellular organisms it is not widespread. colonial organisms and single celled organisms manage differently, i'll touch on that later.

Hmm… I suppose they don’t have DNA, do they? Another very complex molecule with the same function, probably…

Not.. exactly. The molecule that carries an organism's genetic material is still made up of a chain of small acids, since it is seemingly the simplest way of carrying information from hundreds of millions of years. Of course, the structure of the molecule is very different.  Yes, it is made up of a chain of acids, but not the same acids like on earth, and holding the molecule together is not carbon, or at least not just carbon, but sulfate carbonate and more fatty acids. I think I will still call the genetic code DNA, since it is still similar enough and to not confuse its function.

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thank you so much for this ask! Thinking about it all really sometimes pulled me out of hard place and overall these were such an interesting set of question that i wouldnt have thought about on my own :D