BioNES II: Now with added Genes!

Name:
Searchus fahrabuv
Ancestor:
Searchus attdusc
Description:
Searchus fahrabuv is an evolution of the S. attdusc for which the primary difference is a greatly increased size (now approximately the size of a grapefruit or softball) and much more efficient gas exchange pumps. The larger size has led to a greater volume to surface ratio which means that it has more lifting power to float a smaller (relative) weight. This, in combination with much more efficient gas exchange and maintenance pumps (resulting in an interior made up almost exclusively of hydrogen and helium gases now) has led to much greater buoyancy (Lvl 5).
In addition, the cells now protect themselves from dehydration by tightening the gap junctions between cells to prevent leakage and by changes in the lipid composition of the cell membrane to make them less permeable to water (and, incidentally, gases- which helps maintain buoyancy). (water retention lvl 1)
These two changes have made the Searchus fahrabuv a common sight in the planet’s lower atmosphere as they drift about during the days, protected from predation, and competition from other plants for the sun’s rays, by rising far above them. Occasionally they will blow onto land where they will roll along the dry ground until they get to a puddle or lake, re-hydrate and again take to the skies where they feed on the sun’s energy. Floating Searchus fahrabuv will eventually require water and as they lose osmotic pressure, they slowly deflate, usually landing in water, where they can re-hydrate, soak the little bit of minerals they need and even occasionally bud to reproduce (a process that has not evolved beyond that of its ancestors).
Finally, the last manner in which the Searchus fahrabuv has evolved from its ancestors is that it protects itself from the sun’s radiation. Rising above the seas and the occasional low-lying cloud has been great for accessing the sun’s rays but this is not always good. While it provides abundant food, it can also sun-burn the poor floating plant and quickly dehydrate it. To protect against this the Searchus fahrabuv has evolved a pigment that reflects light and heat. This pigment, which appears ‘bronze-colored’ can be stored in two phases, the difference between the two being a function of a very minor enzymatic chemistry. In the inactive phase the pigment is in solution and doesn’t affect the cells of the Searchus fahrabuv. It appears green and is a very efficient photo-synthesizing machine. In its second phase it is only semi-soluble and the Searchus fahrabuv appears like a little floating bronze balloon.
Habitat:
Floats above surface of oceans, lakes, rivers and occasionally dry land. Requires water at least every two days and requires water to reproduce.
Eats:
Photosynthesizes sugars from the sun
Locomotion:
Slave to wind currents
Behaviour:
None observed
Energy:
Energy demands are greater then its ancestors so it doesn’t grow or reproduce as quickly. Generally metabolism has slowed somewhat.
Reproduction Methods:
Will produce a small ‘batch’ of smaller multi-cellular organism every week or so (20-30 ‘seeds&#8217 under ideal conditions (clear skies, warm waters, good aeration). These new Searchus fahrabuv are about 1/100 the size of their parent but will grow to full size and reproductive maturity in 8-10 days depending on growth conditions.
Population:
???
Origin:
Warm shallow waters with gentle but persistent winds
Adaptation Summary:

• Cell Membrane (Lvl 1)
• Mineral Absorption (Lvl 1)
• Photosynthesis (Lvl 3)
• Buoyancy (Lvl 5)*
• Water Retention (lvl 1)*
• Radiation Protection (lvl 1)*
• Specialized Multi-Cellular Body (Lvl 1)

Searchus fahrabuv was just this. Having evolved from the oddly boyant Searchus attdusc it is now recognisable as large grapefruit sized spheres father than its smaller golfball sized predecessors. However not just its size increased, in order for the organisms to stay afloat the already complex gas exchange mechanisms into the central gas chamber were tightened and perfected, and to help this further, the ratio between the surface area and actual cell weight with the volume of gas contained within has increased. The combined effect of all this is that Searchus fahrabuv really lives up to its name; it really does search the skies far above the harsh earth and life giving waters. In an apparent fluke in evolutionary progression the outer cells of the organism have evolved special membrane adaptations involving a unique lipid composition which better retains water within the cells, and also prevents the helium and hydrogen from escaping the central chamber.
Searchus fahrabuv exhibits a cyclical behaviour of floating through the atmosphere, slowly losing moisture, and, as they do so, some gasses leak out causing the organism to descend to sealevel. Occasionally they will blow onto dry land where they will roll along the dry ground until they either: encounter to a puddle or lake; or they roll along the hot ground and dehydrate further leaving dry husks. If they reach water in time, they re-hydrate and strengthen the gas exchange pumps once more to float back into the atmosphere, but not before absorbing the much needed minerals in the rich water, but they also quickly undergo reproduction through budding which always requires the presence of water. One of the most unique evolutions in this new species that sets it apart from the others however is its marginal resistance to ultra violet radiation from the sun. Using a bizzar pigment derived from chlorophyll the organisms is able to absorb and disperse UV light and heat as energy or even use it to manufacture more food. However chlorophyll and Violetene (@ Immaculate, feel free to make up another word for this pigment) cannot be present at the same time, thus Searchus fahrabuv exhibits cycles where chlorophyll is dominant over Violetene and appears a vivid green, this is known as the photosynthetic phase. In comparison when violetene is dominant it appeas as a reflective bronze colour and this is known as the dormant phase where minimal food is manufactured from the harnessed UV light to sustain it. Having an existence primarily in the earths lower atmosphere Searchus fahrabuv are constantly exposed to UV light which, in other organisms would degrade the cell membranes and cause them to burst, but more dangerously, in S. fahrabuv the increased heat and pressure inside the organisms regardless of their cyclical dormant phases may cause the stored hydrogen to heat up and eventually explode. On hot clear days it is not uncommon to see occasional fireworks from exploding Searchus fahrabuv
One other problem that the species is beginning to encounter is, as it ascends higher the temperature drops rapidly and occasionally when the weather changes suddenly Searchus fahrabuv can often be snap frozen and get trapped in snow clouds to be snowed down on mountain tops.

Name: Mortanid (i know latin =D (abit...))
Ancestor: Fluvius Mortanis, Mainly the Mortanid is a member of the Mortanis family.
PPD: The Mortanid looks pretty much like a bat, but has legs and arms abit like a monkey. It is about ½ meter tall. The Mortaniddoes not have wings, but can jump very high, due to its hollow bones. It has a incredible hearing. On each "hand" it has 5 claws, each of them extremely sharp and about 15 CM Long. The claws bend inwards. The Mortanid has a black skin, wich is very usefull since its a night-active creature.
Behaviour: The Mortanid is a hive mind. Every single group or Mortanids has a queen somewhere in a cave, this queen is the "Hive Center". The queen controls, thinks and acts for every single Mortanid she has given birth too, there is a psychic bond between them created at birth. The queen's only goal is to survive, and she uses all her Mortanids to do so. Mortanids is usually very aggressive. Mortanids are Night-Active
Eats:Varies from Queen to Queen, but the Mortanids themselves eats meat, even though they seem to have evolved a taste for the Searchus farabuv, wich they eat whenever they find one rolling around on the ground.
Movement: Mortanids climb, jump, walk and whatever you can do with arms and legs.
Reproduction: the Queen constantly gives birth to new Mortanids, and has no need to be fertilized. Whenever a queen dies one of the Mortanid minions become the new queen. (thought you perhaps had forgot this one =P)
Gene Summary:
Hollow Bones lv 1: 1 DNA.
Sharp Claws lv 3: 3 DNA.
Hive Mind lv 2: 2 DNA.
Exelent Hearing lv 2: 2 DNA.
Sight lv 1: 1 DNA.
Arms and Legs lv 1: 2 DNA
Total: 10 DNA.

Name: Fluvius Mortanis
Ancestor: Cellulacea Mortanis
PPD:Fluvius Mortanis is a insect size parasite, about 1 cm tall/wide. It "walks" from creature to creature, sucking as much energy out of the host as possible. Fluvius Mortanis looks abit like a monkey, but it has no tail, its head looks very diffirent from a monkey's aaaaand, its black. It mostly lives in water. Any creature that drinks from water inhabited by Fluvius Mortanis will soon find itself infected by the Fluvius Mortanis itself, and the deadly influenza Morta Terranus. The Fluvius Mortanis lives in a symbiotic relationship with the Morta Terranus influenza, so any creature that is unlucky enough to be the host of a Fluvius Mortanis will soon find itself infected. To avoid being digested, Fluvius Mortanis has evolved a resistance to acid.
Behaviour: Pretty agressive. The Fluvius Mortanis does not care who, or what it eats.
Eats: anything it can find.
Movement: Fluvius Mortanis swims around in rivers and lakes, or jumping from host to host using its arms and legs.
Reproduction: when the Fluvius Mortanis has devoured enough energy it lays a little egg. When this is done the egglayer leaves the current host, but the egg will still be there.
Gene Summary:
Digestive Tract lv 3: 3 DNA.
Acid Resistance lv 3: 3 DNA.
Arms, hands and legs lv 1: 2 DNA.
Symbiotic Relationship: Morta Terranus Lv 2: 2 DNA
Total: 10 DNA

Plant Genes:
-Cellular Level Structural Support (for example cell walls surround the cell membrane and allow much more ridgidity to the cell and allow it to absorb much more water without bursting. these are very essential for real plants.)
-Water Retention (for example a cuticle is a waxy layer on the surface of its cells that prevents water loss. a problem with this is getting access to water, thats where 'Stomata' come into play)
-Gas exchange (for example there are specials 'gate ways' into the gas chambers in leaves called Stomata. they are basically 2 special cells that fill and empty themselves with water to open and close holes in the cuticle to alow water and gas transfer.)
-Leaves (make an increased surface area to volume ratio which means much more photosynthesis can occure with less energy required to suppor the structures)
-Stems (can be used to store food or water or even just for support for the plant)
-Hairy Leaves (hairy leaves (or any other part of plant) make a trapped layer of relativly humid air around the leaf surface which reduces water loss.)
-Roots (anchor a plant and are very efficient at absorbing minerals)
-Adventitious roots (are better at absorbing minerals but are not as strong at anchoring the plant)
-Tap Roots ( are better at anchoring a plant but not as good at absorbing minerals. note very few plants in real life have both adventitious and tap roots)
-Buttress Roots (are above ground structures that support the plant making it able to grow in unstable soil, swampy areas or just to alow it to grow taller)
-Aerial Roots (are roots that have air pockets in them and are common in plants like mangroves, enables gas exchange to the often submerged roots of the plant. some plants have aerial roots that *somehow* (i have no idea how) get minerals and moisture from the air but these are only in very humid areas)
-Vascular tissue (these are the 'veins' of the plant and transport water from the roots to the leaves and photosynthesised 'food' from the leaves to the roots.)
-Bark (a tough outer layer of dead cells whos compressed cell walls protect the inner cells)
-Spores (reproductive bits, spores are like protected plant 'eggs' but 2 are required to make a new plant and ALWAYS require water to do so)
-Flowers (reproductive structures that attract insects or other animals to the plant. most flowers are colourful and attractive but not all, some are tiny and green and dont stand out at all)
---Stamen (the male bits of the flower that makes pollen, when animals are attracted to the flower they often get pollen stuck to them.)
---Carpel (the female bits of the flower, has a sticky bit at the end of a column. pollen on the backs of animals from other flowers often sticks to this, where the pollen 'grows' and fertilises the plants egg in the base of the carpel.)
-Pleasant aromas (aka nice smells. such smells often help attract animals to the plant)
-disgusting aromas (often deter most animals though some may be attracted to it (there is a flower that smells of rotting meat but flies obviously love it)
-seeds (when a flower is fertilised it makes a (often) protected seed which exposed to good ammounts of water and a place to grow, will grow into a new plant)
-Fruit (some plants surround their seeds with tasty flesh that encourages animals to eat the seeds. often these seeds are not digested and when the animal poos, the seeds will grow far away from the parent plant)
-carnivory (some plants are carnivorous and eat animals or insects by luring them in with pleasent smells and trapping them in specially desigend extremely complex traps often involving hairs and digestive juices)
-secondary growth (Secondary growth alows plants to grow W I D E R, as well as Taller, this allows plants to grow bigger agaisnt the force of gravity.)

Animal Genes:
-Sight (can vary from basic sensing of light, to beign able to see as we do and discern colours and shapes and movement.
-Taste (fairly obvious)
-Smell (again, obvious)
-Touch (obvious...)
-Hearing (obvious yet again)
-camophlage (some animals are able to blend in with their surroundings to hid from predators, or prey alike)
-Legs (for movement lol)
-arms (are legs that have evolved oposable thumbs which allow the animal to pick up and hold objects, in order to have an arm you must have oposable thumbs (aka hands))
-Hands (already explained)
-skin (layers of dead cells that protect the insides of the organism from the outside world)
-hair (in animals hair is used to insulate the body from the cold by trapping a layer of warm air close to the skin)
-Scales (are hard plates that protect the insides even more than skin itself. can often even be used to prevent water loss if they are close enough together)
-Blubber (fat deposits which insulate the body from the cold)
-bones/internal skeleton (alow the animal to be supported agaisnt the force of gravity)
-Motile muscles (alow the animal to move, with or without a skeleton)
-exo-skeleton (hard chitenous shell that supports the animal agaisnt gravity and also helps protect from predation and water loss)
-Digestive tract (more advanced digestive tracts allow for better nutrient gain)
-Nervous system (can range from having basic ganglia (nervous center) and a nerve net, to a full Brain and complex branching nerve network)
-circulatory system (veins and blood. some animals have an open circulatory system where the blood isnt contained in veins or arteries and bathes the cells directly (ie worms and most insects). other organisms have closed circulatory systems where arteries veins and cappilaries sepparate blood from the bodies cells. circulatory systems are predominantly used with the transport of oxygen and nutrients anround the body.
-Warm blooded (the organisns core body temperature remains relativly the same regardless of external temperatures.)
-cold blooded (the organsism core body temperature fluctuates according to its external temperature)
-Wings (alow flight)
-gliding (skin flaps between limbs allow organisms to glide from high areas to low areas over a long distance, often to escape predators)
-digging/burrowing (obvious)