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While surveying the planet I have uncovered at least 6 Ecosystems, of these I have explored 4. They are listed below along with organisms who are classifed in them and obvious food chains.

Moss Field:

Animal-Like Organisms: Gigaspondylus, Novenator, Terraplatydermus.

Plant-Like Organisms: Megamicrophytus, Unamicrophytus.

Food Chains:

• Megamicrophytus → Terraplatydermus → Novenator
• Unamicrophytus → Gigaspondylus → Novenator

Macrophytus terrus Forest:

Animal-Like Organisms: Maurosaurus reptans, Maurosaurus smilocauda, Maurosaurus mephitis.

Plant-Like Organisms: Macrophytus terrus, Microphytus mephitis, Microphytus rhizaphyllus.

Food Chains:

• Macrophytus terrus → Maurosaurus reptans → Maurosaurus smilocauda
• Microphytus mephitis → Maurosaurus mephitis → Maurosaurus smilocauda

Beach:

Animal-Like Organisms: Tenerdupod, Novaquaspondylus, Ursaspondylus.

Plant-Like Organisms: Macrophytus aquaticus, Tomentorepandophytus.

Food Chains:

• Macrophytus aquaticus → Tenerdupod → Novaquaspondylus → Ursaspondylus
• Tomentorepandophytus → Tenerdupod

Novahalimicrophytus Rock Field:

Animal-Like Organisms: Microplatyderma, Platydermaspondylus, Aquaplatydermus, Novaquaspondylus.

Plant-Like Organisms: Novahalimicrophytus.

Food Chains:

• Novahalimicrophytus → Microplatyderma → Novaquaspondylus
• Novahalimicrophytus → Platydermaspondylus → Novaquaspondylus
• Novahalimicrophytus → Aquaplatydermus → Novaquaspondylus

Day 1:

• Area Explored: Moss-Fields.
• Animal-Like Organisms Discovered: Gigaspondylus, Novenator.
• Plant-Like Organisms Discovered: Megamicrophytus, Unamaximaphyllus.

Day 2:

• Area Explored: Moss-Fields.
• Animal-Like Organisms Discovered: None.
• Plant-Like Organisms Discovered: Unamicrophytus.

Day 3:

• Area Explored: Puddle-Ocean Beach.
• Animal-Like Organisms Discovered: Tenerdupod, Novaquaspondylus.
• Plant-Like Organisms Discovered: Macrophytus aquaticus, Tomentorepandophytus.

Day 4:

• Area Explored: Puddle-Ocean Beach.
• Animal-Like Organisms Discovered: Ursaspondylus.
• Plant-Like Organisms Discovered: None.

Day 5:

• Area Explored: Puddle-Ocean ‘Rock Plains’.
• Animal-Like Organisms Discovered: Microplatyderma, Platydermaspondylus, Aquaplatydermus.
• Plant-Like Organisms Discovered: Novahalimicrophytus.

Day 6:

• Area Explored: Moss-Fields ‘Macrophytus terrus Forest’.
• Animal-Like Organisms Discovered: Maurosaurus reptans, Maurosaurus smilocauda, Maurosaurus mephitis.
• Plant-Like Organisms Discovered: Macrophytus terrus, Microphytus mephitis, Microphytus rhizaphyllus.

Day 7:

• Area Explored: Moss-Fields.
• Animal-Like Organisms Discovered: Terraplatydermus.
• Plant-Like Organisms Discovered: None.

While exploring the beaches of the planet, I encountered an Aquatic Predator as I dived in the water to locate live specimens of Tenerdupods. Given the proximity to the beached Tenerdupods I summised that the Aquatic Predator fed upon Tenerdupods (Primarily beached ones) and any small organisms that came into the water by enclosing it’s ‘mouth’ around the victim and then ‘chopping’ it with it’s ‘tounge’.

The Predator was as large as a Tuna and had a sail on similiar to that of a Novenator or Gigaspondylus. I theorised from this, based upon the fact that most aquatic organisms do not have a sail, that the Predator had returned to the ocean in a similiar manner of which Earth’s marine reptiles and mammals did. I decided to call the Predator Novaquaspondylus (New-Water-Vertebrae (From returning to an aquatic environment with a terrestrial vertebrae structure)).

While surveying the beaches of the planet I am currently situated on, I encountered what appeared to be the equivelant of this planet’s Jellyfish. Scattered across multiple portions of the area were soft-bodied organisms which resembled Jellyfish in the way of which they were beached. I decided to dive into the water to find some live specimens.

Upon being in the water I was instantly targeted by a Novaquaspondylus which possibly mistook me for a small native organism. I then rapidly proceeded to hurry out of the aquatic landscape and circumnavigate the area of which the Novaquaspondylus occupied. When I had managed to get to a safe distance from the aquatic predator I dived in again and started to search the rocky area for Tenerdupods (Of which I decided to call them, meaning Soft and Two Legged).

Large structures of Flora occupied the area that appeared similiar to seaweed (which I would call Macrophytus polylateraphyllus (Long-plant, many-side-leaf) of which two subspecies exist: major and minor (greater and smaller)). These were tall and had many small ‘leaves‘ growing off of the direct side of the ‘stem‘. They also had large lime-green ‘balloons’ on top of the stem, most likely for buoyancy. Feeding on these were Tenerdupods which aligned themselves with the ‘leaves’ and use their ‘tounge’ to, roughly put, swallow the leaves.

This curious behaviour appears to be unique to Tenerdupods and I have not seen it in any other aquatic organisms.

The oceans on this planet are vast and form a web of vast pools connected and seperated by bridges of water and land. In the small areas of water connecting pools form swamp-like areas, inhibiting the flow of water. Stilt-footed organisms catch and consume water-born organisms which attempt to cross the swamps. The organisms that primarily try to cross the swamps are probably migrating organisms which change pools they are in seasonaly in order to escape predators or lay eggs.

The pools are relatively shallow and usually support a central underwater ‘forest’. Surrounding this ‘forest’ are fields of smooth, round rocks which grow an algae-like organism of which the herbivorous organisms feed upon by colliding with them lower-side first. This mechanism appears to be what smooths the rocks. The ‘Mouths’ on these organisms doesn’t appear to function as a feeding apparatus and are used almost solely for defensive purposes.

The landscape on the Alien Planet of which I am currently situated is incredibly humid; Huge layers of a moss-like substance cover the ground like grass and the few trees of which I can see in the distance appear to be shaped like umbrellas and from what I can see the ‘plants’ on this planet appear to photosynthesis, as I can currently see no growth beneath the ‘umbrella-trees’. From the air I can see Oceans in the distance of a purple colour, bordering these are vast multi-layered forests which look like floors in a building. The umbrella-like forests appear to only grow on isolated patches of moss fields. Deserts are also a sight from the air, a greyish-yellow colour they sit on the landscape (between oceans) as if they were oceans.

The ground, were I have seen it, is a reddish-brown colour and is almost completely a clay-like layer, though were I have dug up the moss to the point of seeing the ground (the moss layer is almost 20cm above the ground) I have noticed that the clay-layer is broken up and almost like gravel, I can only theorise currently that this is because of some variety of a ‘root-anchor’ system. Large rocks are also scattered around the Moss fields.

Balancing on the Moss is very difficult and I can now see why most life on this planet have large, hoof-like feet.

While being charged at by a herd of Gigaspondylus (on the my first 24-hours on the Alien World of which I am situated on), a pack of 3 two-legged, Spear-Headed, Hooved-like footed Organism appeared and attacked them. This was the first hunter I had seen on this planet and so I named it Novenator meaning New Hunter. They used their heads as shovels, spears and, of course, mouths. When they charged at a Gigaspondylus they used their tails as a directional tool and all charged in unison so that the Beast was impacted upon 3 time in a few seconds, killing it almost instantly.

When the Gigaspondylus had succombed to the Noventors, which only took a few seconds, they started using their heads as shovels; digging into the soft lower torso of the Gigaspondylus and carrying ‘meat‘ (it looked like meat from the distance I was at) into an area a bit of distance away, only to come back for more pieces a few seconds later. I assumed they did this to either stockpile or feed their young, though I can only guess at what form of Reproduction they may possess.

Upon arriving on this Alien World I was charged at by a herd of Giant Beasts of size no smaller than an Elephant; believing me to be some small Carnivore. I was saved, unintentionally, by a pack of 3 Novenator Velox. Charging at the Beast they acted like a thrown spear: Plunging there head into the Beast’s torso so that there spear-shaped heads were nearly 1/3 into the Beasts skin. Luckily for me this event spooked the herd and caused them to panic into running away from me. The attacked Beast at this point was on the verge of collapsing from what appeared to be blood-loss; though I was baffled at the fact that the creatures of this world had blood, albeit a bluish-purple colour.

After the Novenator pack had eaten using there tube-like mouth tounges, they left the carcass with almost all of the skin intact. I decided to hazard a peek through the skin; This was a mistake which involved me nearly expending my breakfast. I peered in and saw one giant spine occupying half of the Beast’s torso. I decide to call it, after it’s vertebrae, Gigaspondylus, meaning Giant Vertebrae. Other features I saw included mostly intact legs (the only feeding on them were on the soft areas), large circular supports along the spine every 40cm or so (Similiar to Ribs except wider and as a complete circle), and the feet appeared to be similiar to hooves.