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this is how i study now

I have examzzz

So I gotta focus. And Slugterra is my focus-candy - I swear I don't do drugs. Don't do drugs, kids.

Ahem.

Cell theory has three parts. First, cells are the smallest unit of life. Second, all living things come from cells. Third, all cells come from other cells.

To apply this to Slugterra, it's basically exactly what it is. Slugs, Molenoids, trolls, and humans and humanoids are all made of cells. But they are more primitive than the organisms on the Surface. This is because Slugterra has not evolved geographically to be like the Surface. It has extreme abiotic factors in areas, such as Chillbore Cavern and the Magma Caverns.

I don't really know a lot about deep sea gigantism, the phenomenon about how marine life are so big where light doesn't touch. But oxygen, being a nutrient to living organisms, can cause larger body structures. During the Jurassic period, dinosaurs and insects were huge because of the increased oxygen levels. They had to be big so their bodies could sustain the high levels. And now insects are tiny and are sad :(

Narrowing down on the Magma Caverns, I haven't gotten to figuring out why the fauna are so big, but that magma monster - actually, that's a horrible name. I'll call it... Magmadon. Like the iguanodon. Heck, I dont do dinosaurs. I'm just winging that area.

Anyways, the Magmadon must be an extremophile. An extremophile can be a bacteria, archaea, or eukaryote, the three domains of life. There are three types of extremophiles.

A thermophile can survive temperatures up to 82.2 degrees celcius and feed off inorganic chemicals. A psychrophile has antifreeze proteins that allow them to survive severely low temperatures. And finally, tardigrades. These guys can survive almost anything. They have the ability to curl up into a ball and slow down their metabolism. In this state, they can survive for decades in extreme environments.

Some evidence that the Magmadon is a thermophile are its obvious shelter in literal magma. And... uh, actually that's about it. But because it takes the form of a fish, it must be a multicellular organism with some thermophile genes or ancestry. It has eyes and fins and the predatory behaviour to chase down the Shane Gang and try to eat them. And it also survived being frozen in ice.

Speaking of ice, the Frostcrawlers must also have some psychrophile genes. They're able to survive the extreme temperatures in Chillbore Cavern, and then project ice powers... Yeah, dunno about that.

Anyways, that's all I'm gonna say on that area. This is getting too long