Raffles & Giveaways

@dreamclaws The end of the week got crazy for me, so I'll submit a few late entries today (:

[b]Username: [/b] Xayxayx [b]Theme: [/b] Tropical Colors [b]Species: [/b] Blue morpho (morpho menelaus) [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual [b]Comment (Optional): [/b] I was in awe with this butterfly species when I got to see it in person on a trip to Panama! The photo is one that I took while in panama (: [b]Entry:[/b][img]https://i.imgur.com/ygIqQsC.jpg[/img] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=55&bodygene=42&breed=1&element=4&eyetype=10&gender=1&tert=99&tertgene=24&winggene=20&wings=90&auth=38a17c88a4863035e1964db2c85be8d8b0f5594b&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [b]Username: [/b] Xayxayx [b]Theme: [/b] Tropics at home [b]Species: [/b] Money tree (Pachira Aquatica) [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual [b]Comment (Optional): [/b] My own money tree (: Her name is Satine and she's been putting out some beautiful new leaves recently! I've scried her a dragon! [b]Entry:[/b][img]https://i.imgur.com/wvBayR6.jpg[/img][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=113&bodygene=5&breed=8&element=4&eyetype=10&gender=1&tert=143&tertgene=15&winggene=20&wings=101&auth=fc2058ed6d74868769140f4d3120fc4475bd6069&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [b]Username: [/b] Xayxayx [b]Theme: [/b] Life Aquatic [b]Species: [/b] Flame Angelfish ( Centropyge loricula ) [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual [b]Comment (Optional): [/b] [b]Entry:[/b][img]https://i.imgur.com/TqTA3Nv.jpg[/img][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=0&body=48&bodygene=7&breed=13&element=11&eyetype=6&gender=1&tert=61&tertgene=11&winggene=8&wings=112&auth=50e6f123c645cf9d77e2d9cacc2d1ff09ac1ce82&dummyext=prev.png[/img]

Didn't get to participate much this event but started out I intending to, and will definitely in future! It's so unique and appreciated, I love the concept.
Thank you for having it!

I have been lurking this thread all week. I didn't participate, as I didn't have the energy or time to do research for it, but it was fun seeing all the scrys and the species they're based on and learning some things I didn't know! :)

@ Medievalredragon b]Username: [/b] Medievalredragon [b]Theme: [/b] Weird, Wild, Plants! (Day 1: (Late) [b]Species: [/b] [i]Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa Tree Fruit a/k/a Cacao tree fruit)[/i] [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual & Lore [b]Comment (Optional): [/b] Native to the Amazon Rainforest and other tropical regions of the Americas, cocoa trees were prized for their seeds and grown by many ancient cultures, including the Maya and Olmecs (the oldest known civilization in Central America). The trees are in the evergreen family Malvaceae, and grow to around 6 – 11 meters (20–40 feet) in the rainforest understory. Its fruit are the cocoa pods that contain seeds, cocoa beans, and are used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa solids, cocoa butter and chocolate. The seeds have been traded for thousands of years. [b]From SummerSolstice field notes:[/b] [i]I think I have found a descendant of an ancient tree called Cacao. It has an unusual fruit the color and shape of my young nephew but with seeds that are truly magical. I collected some specimens and young plants that I am cultivating in my lair green house. I have done some experiments with the leaves, fruit and seeds of the plant with my alchemist/cook friend, Bones. We have found that the seeds have medical and potentially culinary properties. We have used the ground seeds to make a kind of soothing cream for use during the molt and even made a beverage from the liquor extracted from that that is a mood lifter. We are experimenting with solidifying the extracted liquor and mixing it with other agents to make a kind of dessert. [/i] [center][img]https://tourthetropics.com/wp-content/uploads/blog/from-flickr/Cocoa-Plant.jpg[/img][/center] Cocoa Pods Source: https://tourthetropics.com/guides/most-fascinating-plants-in-the-amazon-rainforest/ Compare with [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=0&body=120&bodygene=4&breed=9&element=10&eyetype=0&gender=0&tert=113&tertgene=5&winggene=7&wings=65&auth=410bc9d0d9fbba09aa307b96003a8780c29c9c8d&dummyext=prev.png[/img]

@ Medievalredragon [b]Username: [/b] Medievalredragon [b]Theme: [/b] Birds of the Jungle (day 3) (Late) [b]Species: [/b] Lophorina niedda a/k/a Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise a/k/a crescent-caped lophorina  a/k/a curl-caped bird-of-paradise [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual and Lore [b]Comment (Optional):[/b] The Vogelkop superb bird-of-paradise is s a species of the Paradisaeidae (bird-of-paradise) family and found only in New Guinea's far-western Bird's Head, or Vogelkop, region. The microscopic structures of its black plumage absorb 99.95% of light hitting it. It has bright blue markings on its chest that form what look like cartoonish faces when the males perform their mating dances. Its hood, only visible during the male’s mating dance, has a curled oval cape. [b]From SummerSolstice’s journal[/b]: [i]Under circumstances that I am not at liberty to reveal even in this private journal, I was able to access a cache of extremely old (and rare!) bird guides of a place that most of Sornieth believes as mythical. This cache is either a superb hoax or they are actually real – and all of Sornieth’s history will have to be reconsidered. I get ahead of myself, I need to conduct more tests of the texts and find additional corroborating evidence in both the fossil and current natural record before I release my findings to a wider audience. In any case, I was fascinated and amused to see an unusual bird in it that in coloring and behavior reminded me of a my little cousin -- even to its ridiculous little dance routine. I wonder if these birds are an early ancestor of Mirrors?[/i] [b]Entry:[/b] [center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/658784940153896960/716873668537352202/unknown.png[/img][/center] Source: https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-vantablack-bird-of-paradise-has-been-discovered-and-it-s-absolutely-mesmerising [url=https://youtu.be/XWjx6oSgC4M]Courtship dance of Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise[/url] compare with [center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=0&body=10&bodygene=16&breed=3&element=5&eyetype=1&gender=0&tert=89&tertgene=5&winggene=9&wings=10&auth=7974afe62b55b0e990c6b82baee1c9e06895d9ee&dummyext=prev.png[/img][/center]

@Medievalredragon Day 7 (late) b]Username: [/b] Medievalredragon [b]Theme: [/b] Life Aquatic [b]Species: [/b] Chrysiptera cymatilis damselfish a/k/a Malenesian blue devil [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual & Lore [b]Comment (Optional): [/b] Found in sheltered seaward coral reefs and lagoons of Papua New Guinea presumably feeding on zooplankton. Males guard and aerate the eggs. From SummerSolstice’s private journal: These books hold amazing pictures of such unusual, colorful and amazing fish, insects, plants and wildlife like I have never seen before. I was tickled to notice that the damselfish looks almost like my Skydancer friend,.Lagoon. I wonder if the waters of their habitat are that blue so it acts as some type of protective coloration, or, it is more about wanting to be noticed by the opposite sex. So sad and frustrating that the records are fragmentary. [b]Entry:[/b] [img]https://reefbuilders.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/06/Chrysiptera-cymatilis-1.jpg[/img] Source: https://reefbuilders.com/2011/06/28/chrysiptera-cymatilis/# Compare with [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=136&bodygene=7&breed=13&element=4&eyetype=8&gender=1&tert=136&tertgene=10&winggene=17&wings=136&auth=aa2f8857949462c0bd9274366cadfa5f33679446&dummyext=prev.png[/img]

@dreamclaws

Ticket counts are correct. However, I sent in late entries for all the other days so I could get the badges. (days 1, 3, and 7) so I have all 7 badges now.


Thanks!

medievalredragon

@Medievalredragon Got 'em counted!

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