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>>5152741
well I was thinking seedworld with modern day animals only, because trying to make educated guesses about how arthropleura might evolve is a shitshow to say the least

I do keep wondering if there is a reasonable path to internalizing exoskeletons or perhaps exoskeletons that are capable of growth for perhaps crustaceans given sufficient time and absence of large terrestrial niches

Centipedes might be able to get away with partial molting, segment per segment allowing them to get larger but that's again fairly speculative

but yeh likely molluscs though I'm not sure what the design limits are on truly large molluscs either, but I guess there's less limits for a soft bodied creature to grow large like that

There is a group of invertebrates that does interest me in terms of terrestrial megafaunal potential and that's the velvet worms, since they're already fully terrestrial (obligate terrestrial at that)
not the most common animal for sure but in a seedworld project having one of them be the starting terrestrial animals has a lot of potential especially if their direct competition was a terrestrial mollusc or if alternatively they had a major headstart on terrestrial adaptations if one of the seedworld animals is a cephalopod

annelids are another group with some interesting things they can do in seedworld context
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>>5150114
it turned out it was all a weird furry fetish thing but no one was willing to call it out cuz that would be heckin toxic so all the people who wanted to make actual stuff and not fanfiction slop left
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So Methania and kappa are getting new updates soon, any other project worth looking into where the creator isn't a troon?
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>>5153592
Isla project is pretty decent, though glacial updates

https://www.youtube.com/@Cretsworld
this one deserves more attention as well, though also glacial updates, but it's kind of unique in that it's a spec-evo project that actually starts with unicellular life

admittedly I haven't checked anything about the creators though
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>>5153592

Lemuria is going to get updates this fall

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Which series is objectively better?
I feel the original, the 2006 version, has greater technical merit, particularly regarding the soundtrack and the unprecedented ways it showcased the natural world. But in your opinion, did the sequel surpass the original? Let’s debate this and settle it once and for all.
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The original Planet Earth has not yet been surpassed..

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It's now spring, hungry hedgehogs are coming out of hibernation.
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>>5153522
Tick dick
Tick dick
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>>5153520
It was ~20€ since we were both in the EU.
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>>5153551
That's not too bad
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>>5153459
Making it a yearly thing sounds fun. It could become a thing on 4chan if more people find out about it. How long does it take to make one orb?
Arranging a bunch of ticks in the shape of a heart sounds so morbid and I absolutely love the idea.
I don't know if serial numbers would really be that much of consequence since you won't be making a large number of orbs each year. Perhaps multiple pocket sized ones?
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>>5153809
>How long does it take to make one orb?
Crafting the orb itselft took ~2 weeks since I let each layer cure for at least 24h.
But collecting enough ticks to make the orb took several months.
>Perhaps multiple pocket sized ones?
That would be a bother. Plus each orb feels more unique if there's only one every year.

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While I'm not going to get one, this meme does make me like the idea of having a basset and hearing its melodious voice every day
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>>5153940
>But they smell horrible
Nothing a little Brut can't fix
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Just get a beagle instead. At least theyre functional.
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>>5153940
degenerate zoophile detected
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>>5153937
I had one when I was a kid. The meme is accurate, he would bark for hours straight, any time he was in the back yard. That boi was based
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>>5153992
Zoophiles wouldn't complain about dog smell

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>I'm a chud
>I'm a chud
>I'm a fat little chud
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>>5153614
chudgie
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>>5153646
They are the degenerate descendants of a more regal ancestry.
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>>5153614
Can someone draw this fat Budgie as a early Roman Emperor demanding more seeds
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>>5154040
I second this, that's a delightfully whimsical art concept

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>actually echinoderms aren't radially symmetrical because of this off-center piss hole
Bullshit-ass animal, get your spiny ass OUT of Bilateria
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>>5144266
advanced vision doesn't help you much if you can't move fast and don't specialise either
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>>5144638
>Like seriously, come the fuck on, this shit lasted until the end-permian?
Which taxa made it to the Permian? All the Stylophorans I can find seem to have only made it to the Carboniferous.
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>Re-evolves true Bilateral symmetry, making hundreds of millions of years of evolution pointless
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>>5151434
looks like alien
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>>5144270
>>5144637
You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like.

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Thoughts on the secretary Bird?
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Sex with this bird.
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Cute dino
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>>5020196
What movie is this?
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>>5007441
cute

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It sounds weird to say but I find creatures like sponges, corals and clams to be strangely fascinating. It's just really interesting how they are classified as animals and are in the same animal kingdom as dogs, human etc. but the way they act and live is way closer to plants. They feel really alien compared to other beings on this planet in that regard.

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Why are we as a society so behind on this fact?
You're forcing an animal out of it's natural environment* and making it's entire life and wellbeing your responsibility.
Every reason for pet-ownership can be substituted with something healthier.
I found an interesting article recently listing off the reasons for and against pet ownership: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1686751/
The top 3 reasons for owning a pet all have to do with alleviating isolation and loneliness.
Why are you forcing an animal to do this for you? It's completely unethical.
Pets are just one option to combat the health effects of loneliness and social isolation.
Excluding medical treatment, exercise and human-human connection accomplish the same goal, if not better.

Looking at the article again, we can determine that 81.5% of people want pets, 10.25% of people don't want pets, and 8.25% of people aren't sure.
Isn't that insane? I know this doesn't account for global statistics but it's comparable to first-world countries.
We are the shepherds of the earth, and it is our duty as the dominant species to respect the other species that walk among us.

*The only natural environment for a dog is with a human, unfortunately. They were bred to require humans to take care of them.
Even street dogs can only survive off of human garbage.

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>>5153907
Autistic people love pets though.
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>>5153912
tard autists do but the dangerous autists either hate them or get boners when they see them (your dog will let you know)
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It is the duty of man to take stewardship of nature.

Teaching, commanding and guiding a dog companion means coming closer to God.
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Idk my cat seems to be very happy that I exist.
She hates going outside. She rolls around inside like a goofball.
I think she's aware that outside is dangerous.
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>>5153845
Fuck me you clowns are insufferable. Nature sucks, most pets have good lifes. Deal with it.

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>5154053
>be anya abuser
>write shitty greentext about abusing poor dog thinking anyone will read it
>nobody reads it
kys
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>tfw you don't want to get out of bed today
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>>5154128
Wow nice hat.
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I've watched a ton of videos on dog training and have a pretty good grasp on training a dog, but what happens if you live with other people and they're way more lenient and tolerating bad behavior? if I'm rewarding the dog when it does good, but somebody else is giving the dog rewards for nothing all the time, doesn't that strip power away from me? How could a dog ever respect me when it could just ignore me and walk all over everybody else in the house?
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>>5154343
Train your roommates with treats as well.

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Animalistically speaking, what are the consequences of piranhas being dumped in North American lakes?
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>>5151641
I used to live in Portland OR and people would freak the fuck out about invasive species. The irony was palpable.
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>>5153043
One species taking over is the opposite of diversity
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>>5153059
The native/invasive dichotomy has become very popular with libtards
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>>5153074
but then it speciates out
and all diversity is the result of such processes
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>>5153854
>he believes in evolution
Pick a side, hippy

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It’s over. They’re too smart. Superior fish of the seas.

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benis on da log

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post /an/ reaction images pls frens
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>>5152001
You are very perceptive
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Shadow is the Leonardo DiCaprio of the bird world. Already moving onto a younger female
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt_Ui-kF5p0
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>>5151560
>It was hard to avoid admiring her determination when she sat in the nest for hours on end protecting the eggs during snowstorms and got completely buried under the snow herself.
this
rest well jackie, and hope you're flying in less hostile skies
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>>5152316
Not even a close comparison
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The new female courting Shadow


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