#speculativebiology

[vcreatures]

The Large Maw Mermaid, or the more commonly known “Treasure Hoarder”, is a medium sized mermaid found across tropical seas. This mermaid is well documented for gobbling up sunken treasures due its propensity for eating anything it can fit in it’s mouth. Caught specimens are commonly found with bellies full of gems, gold, and other sunken paraphernalia. Its why they are also known by another name, “Neptune’s Purse”.

[aniriteron]

warm beach day on titan

[arcpunk]

Show me what you're made of! Details about the inner structure of Arcpunk's creatures!

Of course, this isn't the full internal structure. For example, it doesn't yet cover how water balance is regulated, how the skin works (such as how wounds are closed even though there's no blood that could coagulate), and all those things. In short: most of it has explanations, but more on that at another time.

I'm currently working on my own website: Arcpunk-com, where I hope to gradually list a lot of important information about the Arcpunk cosmos. Feel free to check it out or follow me on social media :)

[unclefard]

100 MOTIVATED NEPHILIM VS PRIME T.REX

no one is going to save you

[titanartwork01]

My second spec evo is a predatory chameleon chasing down and catching pterosaurs Species name- Messorem Chamelonitis (Reapers Chameleon) Creator- Titan Diet- carnivorous Clade- Chamaeleontiformes Habitat- Tropical Rainforest and Carbonate Platform Height- 1m Length-1.4m Ecology- Fast ambush hunter/fisher

Additional info- The Reapers Chameleon is a stead fast ambushhunter being able to climb and run down any prey its jaws around. This reptile will mostly target small fish and pterosaur,using an ambush to catch its meal. They are normally solo until till mating season in which they will group together, fully grown males will hissand grown while the smack each other withtheir hard muscular tails, leaving gashes and cuts over the body or even dismemment of toes,fingers or tail. They also posses a large barded finger which it gets its name sakewhich it uses to stab its prey.

[drbatavia]

Number 217L Luminous Moth and Number 25GWR Galaxy Willow

[luciennejabs1980blog]

[artistassinideas]

Fictional Stegosaurian:

A fictional species of stegosaurian dinosaur. I based its feet on this picture: https://www.deviantart.com/andorou-khan/art/Stegosaurian-Feet-391845603

...............

Estegosauriano Ficticio:

Una especie ficticia de dinosaurio estegosauriano. Basé sus pies en esta imagen: https://www.deviantart.com/andorou-khan/art/Stegosaurian-Feet-391845603

[vees-strangeworld-omniverse]

HOMO THEROPS: THE ANTHROS

(NOTE: descriptions copy-pasted from DA where i normally/originally post my works. any context that is missing here on tumblr can be found on my DA [linked here and on pinned post] )

[also, this right here is my updated version of them]

well well well if it isn't the updated version of this post back during the "strangeworld stories" era. and Vee's here too being a smug bitch cause she's actually a shapeshifter (But i figured i'd use her again for it anyways, considering i used her for the first one).

[tumblr note: don't worry, we'll eventually get my sona's species sometime in the future]

anyways, it's high time i once more talk about the "anthros". now, there are many races of anthropomorphic beings out there, but the term "anthro" refers specifically to these guys.     going by the scientific name "homo therops" (beast-faced man), as well as on occasion being dubbed "true anthros", these anthropomorphic beings are by far the most common humanoid anthropomorphic beings in the omniverse. they all come from/originate from various versions of earth, and in terms of earth-based sophonts they're also the most common. as a matter of fact, they're the 2nd most common earth-based race, sitting between humans (the 1st most common) and dinosauroids (3rd).     in spite of their appearances, anthros are actually a species of human that take up the physical appearance of anthropomorphic beings. they are mammals, does the whole "live birth + milk" stuff, have the near-identical anatomy and biology of a human, etc.. it's considered a big mystery as to how humans naturally evolved to look like "beasts".     in the majority of anthro universes, they walked alongside -and outcompeted- other well-known species of humans like neanderthals and us homo sapien. however, there are also plenty of universes where they continue to exist alongside at least one other species of humans (commonly us homo sapiens). strangely, only 2% of all anthro universes pull the "role reversal" and have humans be more or less animals (then again the "role-reversal" trope is more common in uplifted animals and other non-human sophonts).

    before going into the types of anthros, we must talk about some of the features that they all have, because sometimes these features are what can separate them from near-identical-looking anthropomorphic beings.

-their skulls always contain canines, premolars and molars. in beaked individuals (like vee who is a turkey vulture), the beak tip replaces the incisors.  -they have both plantigrade & digitigrade legs, but digitigrade isn't too defined. the foot (or more specifically the metacarpal) is only about 50-65% longer than a regular plantigrade foot, depending on the specific animal. so, no extreme digitigrade legs. it also helps to know that, regardless of leg/foot orientation, they'll have the same amount of toes as their animal counterparts. -anthros always will have at least three digits on their hands, in the form of a thumb and two fingers. this extends to hoof-hands; because instead of having strait-up hooves, they have three fingers that end in thick, hoof-like fingernails. note that the whole "three digit minimum" could also apply to other animals. -avian arm wings are more like that of maniraptorans dinosaur. any paleonerd would know that maniraptoran dinosaur (and especially dromaeosaurs), tend to have a weird wing-like arms (or vise versa), were under the actually wing part is a hand. this applies to true anthros; although definitely having a wing-like structure with the feather coverage, they still have a humanoid hand underneath. depending on the specific anthro sub-category, these arm-wings (or any other wings) may or may not be capable of flight. -and yes, like said before, they are biologically mammals (and humans, no less), and thus have said biological functions. this include reproductive organs, live births, and breast-feeding their young. and, like said, this is regardless of what they outwardly are. as a matter of fact, they also are always "human-sized", with little correlation to their species's size; another indicator of a true anthro. -full-on invertebrates are not included. usually this is because invertebrate anthros evolved from...well...an invertebrate. this specifically refers to anthros who are mostly invertebrates; anthro who have minor invertebrate features (antenna, wings, maybe a tail, etc) do exist with the mythos anthros, thought even then they still are a vertebrate animal at their very core (example: mantacores are still mostly lion, but often have a scorpion tail).

   did i get everything down? yes? good, now i can actually go through all the different type of anthros.

    now, when it comes to classifying anthros and all that, one thing to note is that it's not based on what species of creature they are/represent, but rather the overall theme of said species. with that, there are four major groups that all anthros are categorized as:

COMMON ANTHROS (ex. used: white rhinoceros)     common anthros are categorized as being anthros who's species are that of "Modern, holocene-era animals". they come from world that, for all intensive purposes, is identical to our own in terms of fauna and flora (no weird spec-evo stuff for the most part). as their name implies, they are by far the most common of the anthros, with 47% of all anthro universes being common anthros. actually, they're not just the most common; they were the FIRST anthros that the pukanis encountered, hence why they're used as the basis for classifying anthros.     in the common anthro's universes, it is a perfect 50/50 split between the common anthros being the only species of humans and anthro coexisting with other human species (commonly homo sapiens themselves).

ARCHEON-ANTHROS (ex. used: sordes pilosus)     archeon anthros follow a somewhat similar pattern to the common anthro, the archeon anthros are species who are classified as "pre-holocene animals", which is to say any prehistoric animals/paleofauna. sometimes the species themselves focus on a specific time period, other times it seems like a free-for-all and different species of different time periods exist. whilst consisting 25% of all anthro universe, they are a very diverse due to the fact that they represent not just various paleofauna, but also the various reconstructions and physicals depictions of said paleofauna (which means yes, your scientifically accurate raptors and Jurassic park raptors can exist together).      sometimes regular, non-anthro/non-sapien paleofauna exist alongside them, though like all true anthros the archeon anthros still are humans biologically/taxonomically. this group is the most likely to have other species of humans living alongside them, and often have have several prehistoric human species coexist together alongside them. 

MYTHOS ANTHROS (ex used: enfield)     mythos anthro are by far the most varied of all anthros. whilst commonly representing mythological/folkloric creatures of our world, they also represent any fictional creatures of our world as well. this make the by far the most diverse of all anthro categories; you can have dragons and griffons, jersey devils and mothmen, or even a pokemon or digimon. this category is often a free-for-all; anything fictional creatures that exist, chances are exist as true anthros as well.     like with the archeon anthros, regular non-anthro counterparts and humans often coexist with said anthros. anthros based on media will often exist within some version of that media's universe (ie pokemon anthros existing in the pokemon universe). 

MORPH-ANTHROS (ex. used: A-20 havoc)     morph anthro consist of only 10% of all anthro universes. they represent not animals or living creatures, but instead vehicles. the "morph" part of the name is in reference to how human call their humanoid vehicles (aeromorphs, automorphs, etc). they are often considered the "least diverse" of all anthro universes, mainly because 50% of all morph-anthro's universe tend to only consist of aircraft (aeromorphs). still, they are nonetheless a very intriguing category.     of all anthro universes, these universes are the least likely to have other human species coexist with them. as a matter of fact, you are more likely to come across a multi-vehicle world than you are to come across a human-vehicle coexistence world. however, morph-anthros are also known to exist in the most different types of anthro universes; from our regular world, to a world of paleofauna and/or mythical beings, to human media-based universes; anyplace that's earth and has humans, chances are at least one version will have morph-anthros instead of any other human species.

aaaaaand some fun trivia facts because why not!!!

-when it comes to "flying anthro" and actual flight, it can vary depending on the universe they originate from. in some universes, they are completely incapable of flight due to their wings being too small. in other, their wings are large/powerful enough fly, or at least large enough to glide. 

-anthro, strangely, hold the key to reversing transforgee's transformations, and anthros who find themselves tranforgees are way more likely to be fully cured than, say, a human or elkinet. this is why semi-reversal turns the tranforgee into a similar-sized anthro version of whatever they turned into.

-and here's an unfun fact: yes, regardless of type anthro can produce offspring with other compatible humans, and especially with the most populace of humans: homo sapiens. surprisingly the offspring isn't some misshapen, barely-functioning monstrocity; on the codagian anthropomorphism scale, they range between a mini-hybrid to just below that of a "true anthro", though that's just a generalization. for example, between a winged cat anthro and a human, you might get a winged catgirl, unintentionally get a mythical sphinx, a human with some animal-like features (muzzle, ears and tails are common with this particular one), etc.. yet another thing i just have to draw someday. 

-and yes, there are worlds were all four anthro types coexist with eachother. beyond interdimensional travels to other worlds, there exist many terraformed planet that were specifically created and/or designed by true anthros with the aid of the pukanis.

[rune-echos]

A Shadow Realm w/ Chirality and Science

I had this idea kind of randomly about how one could maybe make Shadow Worlds that are based in science.

Chirality in Science

Chirality refers to molecules existing in two mirror-image forms, like left and right hands. Life on Earth exhibits a single chirality: proteins use left-handed (L) amino acids, while DNA and RNA rely on right-handed (D) sugars. This uniformity defines Earth's biochemistry. Life with the opposite chirality (D-amino acids and L-sugars) would be chemically incompatible, unable to metabolize or interact with our biology.

The Setting

On this imagined world, life exists in two distinct chiralities—L-life and D-life—but they are phase-shifted, occupying the same physical space in separate dimensions. These ecosystems evolved in parallel, completely unaware of one another due to their phase-shifted nature.

Perception and Light

Each chirality perceives its world as vibrant and colorful, but their visible light ranges are tuned to different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum:

L-life sees in the familiar visible spectrum (380–750 nm).

D-life perceives infrared or ultraviolet light, experiencing a unique and equally vibrant color palette.

When beings from one chirality cross into the other's phase, they perceive it as a "shadow realm," appearing dark or ghostly because their eyes cannot detect the other’s spectrum.

Interactions and Barriers

Biological Incompatibility: The two chiralities cannot metabolize or interact with each other’s biochemistry. Food, enzymes, and even cellular structures are incompatible.

Environmental Overlap: Both chiralities share the same terrain, water, and atmosphere, but their phase-shifted existence prevents direct interaction.

Phase Disruptions: Rare natural phenomena or advanced technology can create brief overlaps, allowing one chirality to glimpse or even temporarily interact with the other.

Atmosphere

The phase-shifted nature of the chiralities creates an eerie, dual-layered reality:

L-life perceives D-life as fleeting shadows or faint echoes, contributing to myths or fears of a parallel existence.

Similarly, D-life sees L-life as ghostly and incomprehensible, reinforcing the mystery of the "shadow realm."

This world offers a unique setting where two ecosystems coexist in the same physical space but remain blind to each other, defined by their distinct biochemistries and perceptions of light. Their separation by phase and perception shapes an environment of isolation and mystery.

[quantumquirksquiltblog]

[vcreatures]

 Reworking of my original Primordial Mother

The Primordial Mother is an example of a living mythos; A maid that is of corporeal and faith. She is seen as both giver and taker. Mother and monster of the cosmic deep. A behemoth of the abyss, she is the leviathan of the mermaid world. 

While many mermaid species don’t possess culture or what would be deemed as such. There are species who do in fact display a sentience, a self awareness and with that a seeming spirituality. In some species of mermaids it appears as though the Primordial Mother is revered as a Goddess figure.

Aside from her spiritual connection to certain mermaid species, it is believed that this specie is in fact the ancient progenitor of all mermaid species. Offerings, effigies, and carvings have been exhibited depicting this colossal maid and were the first things seen of this mysterious God. It was once believe to be purely religious iconography. It wasn’t until much later that the existence of Primordial Mother was confirmed. It is not known if she is aware of her divinity status. 

While not agreed upon, it is believed that there is only ever one Primordial Mother at one time. The species is entirely comprised of males except for her. Males of the species will search the ocean depths to find her. Forming large harems. Many will never find a female Primordial Mother in their lifetime. When the Primordial mother dies, the largest, most dominant male within the harem with undergo a metamorphosis taking her place. Some speculate that there are many, though fewer in number, Primordial mothers. It is not known if this concept of a single mother is purely symbolic albeit believed by mermaid species. Regardless, the Primordial Mother inhabits such depths much of their life will remain a mystery. 

[aniriteron]

M-JL3

[main-jupiter linage 3]

sophont species

M-JL3 is one of the three Ganymede sophont species. As any species in the Jupiter moon system, they're aquatic and live by the bottom of Ganymede's ocean, enduring high-pressure environments.

their reproduction is sorta like mitosis, but instead splitting off a smaller chunk of ones self- that grows into a new being.

[arcpunk]

Banded Stiltwalkers were not originally native to P'kun.

They were introduced by trade ships - something that might seem odd at first, considering that the specimens shown here can reach heights of several meters. However, like all creatures in Arcpunk, they undergo metagenesis, a reproductive cycle in which three distinct generations alternate.

The third generation, known as Letoho, may grow to impressive sizes, but the first generation, called Labette, are only a few centimeters tall. Much like geckos in our world, they can cling to walls. Combined with their quick, darting movements, this makes them easy to overlook - allowing them to become accidental stowaways.

[unclefard]

nephilim clip

[titanartwork01]

-Species name- Coccino Forcipe Termite

(Scarlet Tweezers Termite)

-Creator- Titan

-Diet- Ominivore

-Clade- Termitidae

-Habitat- Hot desert and savannah/hot steppe

-Size- Drone-2cm Worker-3 Guard -5-6cm Queen -8-9cm

-Ecology- Arthropod predators

-Additional info- when the queen is younger she proceeds to live a nomadic life style creating drones,workers and guards on the move.when the queen matures she will locate a dying tree and proceed to create a hollow mound around the tree this might cover the tree in some cases. as the tree is coverd the workers and drones will be tasked with cultivating mosses and fungi which they will use to fuel their seiges of arid deserts,using the corpses to feedthe fungi and the cycle continues.