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Oclyria

Beautiful Planet with wide oceans and cold tundras. A nice place for aquatic and arctic life.

Backstory of planet One day there was a solar nebula. The solar nebula had released particles of dust making a planet. This planet was then named Oclyria. This planet does have a crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core. This means that the planet did go through planetary differentiation. Oclyria orbited a solar system until a meteorite had hit it out of orbit. After it was hit out of orbit it did not have a sun to orbit around making it a rogue planet. 5 million years after the planet was hit out of orbit, there were signs of living organisms on the planet. Instead of using solar energy they used geothermal energy. This made the water underground pressurized making many geysers were located around the planet.

Over millions of years later there was life on Oclyria. Oclyria had mostly animals that were adapted to wet climates and tropical weather. Ex. Frogs, Turtles, Monkeys, Jaguars, Foxes, etc. It was mostly a tropical area like a rainforest. Suddenly a terrible blizzard came in and destroyed most of the trees. Covering the whole entire planet with snow and ice. Most of the animals that lived in the environment died because they could withstand the harsh cold that rolled in. The animals started to mate with each other so they could take different aspects of one animal so they could both survive in the harsh cold.

After the blizzard a meteorite hit Oclyria. The meteorite was extremely hot and when it hit the planet it melted majority of the snow and ice that was on the planet. The animals once again had to adapt to the sudden weather. A lot of the animals died with the impact of the meteorite, but some still did remain. The change of weather made some of the animals life different from what it was. The remaining animals that lived on the planet adapted webbed feet from the animals they mated with. They would choose the ones with the webbed feet and they would mate. This made sure that their offspring would be able to survive in the water from all the snow that had melted. The trees started to grow back and it gradually became a wetland.

Examples of the species on Oclyria

Arctic Fox Hare- The arctic fox would have stronger hind legs so it can go farther distances by jumping or prancing. This would help move through the snow or get away from predators easily. The hare would increase in size and its teeth will become sharper. This will help the hare stay alive longer and go higher on the food chain

Armatypus- The armadillo would get webbed feet from the platypus. The armadillo’s fur would become more dense so that creature can stay warm and dry in the water.

Poison Dart Caiman- The caimen would have a new diet that consists of different types of poisonous bugs. This is how the caiman would get its poison. The caiman would grow a little bit smaller than an average caiman. An average caiman is 16ft so it would be most likely 10ft. The frog/caiman would have sharp teeth so it would go higher on the food chain. This animal would most likely not be eaten by a lot of animals in the rainforest because of its adaptations with the poison and the teeth from the caiman.

Fossil Evidence for each

Arctic Fox Hare- At first, this animal was just a hare. It was dying a lot in the rainforest. Then, the blizzard came. The hare still was being eaten so it mated with the arctic fox getting its white coat, its teeth, and its height. It’s height would improve by 2ft.

Armatypus- At first the animal was just a platypus. It was living in the rainforest at the time. After the blizzard the platypus was not able to walk in the snow properly so it would die from pneumonia. The animal then mated with the armadillo giving it the armor to stay warm and protected from the predators that lurked in the snow. The creature would make burrows in the ground to survive the harsh blizzard. After the snow melted and it became water. The armatypus adapted webbed feet from the platypus so it could swim better in the water.

Poison Dart Caiman- At first both of the animals were separated in their separate habitats. When the blizzard hit some of the frogs were dying because of the extreme cold. They would freeze and die over time. Since most of the bugs that used to have poison in their body died. The poison dart frog started to lose its poison. This also caused most of the frogs to die. This is when the poison dart frog mated with the caiman. The poison dart frog had grown a longer body like a caimans. The frog also started to get the different facial aspects of the caiman. On the caimans side the offspring started to become more vibrant in color. Some offspring had smooth skin like the frogs with very few scales (female) and the other offspring would keep the hard scale for armor (male). The creature over time became a carnivore since all of the plants had died. The excellent eyesight and hearing from the caiman helped the creature find prey easier. When the meteorite hit it caused water to flood through the land. The species that had webbed feet only survived. Most of the caimans did not have webbed feet because of the poison dart frog. That meant that most of the poison dart caimen died. The one that survived were the ones that inherited webbed feet from the caimen.