#alien ecosystems

[s3znl-gr3znl]

I knew scavengers reign was gonna be good but holy fuck i did not know it was gonna be this good. I almost burst into tears during that moment with ursala in the nettle wall (ep 3) . What were these guys on? That shit was incredible, and it wasn't even real.

Also, all the characters in general in that episode having their moment where they become part of the ecosystem in different ways. Azi in the herd. Kamen hunting. Ursala getting a borderline religious experience of the cycle of life and death. Even sam acting as the True Human amongst the ecosystem, the outlier.

Something else i love about the world design is how most organisms are symbiotic with multiple steps. There are predators and deadly organisms, but they're hardly ever outright hostile unless provoked

[finefiddleheaded]

Just started watching Scavengers Reign. It's really fucking cool. And gorgeous, like Moebius art come to life goddamn

[primal-con]

Have these concepts for a stranded on an alien planet deadceptor au I was chewing on a little while back

[mortemilla]

odo sketches

[juicyolpickle]

They generally tend to avoid mimicking animals with complex socialisation capabilities such as the zaabua, as they are mostly unsuccessful with copying their complex languages, making them easy to pick out. And instead tend to seek out animals on the lower IQ side who aren’t so dependent on communication.

In the rare chance of a Skin Keeper taking control of a Zaabuas corpse, the Zaabua will quickly identify if a Skin keeper has infiltrated their group and will quickly kill off the unwanted guest. After that they re bury the defiled body in a more secrete location to avoid another one of these unusual events.

The few rare instances of these happening to the Zaabua tribe, have been reported to become paranoid and become wary of each other and might conspire on one another, pointing suspicion on random members or even use this opportunity to get rid of someone who they might have had a confrontation with.

despite not exhibiting any of the traits of a Skin Keeper such as looking like a literal walking corpse. Often the blame being successfully pointed towards are the elderly who look more warn down and rugged.

the newest edition to the ecosystem of Land Of Borease. Wanted to wish you a merry Christmas‼️

[bornulhu]

Largest invertebrates on Koolu world. They live in the barren wastes that are on the opposite side of the planet's single ocean. It is a still and bleak landscape of stasis, dust and winds. It's a mystery to how these tortoise-sized critters manage to survive.

[beeb-oob]

"Do you feel safe now?"

i feel the burnout gnawing at my ankles so i'm trying something different to scare it off

[batsplat]

stop your tags on that jorge post are so funny cause real, he’s actually like here’s my guy casey. here’s my special guy dani. here’s Those Two Weirdos (ignore them like they’re ignoring you). yep, that’s it. no one else comes to mind. thats my gang. cool.

there are four people on this planet jorge fully respects. he has regularly fantasised about strangling three of them. the fourth has regularly fantasised about strangling him. everyone else on this planet is on thin thin ice. valentino and marc are the token two nutjobs he's bizarrely ride-or-die for. he's actively nostalgic about the times they deliberately rode their bikes into him and even jokes about it, somehow. he's been obsessed with dani for years and eventually decided he adored rather than hated that man. he's been obsessed with valentino for years and eventually decided he both adored and hated that man more than he already did both of those things. he started rating casey circa 2011 but as far as he's concerned they're now bonded #forever. he went from trying his best not to hate marc to genuinely not hating marc almost by accident - and now that annoying child is part of the team too. he's gotten into instagram beef with pretty much everyone from all time greats to random current riders to andrea dovizioso. not his crew though... he's the type of guy who would base his new racing number on adding up the numbers of his greatest rivals (apart from the bloke he actually fought for both his 250cc titles). he's the only alien who can truly claim to have managed open animosity with all his fellow aliens and now he just can't get enough of them. he's had several dozen work divorces, but those guys are the only ones he's ever actively decided to un-divorce. they're a team for life. not that you could get them all in the same room together without a gun to their heads and possibly not even then, but apart from that they're a team for life

[aroace-poly-show]

(scary predator monster is in a movie) ooooo awesome. what’s the ecosystem like though

[angst-and-fajitas]

scavenger's reign is really interesting so far, with fascinating plotlines such as "what if a plane crash survivor was in a toxic relationship with the autism creature?"

[beelze-bruh]

The Escratu are a sophont species discovered on the planet Raath in the year 3864. These five eyed arthropod-like people are descended from carnivorous creatures whose mouthparts fused together into a more traditional vertically opening jaw structure that allowed for a stronger bite force. Their species was once very industrious for a time, building elaborate machinery and attempting to colonize their solar system, fueled by the work of robotics. This backfired horrendously when these robots were programmed with advanced computing, giving them intelligence with none of the empathetic abilities or moral codes instilled by the process of growing from a newborn to an adult, leading them to devise their own schemes for more efficient interplanetary colonization at the cost of Escrat lives. This led to a war between the Escratu and their own intelligent machines, one which came close to wiping out their species. The Escratu developed a highly powerful weapon that was able to create focused electro magnetic pulses, capable of disabling huge swathes of machines from an incredible distance with ease. This eventually won the war, but the Escratu civilization was a shadow of its former self. Rebuilding would take centuries with the countless lives and the amount of recorded knowledge lost in the conflict. Some Escratu took on this work, even continuing research into robotics, but the vast majority took to living simpler lives among the ruins of their world, many even embracing a more actively primitivist tribal lifestyle. By the time the Ecosystem arrived, this had become the norm to the point that the majority of Escratu initially had no interest in trading for the advanced technology that the Ecosystem had to offer, only eventually being swayed into joining the collective after agreements were made to provide Raath with the advanced medical resources at its disposal. The looming threat of another potentially catastrophic war was certainly an influential deciding factor as well. Escratu tend to take great pride in their surviving history and traditions, which some Ecosystem residents view as pretentious while others see it as inspirational. They are also well renowned for their art, such as film and painting, and their savory cuisine.

[asordidbarwere]

Scavengers Reign fucks so so so so hard. I wish I were a fly on the wall in the concept art department there is not a SINGLE concept in this show that hasn't blown my fucking mind with its creativity 👌

[worstloki]

HYDRA kidnaps Loki but all the goons look up to him and think he’s the coolest guy and keep kissing up to him because they really really want him to join their ranks

[you-should-care-about-animation]

A Lum from Worlds of Aldebaran and Hollow from Scavengers Reign

[thoughtportal]

All of us live embedded in webs of life known as ecosystems, and that can get pretty creepy — or astonishingly beautiful. Inspired by the mind-blowing new animated series Scavengers Reign, we’re talking about some of the best examples of alien ecosystems in science fiction. Then we dive into some real-life ecosystems on Earth, and reveal two important ways that scientists study environmental changes. Along the way, you’ll find out why algae is literally sucking the life out of coastal ecosystems. Plus, shouldn’t salt marsh grass have rights?

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Notes, citations, etc.

Scavengers Reign

Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, Dungeons & Dragons module by Gary Gygax

Dry Land, by B. Pladek

A Half-Built Garden, by Ruthanna Emrys

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, bySylvia Moreno-Garcia

Origins of the term “ecosystem”

The International Biological Program

Sippewissett Marsh

Research on the likely disappearance of Sippewissett and other saltwater marshes

Javier Lloret, who studies food webs at the Marine Biological Lab

Anne Giblin, who studies environmental chemistry at the Marine Biological Lab

Waquoit Bay

Learn more about algae blooms in Waquoit Bay leading to oxygen depletion in the water, via Christopher Flavelle’s reporting in the New York Times

[juicyolpickle]

Anatomy Diagram Concept Thoughts - I’m gonna be honest. When making this simplified diagram I had no idea what i was doing and what i was going for as this is my first time doing thing aaaand I didn’t get to figure out what type of atmosphere/environment they live in yet to get a good idea on what organs they might need to assist them in their daily lives. I just took inspiration from human and animal organ anatomy to build a simple idea before planning out the final result. And seeing how their design isn’t too alien and might even be considered mammal like, it isn’t too far fetched to develop organs that resemble closely to ours.

Planning - One thing I need to figure out before redesigning the anatomy entirely is what is in their environment, what their atmosphere is like, and what ancestry branch they stemmed from to have evolved their current day features.

One thing I am sure of is them having a baby pouch, which would be the uterus equivalent to the Zaabua and having the ability to change their sex depending on what role they are positioned in. I took inspiration from snails and how they are hermaphrodites and have both organs for ….. the deed‼️😨