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So excited to participate on this again! One of my favorite events [b]Username: [/b] GrimdarkRoxy [b]Theme: [/b] Extreme Habitats [b]Species: [/b] Atlantic cranch squid (Teuthowenia megalops) [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual [b]Comment:[/b] HELLO MY FRIENDS allow me to tell you about this funky little guy. The Atlantic cranch squid is a species of glass squid that live in the pelagic deep-waters, from the subarctic and temperate waters of the northern Atlantic Ocean. They are easily recognizable by their very, very big eyes, that have three bioluminescent organs on their eyeballs. Their defensive behavior is, initially, similar to that of other cephalopods, releasing a cloud of ink into the water and jetting away. However, if the threat continues, it inflates itself into a ball! [b]Entry:[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/14062000][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/140621/14062000_350.png[/img][/url] [img]https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04etta/logs/hires/fig1_hires.jpg[/img] photograph by George Sedberry, NOAA-OE

[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/l2o3HE8.png[/img][/center] [center][b][font=arial][size=5][color=595f30]DAY ONE[/font][/size][/color][/b][/center] [columns][indent][nextcol][font=arial][size=5][color=595f30]Dr. Hazel peered into the microscope. "What exactly am I looking at here?" she said dubiously, watching the abstract shapes swimming around on the slide. "It's a tardigrade!" said Ludmilla, her tail whipping around dangerously. Dr. Hazel spotted a couple of worried scientists shielding their arrangements of glass bottles from the young Imperial's eager tail. But Ludmilla's enthusiasm was boundless. "Tardigrades are so freaking cute!" she squealed. "And they're found in literally every habitat ever. They've even survived exposure to outer space." "Now how did they do that?" said Dr. Hazel. "I guess they have folks who specialize in space exploration over at the Starfall Isles." "Yep, they put little astronaut helmets on these guys and shoot them right into space," said Ludmilla, nodding as she patted the microscope. "It's crazy." Dr. Hazel peered down into the microscope again to see if she could spot a tardigrade floating among the debris. After a minute of looking, with Ludmilla helped her adjust the scope, she thought she'd found one. "It looks like a caterpillar," she said, adjusting the focus. "Is it... did it just wave at me?" Dr. Hazel tried to look harder, but of course she couldn't. The microscope had its limits. But sure enough, the tardigrade looked like it was waving at her. "Impossible," she said, shaking her head. "What's that?" asked Ludmilla. "Oh, never mind," said Dr. Hazel, not wanting to admit she thought she saw a microscopic creature waving at her. "It's nothing at all."[nextcol] [indent] [/columns] [img]https://i.imgur.com/e6j9AlE.png[/img] [center][font=arial][size=5][color=595f30][b]Today's theme is Extreme Habitats![/b][/center] [font=arial][size=5][color=595f30]Post an organism that lives in some kind of extreme conditions, or is capable of doing so—whether it's a cute little tardigrade or a huge polar bear, or even a fungus that eats radiation! [center][font=arial][size=5][color=595f30]Here are today's prizes...[/font=arial][/size][/color] [item=Gilded Decorative Chest] [item=Gilded Decorative Chest] [item=Gilded Decorative Chest][/center]

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[b]Username: [/b] HuskyDragon1224 [b]Theme: [/b] Extreme Habitats [b]Species: [/b] Wood Frog [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual [b]Comment: [/b] Wood frogs can survive being frozen alive and do so many times. [b]Entry:[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/63355347][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/633554/63355347_350.png[/img][/url] My dragon, Nyanja, who I figured looked enough like a Wood Frog. [img]https://i.imgur.com/tNoJY1M.jpg[/img] Image from [url=https://earthlyuniverse.com/10-animals-live-extreme-environments/]here[/url]

[b]Username: [/b]Teletraan [b]Theme: [/b]Day 1 - Extreme Habitats [b]Species: [/b]Oarfish [b]Entry Type: [/b]Visual/Dress-Up [b]Comment (Optional): [/b]Oarfish live in the deep sea and very rarely appear at the surface, usually only surfacing when sick or dying. They are thought to possibly be behind the myth of sea serpents and are the longest bony fish in the world. Truly a long boi. [b]Entry:[/b] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/scry?sdid=1180439&skin=0&apparel=15718,11517,15693,15734,15701&xt=dressing.png[/img] [img]https://pre-tend.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Creepy-Giant-Oarfish.jpg[/img] Photo from Google (most are of dead/dying oarfish)

[b]Username: [/b] myriadofstars [b]Theme: [/b] Extreme Habitats [b]Species: [/b] [i]Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis[/i] (Deep Sea Vent Octopus) [center][img]https://www.leisurepro.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Vulcanoctopus-hydrothermalis1.jpg[/img][/center] [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual [b]Comment (Optional): [/b] [i]Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis[/i], or the Deep Sea Vent Octopus, is the only known species of octopus to inhabit hydrothermal vents. They can grow up to 7 inches and weigh 45 grams. Discovered in 1998, these octopuses lack an ink sac and lack irises in the eyes. They are known to eat amphipods and crabs, although may eat other creatures. Males might live in different depths than females. [b]Entry:[/b] [center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=30&bodygene=0&breed=2&element=9&eyetype=2&gender=0&tert=30&tertgene=4&winggene=26&wings=149&auth=afd2c9bf8ed698cbe4ffc19b4e0a3089717bae8c&dummyext=prev.png[/img]

[b]Username: [/b] MarinaQuakenbush [b]Theme: [/b] MONMDAY - Extreme Habitats [b]Species: [/b] Giant Tube Worm [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual [b]Comment (Optional): [/b] These tube worms live at the very bottom of the ocean in extreme pressure next to spewing thermal vents. [b]Entry:[/b] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=2&bodygene=2&breed=7&element=2&eyetype=7&gender=0&tert=2&tertgene=11&winggene=2&wings=62&auth=c3c364b6c5a727c08107daffd8e623bf422860a1&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [img]https://miro.medium.com/max/4800/1*ZG2mIdHaE1pjj21AZlKmXQ.jpeg[/img]

[b]Username: [/b] Jeydis [b]Theme: [/b] Extreme Habitats [b]Species: [/b] [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrococcus]Pyrococcus furiosus[/url] [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual (dragon dress up) [b]Comment (Optional):[/b]Pyrococcus furiosus was originally isolated anaerobically from geothermally heated marine sediments with temperatures between 90 °C (194 °F) and 100 °C (212 °F) collected at the beach of Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Italy. It is one of the first hyperthermophiles to be studied extensively by scientists, and it was found that its enzymes and proteins are highly resistant to heat shock, and radiation. They are also found at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. [b]Entry:[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/32040341][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/320404/32040341_350.png[/img] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Pyrococcus_furiosus.png[/img] [/url]