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Fun fact: by just using imaginary numbers, some Evil Math, and 101 rotating vectors You Can Create a shitty approximation of a fish.

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F2U Garg Base

ITS TIME FELLAS I had to fix up the base a bit, but now we've got a f2u Gargantuan Leviathan base... like I promised to drop last year.

You can find the lineart PNG here, and download the full PSD here! You're free to use this for adopts, OCs, etc. but NO using in NFTs, AI, or to create stickers/merchandise with.

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It better be Subnautica Mermay or else I'm beaming your location to the nearest Garg

Uh oh…

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So, Gargs can in fact do asexual reproduction but is there sexual reproduction between them at all? I’m mostly just wondering what their mating behaviors would be like/what their interactions with other adult Gargs would be like. Also, in terms of intelligence, where do they lie?

There is no form of sexual reproduction at all, as Gargs reproduce through parthenogenesis. Similar to New Mexico Whiptail Lizards, they do still need to find a partner in order to trigger egg production hormones, however! They'll typically pair up at the beginning of the dry season, and a single egg is ready to be laid by the wet season, which they deposit in warm, shallow waters. Both "parents" are able to lay eggs, so it's technically two babies from each pairing. Adults are technically monogamous, as they'll pair up with the same individuals each season and only find a new partner if their old one was killed. Gargs won't typically attack their partners if met outside the season unless they are desperate or one is attempting to steal food from the other. This results in fish divorce, and they won't pair up next season.

Outside of the "mating" season, adult Gargs are solitary, as they're simply too large to live in groups. Meetings between adults outside of the mating season are often deadly, as they need A LOT of food.

As for their intelligence, something so huge doesn't need to have much thought power, as it's an undisputed apex of paleo-4546B. I'd say around tiger shark level? They can recognize each other and form bonds, but they don't need particularly strong social skills or intelligence due to the role they play in their ecosystem.

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idk if I should send this to this blog or your main one, but...

Modern Human Lyshan AU!!! Guy on the left is Ferdinand, street racer, burn survivor, and most of all: dumbass. Girl on the right is Lyshan <3, weird DJ who makes songs about how she wants to be a sea monster.

YOOOOO THIS IS SUPER COOL!!!! PUTTING IT IN MY MOUTH

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wh- what did you just say to me

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Look at this girl go! What a champ huh?

Finally, it has begun!! The rainbow trout are all grown and it’s time to give them a little spin in the swimming respirometer. This girl was understandably pretty shocked about being measured and weighed but she quickly recovered once in the respirometer — the fish is swimming against a certain water flow (here it’s about half a body length per second) and she seemed to immediately realise what to do. My supervisor explained that in earlier experiments with brown trout, the brown trout were more prone to not swimming at all and laying on the net in the back, but rainbow trout are more cooperative and raring to go!

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Porcelain Crab, Petrolisthes violaceus, family Porcellanidae, coast of Chile

Photograph by matias_saa

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Remembering I have a whole sheet of these bitty Garg bases ready to be filled out, so let's play a game!

Toss me some fun sea critters, and I'll turn em into Gargs!

I'll also be turning this into a F2U base which will be released later this week.

Thank you to everyone who joined the stream! Here’s my update for tonight! ;)

I’ll be drafting more skin concepts in the coming days. Who knows? I might sell the ones I don’t end up using as adopts!

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Just a reminder that while prehistoric fish are cool, there are plenty of neat babies still around!

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Some lgbtpn+ subnautica icons because its pretty much a special interest now I think. Bonus for reaper fans :)!

(Don’t use if: trans/nb phobic, lgbt+ phobic in general, truscum, thinspo, ddlg etc)

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rainbow tripod fish larva (bathypterois grallator) | source

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how many gargs would be living simultaneously on average?

In groups, or separated?

In groups, it’d usually consist of one adult and 1-2 Juvies

Separated, the ocean is vast and deep, and they were a successful species, so there’d be hundreds of thousands! Though they don’t often interact with each other.

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If you haven't answered this already how do you think the gargantuan leviathan juveniles would be like? How would they interact with the adults and each other?

I've talked about this before, but it never hurts to talk abt it again! When they're newborns, they'll usually stick in groups of 2 or 3 and split off as they get larger and move into the open water. Juvies may trail adults to steal scraps but run the risk of becoming the adult's prey! Some adults are more tolerant of younger Gargs than others, it kinda falls to individual personalities! Typically only one juvie tails an adult, and fights for the chance to tail a tolerant adult are common and very often lethal. Juvies pay present the corpses of rivals to the adult as a sort of "snackrifice" to earn the adult's favor.

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(If it’s okay to ask multiple questions)Where would the Garg lay its eggs?

Yes! You're more than welcome to ask multiple questions! Gargs lay their eggs in shallower reef areas!