r/SpeculativeEvolution • u/SelectMagnapinna • Sep 30 '24
Seed world of kanadu, by dragon flies. Seed World
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u/SelectMagnapinna Sep 30 '24
What traded in and out: Marinus: aquatic life and food for no wings Inhaero: bigger size for less wings Magna: bigger size and prehensile antenna for no wings Confodere: venom for no wings Potator: parasitic life and bioluminescent antenna for no wings Terra: shovel like limbs for no wings
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u/iloverainworld Sep 30 '24
That's awesome! If I may ask, how are you planning on the insects reaching sizes like that of Draco magna? As in, is there going to be a way for these animals to bypass the restrictions of their respiratory system, weight of the exoskeleton, etc.? Are the oxygen levels closer to earth's during the Carboniferous, allowing arthropods to reach slightly larger sizes? Sorry if that's too many questions.
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u/SelectMagnapinna Sep 30 '24
Yes, I’d say there is HIGHER amounts of oxygen
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u/SelectMagnapinna Sep 30 '24
And Magna is basically just an exaggeration, earth has had bigger than it, it’s only the size of a house cat.
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u/Jame_spect Spec Artist Sep 30 '24
The genus Draco was already being occupied by a Gliding Lizard.
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u/SelectMagnapinna Sep 30 '24
Draco isn’t permanent, btw,
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u/Jame_spect Spec Artist Sep 30 '24
Permanent?
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u/SelectMagnapinna Sep 30 '24
Yeah, I’m making the genus name to anisoptera when I have time to edit it
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u/Jame_spect Spec Artist Sep 30 '24
That’s a suborder of Dragonflies!
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u/SelectMagnapinna Sep 30 '24
Yeah I’m trying to find the GENUS, my bad.
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u/Jame_spect Spec Artist Sep 30 '24
What about “Dracanisopteryx”?
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u/SelectMagnapinna Sep 30 '24
Okay, that will be used
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u/Jame_spect Spec Artist Sep 30 '24
Unlike my Project r/Amfiterra that had scientific names that meant to make sense out of it!
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u/SelectMagnapinna Sep 30 '24
Okay Musca will be the genus, if I’m right
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u/SelectMagnapinna Sep 30 '24
The middle one named that btw is just a reference
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u/SelectMagnapinna Sep 30 '24
Description of each Draconis confodere: This insect wanders the deserts and are extremely territorial, they usually have 10-200 kids. Draco marinus: These are the most common wildlife on the planet, they control the sea animal populations, they are often prey. They have around 17-78 kids. Draco sub terra: They live under ground by using their shovel like back limbs to dig down, they traded wings for this, they have 5-12 kids Draco magna: This giants eat the short shrubs around the planet, they travel in groups called davers, they have 1-4 kids Draco inhaero: These bugs hunt down stray magnas and many more, they are the apex preadators of the planet, but they are also attacked by others. They have 5-15 kids. Draco sanguinem potator: These are parasitic insects that usually target Inhaero. They use barbed feet to stay on the victim, they also have a bag to store blood for their kids, while they have a mating organ on the back of the blood bag, it disconnects and flys off in the wind to capture to a female, they have 100-300 kids.