Thread 6324878

Planet Dump25... Widely known as one of the worst planets in the galaxy, but not as bad as Dump26. The sickly glow of a diseased star irradiates this misbegotten place daily, providing a feeble facsimile of sunlight to the two and a half species of MISERABLE FUCK that live there.
the ELLY is a photosynthetic creature that uses its big veiny EARS to gather SUNLIGHT
the PHANT is a CARNIVORE, it EATS the ELLY
the BUTTLEECH is a FREELOADER, it SUCKS poop from the PHANT's butt
Perhaps in time, these genetic rejects will give rise to a thriving ecosystem... But probably not

Rules:
1. Find a creature suffering from environmental pressures
2. Copy it into MS Paint (or any other anti-aliased drawing program, if you're fancy like that)
3. Add a feature to the creature that will make it better at not dying
4. Reply to the post that had the old creature with your new, improved creature (and describe how it's different)
It's that easy! And they told me you needed a degree to be an evolutionary biologist...

>>6324878 (OP)
the standle has gone sedentary

>>6324878 (OP)
>2k25
Chelly has more feet peer feet actually helps standing stable to not fall over and hurt your legs

>>6324878 (OP)
when you find food you take big bites ensuring you lose less food to the environment and more certainly catching the food first

>>6324878 (OP)
communication is important for survival but how to communicate why not use the same organ to sense the communication to communicate.
that passing glance that saucy gaze to communicate intent and position especially when near a phant, is important tiptoing around watching a single member of there group being consumed with them helpless standing at the edges

>>6324878 (OP)
ButtLeech grows lamprey-like teeth to better hold onto Phant's butt and to make it more painful. Why? Cause fuck em that's why.

>>6324886
standing there unable to slowly shift there position makes them vulnerable so why not have some slack having it hang taking up less area that can be brushed into and eaten

>>6324919
big picture both ends can fit inside of a phants pants

>>6324895
Chelly has now evolved more eyes to help detect Phants. It really helps when you can both see and move better away from something trying to eat you.

>>6324903
Phants now has a tounge to help it eat better and make sure it's actually eating some sort of Elly and not a nasty ButtLeech or its own shit.

>>6324895
the weary chelly suffers from diverting more energy into OBSERVING the world around it, but in turn often survives slightly longer than its more carefree counterparts.

>>6324923
A subset of the Buttleech grew cartilaginous, flexing nubs to better hold onto their prey.

>>6325033
having grown pairs of tiny hooked legs across its body, it can move faster towards its prey and move on new terrain

>>6324933
Phant can whack now

>>6324921
Standles develop a mineralized skull plate in order to BOP their enemies, ya know, just bop em. Because you can't say that.

>>6325555
imagine my Halloween shame as I forget the image. spooky.

>>6325498
Bigger mouf

>>6325556
Bigger head

>>6325493
Bigger legs

>>6325013
Bigger eye

>>6325498
Actually how about a second mouth?

>>6326126
I have given it big stupid feet so it can run on water for short distances, in order to escape predators.

>>6326170

1) Bigger, stupider feet for better water running
2) Fingers on its ears so it can grab things by closing them
3) A big ol' runny nose to make anything that tries to eat it sick

>>6326127
Longer legs, better to chase things with. It has learned to wade in muck, only the top mouth exposed to breathe, to wait in wait for its prey when the chelly runs across the water.

>>6326220
1) Big, strong, muscular legs for better wading in the mud
2) Its tail becomes a hand, for plucking assworms out of its butt
3) It becomes less of a fatass, so it requires less food

>>6326174
1: Develops a thicker ear that holds air in, so it can float in water. Additionally develops a trunk, so that, while floating away from predators, it can breathe.
2: Develops tentacle-like suckers on its fingers, with little bone nubs/teeth. It climbs up trees (if those exist here.) to escape predators, and uses the suckers to tear open nuts/fruits for consumption.
3: it gets spikes on its knees. It smears what runs from its nose onto them for additional poison damage.

How does this work ?

>>6326721
You look at a creature and think of some adaptation it could use to survive better in some way. Then, you take the picture of that creature and edit it to show that adaptation.
As species adapt, they become better suited for their niche, and species can diverge for different environments and strategies.
Some games like this have random events like meteor strikes or ice ages or whatever, or different environments, &c. But the core of it is just adapting to deal with threats or prey.