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Abaddon
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Awesome, update! 
Daft does not respect the law of updates at the top of a page
Evolution once stats get in...
Daft does not respect the law of updates at the top of a page
Evolution once stats get in...
Daftpanzer
canonically ambiguous
By the way, I dont want to make any stats right now. I was hoping there's enough information there to give you an idea of what is happening...
Abaddon
Deity
Oh, I assumed you'd need + such and such gene like in Life 3.. do you just want descriptions?
Immaculate
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Gelitonicia (Luckymoose) -> Donki (Immaculate)
Additions: Multi-cellular specialization, appearance of very primitive ‘leaf’
The Donki, unlike its ancestor the Gelitonicia, has begun to experiment in multi-cellular specialization. Already the Gelitonicia grew in clumps, cooperatively. It was no great leap for those cells to begin specializing their function within a slightly more complex cooperative multi-cellular organism. Now, certain cells specialize in absorbing and distributing water, others in nutrient storage and, perhaps the greatest change, the appearance of nearly microscopic leaves, each fed by a single vascular channel which project slightly into the surface air (microphyll).
In its behavior, the Donki continues to cluster with others of its own kind, maintaining its habit of starving other organisms beneath it of sunlight and nutrients, of growing quickly despite predation, and of preferring warm, sunlit seas.
Subtractions: now completely unable to grow beneath the surface for prolonged periods (due to ‘leaf specialization’ it’s niche is now only at the surface of shallow seas.
Additionally, the ‘leafs’, lose filter feeding (and rely on the cells specialized for water absorption to feed them nutrients). The water absorbing cells lose their capacity for photosynthesis. Etcetera.
Additions: Multi-cellular specialization, appearance of very primitive ‘leaf’
The Donki, unlike its ancestor the Gelitonicia, has begun to experiment in multi-cellular specialization. Already the Gelitonicia grew in clumps, cooperatively. It was no great leap for those cells to begin specializing their function within a slightly more complex cooperative multi-cellular organism. Now, certain cells specialize in absorbing and distributing water, others in nutrient storage and, perhaps the greatest change, the appearance of nearly microscopic leaves, each fed by a single vascular channel which project slightly into the surface air (microphyll).
In its behavior, the Donki continues to cluster with others of its own kind, maintaining its habit of starving other organisms beneath it of sunlight and nutrients, of growing quickly despite predation, and of preferring warm, sunlit seas.
Subtractions: now completely unable to grow beneath the surface for prolonged periods (due to ‘leaf specialization’
; it’s niche is now only at the surface of shallow seas.Additionally, the ‘leafs’, lose filter feeding (and rely on the cells specialized for water absorption to feed them nutrients). The water absorbing cells lose their capacity for photosynthesis. Etcetera.
Archaeoautotropha -> Iophytia (LDiCesare)
Additions: Archaeoautotropha had come to be through symbiosis. Iophytia continued the tradition. Iophytia came to be by being infected by an RNA virus. This virus was harmless to the Iophytia, as the proteins it encoded for its shell stuck to a sequence of the Iophytia DNA thread just in front of the infected portion, thereby preventing multiplication of the virus. However, to predators, this natural defense didn't exist, and as iophytia were eaten, the virus would infect the attacking cell, multiply and cause its death, thereby eliminating predators.
Additions: Archaeoautotropha had come to be through symbiosis. Iophytia continued the tradition. Iophytia came to be by being infected by an RNA virus. This virus was harmless to the Iophytia, as the proteins it encoded for its shell stuck to a sequence of the Iophytia DNA thread just in front of the infected portion, thereby preventing multiplication of the virus. However, to predators, this natural defense didn't exist, and as iophytia were eaten, the virus would infect the attacking cell, multiply and cause its death, thereby eliminating predators.
erez87
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Archaeo Monogamous -> Archeo Polygamous
While the monogamous did not go as far as forming united bodies the polygamous has gone further than ever. Chemical signaling evolved further and now the polygamous not only sends chemicals to his friends and senses his friends chemicals, now it also responds to prey chemicals and most importantly his own communication chemicals when are amassed in large concentrations become acidic and begin digesting prey outside of the cells themselves. The polygamous has a second new trait and it is a major one indeed. With chemical trails the polygamous formed a movement organ, the flagella. The dual flagella of the polygamous helps it quickly move across chemicals trails and find prey.
So how the life of a polygamous looks? The cell moves around following chemical trails of prey and when it attaches to pray it begins sending chemical trails to its brethren that together quickly engulf the prey. They do not stop releasing their chemicals that quickly reach high concentrations and begin to digest the prey within the multicellular body of the polygamous. As soon as the prey is digested and the filtering is over the polygamous stops releasing his chemicals breaks from his friends and continue on it's merry way to the next pray.
Digestion in the polygamous is still filter feeding but with its acidic signaling chemicals it can attack larger pray and break into pieces easy to filter.
Addition: flagella, improved chemicals (previous signaling and now added acidic breaking for easy filter digestion)
Subtraction: none.
While the monogamous did not go as far as forming united bodies the polygamous has gone further than ever. Chemical signaling evolved further and now the polygamous not only sends chemicals to his friends and senses his friends chemicals, now it also responds to prey chemicals and most importantly his own communication chemicals when are amassed in large concentrations become acidic and begin digesting prey outside of the cells themselves. The polygamous has a second new trait and it is a major one indeed. With chemical trails the polygamous formed a movement organ, the flagella. The dual flagella of the polygamous helps it quickly move across chemicals trails and find prey.
So how the life of a polygamous looks? The cell moves around following chemical trails of prey and when it attaches to pray it begins sending chemical trails to its brethren that together quickly engulf the prey. They do not stop releasing their chemicals that quickly reach high concentrations and begin to digest the prey within the multicellular body of the polygamous. As soon as the prey is digested and the filtering is over the polygamous stops releasing his chemicals breaks from his friends and continue on it's merry way to the next pray.
Digestion in the polygamous is still filter feeding but with its acidic signaling chemicals it can attack larger pray and break into pieces easy to filter.
Addition: flagella, improved chemicals (previous signaling and now added acidic breaking for easy filter digestion)
Subtraction: none.
Abaddon
Deity
Archaeofilium + Spiculus -> Filiculus
Did an Archaeofilium engulf a Spiculus, or did a Spiculus stab a Archaeofilium? Either way, there was now a large, mobile, spiky battering ram marauding the primordial soup...
Did an Archaeofilium engulf a Spiculus, or did a Spiculus stab a Archaeofilium? Either way, there was now a large, mobile, spiky battering ram marauding the primordial soup...
Omega124
Challenging Fate
I don't get it. Did mine live?
Shadowbound
Incorrugible
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Regnus (North King) -> Cooperatus
Addition: The complexity of cell cooperation increases, with a growing division between interior digestive cells and exterior cells. Exterior cells develop cilia, for the dual purpose of propelling the cooperative and passing absorbed cells into the interior digestive cells, alongside their membranes getting thicker to protect the more vulnerable interior cells. Cells on the interior release some of the nutrients they digest, to be absorbed by other interior cells and the cells on the exterior, supporting the establishment of larger masses.
Addition: Cilia, tougher membranes, larger and more complex clumps.
Addition: The complexity of cell cooperation increases, with a growing division between interior digestive cells and exterior cells. Exterior cells develop cilia, for the dual purpose of propelling the cooperative and passing absorbed cells into the interior digestive cells, alongside their membranes getting thicker to protect the more vulnerable interior cells. Cells on the interior release some of the nutrients they digest, to be absorbed by other interior cells and the cells on the exterior, supporting the establishment of larger masses.
Addition: Cilia, tougher membranes, larger and more complex clumps.
Abaddon
Deity
I'm pretty sure it died/never existed... Daft drew everything initially...
Ninja Dude
Sorry, I wasn't listening...
Pingucontegius -> Pingucomende
Additions: Pingucontegius will begin to develop numerous cilia on the "bottom" cells, allowing it to move more easily out of environments with little food. They will also act as extremely primitive sensors, detecting basic changes in water temperature.
Deletions: None
Additions: Pingucontegius will begin to develop numerous cilia on the "bottom" cells, allowing it to move more easily out of environments with little food. They will also act as extremely primitive sensors, detecting basic changes in water temperature.
Deletions: None
Omega124
Challenging Fate
It would be better if he showed some sign that its not living. A red circle with a line through it, a skull-and-crossbones, whatever.
Terrance888
Discord Reigns
Spiculus->Chompus
Additions: The unsharpened spiculus began to form a 'Bag' behind the sharp ended ones, used to catch cell tissue which the spikes have popped. This Increased digestion helped give the Chomps more energy, and it began to chomp in a more energetic, longer term fashion with stored energy in the bag. Excess water and gas from the digestion helps a clump of chompus to zoom to next clump of food while spewing offspring and undigested bits.
Additions: Digestion Bag that also holds young chombps colonies and water jet.
Substractions: None
Terrance888
Discord Reigns
My plan is to increase the branches of the tree with 2-3 update evolutions to occupy niches no one else will bother to invade.
Lentiscus (Farow) -> Lentiscus II (Farow)
Additions: As the Lentiscus cell colonized various surface areas along rocks they began to specialize in grabbing more food. Long sticky string like projections are sent out to grab any passing food which then are absorbed and sent to the main cell.
Great Update
Additions: As the Lentiscus cell colonized various surface areas along rocks they began to specialize in grabbing more food. Long sticky string like projections are sent out to grab any passing food which then are absorbed and sent to the main cell.
Great Update
Daftpanzer
canonically ambiguous
yeah, sorry for kinda rushing everything in the end, but don't want to get bogged down already. I should probably give more feedback on the species that got merged into others (this post) and why they didn't make it into the update...
Yes if we can keep it description based for now, I think that would work best.
Riggedavotium is there in the 'Status' spoiler, it lives! It has its own niche, not endangered, not especially thriving.
Yes if we can keep it description based for now, I think that would work best.
Riggedavotium is there in the 'Status' spoiler, it lives! It has its own niche, not endangered, not especially thriving.
Omega124
Challenging Fate
Alright, I'm going to continue my joke until my line dies!
From Riggedavoteium comes Noneshalltouchmeite
Noneshalltouchmeite, if it were a country, would be the insane insolationist that could nuke the world over if they wanted to (Or at least do some serious damage). A thick spike coating surronds itstead of sensors, tipped with its faulty RNA like a daggar with poision. This way, it can more easily "infect" other cells by pucturing their membranes, and make predators more wary of approaching it.
Additions: Tons of spikes around it
Subtractions: Sensors
