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[b]Username: [/b] SecretSelkie [b]Theme: [/b] Weird, Wild Plants [b]Species: [/b] Ceropegia Haygarthii (Lantern Flower) [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual [b]Comment (Optional):[/b] This strange plant is a strong growing stem succulent whose stems can grow up to a whopping 10 feet in length! This plant species, the ones with the white thickened roots in particular, is quite susceptible to rotting, so planting it in a gritty compost is recommended to aid in drainage. [b]Entry:[/b] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=0&body=2&bodygene=1&breed=11&element=11&eyetype=3&gender=0&tert=160&tertgene=38&winggene=1&wings=101&auth=d0b8f1a1e0314c661cfc2e10dbf3805693f6b9f4&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/Ceropegia_distincta.jpg[/img] Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceropegia

@dreamclaws

Can I go on the pinglist please

@dreamclaws
I'd like to be on the pinglist, since I can't access the sheet ;w; Thanks!

@Puggles @MinnowFox Added you!

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[b]Username: [/b] Disillusionist [b]Theme: [/b] Day 2 - Predators in Paradise [b]Species: [/b] Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual [b]Comment (Optional): [/b] Amazon river dolphins are gray when they're born, and acquire a pink hue (more prominent in males) as they grow older. They have very small eyes, so it's likely that they use echolocation to navigate and find prey, which includes fish, turtles, and crabs. [b]Entry:[/b] [center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=4&bodygene=41&breed=3&element=1&eyetype=2&gender=1&tert=159&tertgene=12&winggene=1&wings=4&auth=4a10ab5cf1fa7a191b47fcf9faa60353e21ad472&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/aWTU2rF.jpg[/img] [url=http://ourmarinespecies.com/c-dolphins/amazon-pink-dolphins/]image source[/url][/center]

Username: Fennecfox21 Theme: Predators in Paradise Species: Rainforest Dragonflies Entry Type: Writing Comment (Optional): All in my writing! Entry: [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=60952278] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/609523/60952278_350.png[/img] [/url] Not your usual predator, but still a pretty ferocious animal! A terror in the microscopic world, dragonflies would seem like an enormous monster to a tiny aphid or other small bugs chilling out in the rainforest. They are able to fly backwards, hover in place, turn in tight spots, and accelerate instantly, and each of these abilities helps them catch prey. They only eat prey that they catch while flying, so if a dragonfly has a damaged wing and can't fly, it'll starve. Dragonflies can eat up to 30 mosquitos a day, and larvae will eat tadpoles, small fish, and even each other as well! There are over 5000 species of dragonfly. Dragonfly fossils have been found from the time of the dinosaurs with wingspans of up to 2 feet!

[b]Username:[/b] coyoterodeo [b]Theme:[/b] predators in paradise [b]Species:[/b] [i]ursus arctos horriblis[/i] -- better known as the grizzly bear! [b]Entry type:[/b] Visual [b]Comment:[/b] gaolers have always reminded me of bears for some reason--maybe it's the shape of their snouts, or their little wing paw-hands, or just how they're kind of chonky in general. either way, i love them! photo is my own, taken from a very far and safe distance at yellowstone national park :) [b]Entry:[/b] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=143&bodygene=29&breed=17&element=1&eyetype=2&gender=1&tert=143&tertgene=31&winggene=29&wings=165&auth=b59a72b465cf1205b987a16d9b25e51bf8a9ea31&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [img]https://u.teknik.io/hIzBg.jpg[/img]

[b]Username: [/b] Midwinter [b]Theme: [/b] Predators in Paradise[u][/u] [b]Species: [/b] Lynx [b]Entry Type: [/b] Lore/Writing [b]Comment (Optional): [/b] In a lore writing mood today [emoji=pearlcatcher laughing size=1] [b]Entry:[/b] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/603723/60372254.png[/img] April ducked under another low hanging pine branch as he navigated through the Autumnal Forest. He was on his way to visit Vernal in The Redwoods, but he was beginning to feel a little bit lost amongst the seemingly endless auburn trees. He turned back to check the bag around his waist, as he opened the flap a squeak sounded and a furry head poked out of the satchel "Hey Amber!" April whispered "sorry about putting you in my bag, it's just not safe for you out here. I'm not sure what could be- hey wait!" He cried as the guinea pig leapt from the satchel and ran. The Mirror quickly shifted to infrared vision and began to chase after the fast-disappearing furry shape, he quickly caught up but his claws closed on thin air when Amber ran underneath a thicket. April dug furiously at the earth beneath the thicket, he couldn't reach Amber and he was beginning to worry something would happen to her. Suddenly he heard a twig snap and a short yip, he swung his head around to locate the source of the noise, infrared vision still active, and saw the outline of a large animal. The creature was about two thirds the size of April, but he was more concerned that it was several times bigger than Amber who seemed to have heard the noise too as she moved deeper into the thicket. The animal padded into view and April recognised it as a lynx [i]that would almost definitely eat Amber![/i] he thought as the lynx stalked closer. It came nearer to the thicket, scenting the air as it began to dig the other side and April prepared to attack it to save his pet. Then it stopped and stared at him, meeting his gaze, April was paralyzed with something akin to admiration and fear and the Lynx dug on. Suddenly Amber shot out from her hiding place and straight into April's talons, he grabbed her before she could run off again. He snuggled the Guinea pig to his cheek and held back a sigh of relief, he looked up again but the lynx had gone leaving only pawprints as a sign it had once been there.

[b]Username: [/b]@Saraceaser [b]Theme: [/b]Predators in Paradise! [b]Species: [/b] [i]Cryptoprocta ferox[/i] (Fossa) [b]Entry Type: [/b]Visual [b]Comment (Optional): [/b]The Fossa is a top predator of the Madagascar jungles; it may look like a cat, but it's actually more related to a mongoose! [b]Entry:[/b] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=56&bodygene=5&breed=3&element=1&eyetype=0&gender=0&tert=156&tertgene=5&winggene=18&wings=50&auth=c2983cda2e816fcbd68506bb6f0352431e0e5209&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/UCOE8NA.jpg[/img]