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Username: Paintra Theme: Extreme Habitat Species: Oreotrochilus estella (common: Andean Hillstar) Entry Type: Lore/Writing Comment (Optional): I [i]love[/i] birds, and the Andean Hillstar is such an amazing example of extreme adaptation. Hummingbird torpor is so interesting! I always found it funny that their heart rate drops to an "extremely low level" relatively, but it's really 50-100BPM which seems rather reasonable for us. Unlike hummingbirds, though, our regular heartrate isn't over 1000BPM! Entry: [columns][url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/andhil3/cur/introduction][img]https://cdn.download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/api/v1/asset/113553481/320.png[/img][/url][nextcol][color=transparent]___[/color][nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=55808144][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/battlesprites/558082/55808144.png[/img][/url][br][br][br][br][/columns] Janecka had made the trip up and down the mountains thousands of time, but never with such a pack in tow. The dozen or so little hatchlings were all bundled up in fuzzy clothes, and she gently silenced all of them with a wing. "There it is," she breathed, not daring to raise her voice, "The Hillstar." The group waited in silence as the swift little bird fluttered from flower to flower, and none of them spoke again until the bird was long gone. "So," Janecka turned back to her class, "Why are we seeing this creature today?" One hatchling patiently raised a wing, a little Banescale. When Janecka called on him, all he had to say was, "I'm cold." The Coatl couldn't help but laugh, and nodded. "The Hillstar is too, don't you think? But it becomes even colder in the nighttime. So it enters a state of torpor. That way, it uses up almost no energy in the night, and can survive in the morning!" "I wish I could do that all day!" The Banescale from before grumbled, tossing his head with a snort. "Don't worry, you all. We're going to head back down to the cabin and have something to eat now." Janecka said, which caught the attention of the hatchlings and convinced them to follow her back down the hills.

I can't add myself to the pinglist because Im on mobile so can I be added to both pinglist please. [b]Username: [/b]SnoringHyena [b]Theme: [/b] Extreme Habitats [b]Species: [/b] Rüppell's fox [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual [b]Comment (Optional): [/b] They live in the desert by North Africa, the Middle East, and southwestern Asia. [b]Entry:[/b] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/scry?sdid=1180835&skin=0&apparel=2855,11226,1106,1107&xt=dressing.png[/img] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Rüppell%27s_fox.jpg/1200px-Rüppell%27s_fox.jpg[/img]

[b]Username: [/b] HollowBay [b]Theme: [/b] Extreme Habitats [b]Species: [/b] Mountain Goat - [url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Oreamnos_americanus/]or Oreamnos americanus of the Rocky Mountains[/url] [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual - dragon dress up [b]Comment (Optional): [/b] The mountain goat, also known as the Rocky Mountain goat, is a hoofed mammal endemic to North America. A subalpine to alpine species, it is a sure-footed climber commonly seen on cliffs and ice. [b]Entry:[/b][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/scry?sdid=1180893&skin=0&apparel=23019,2850,2855,1103,1104,18780,18796&xt=dressing.png[/img] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Mountain_Goat%2C_Enchantments_Basin.jpg[/img]

[b]Username: [/b]Mandragorum [b]Theme: [/b]Extreme Habitats [b]Species: [/b]Alvinella pompejana [b]Entry Type: [/b]Visual [b]Comment (Optional): [/b]The Pompeii worm, an extremophile deep-sea creature that lives at hydrothermal vents and thus is extremely heat-resistant! [b]Entry:[/b] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=87&bodygene=21&breed=7&element=2&eyetype=10&gender=0&tert=163&tertgene=8&winggene=6&wings=64&auth=44c2a124d4b1ffabb9206b77e25e8566939fc202&dummyext=prev.png[/img] I won't include a picture of the species here directly, because it's quite freaky looking & some people might not want to see it. [url=https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Alvinella+pompejana&t=opera&iax=images&ia=images]Here's a link to an image search![/url]

[b]Username: [/b] cordifolium [b]Theme: [/b] extreme habitats [b]Species: [/b] Himalayan jumping spider [b]Entry Type: [/b] visual Trigger warning: image of spider below! [b]Comment (Optional): [/b] The Himalayan jumping spider lives in the Himalayas (including mt. Everest!) in heights up to to 6,700 m (22,000 ft)!!! it feeds on stray springtails and flies c: some argue it's the highest living permanent resident :D [b]Entry:[/b] [img]https://spideridentifications.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/The-Himalayan-Jumping-Spider.jpg[/img] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=0&body=163&bodygene=73&breed=17&element=1&eyetype=5&gender=0&tert=48&tertgene=35&winggene=34&wings=76&auth=0df3dff09fcd96f3910d51caab91c058b73ae05c&dummyext=prev.png[/img]

I also just love this event because i get to learn so many cool facts! c: both reading others' and doing research for my own :3

[b]Username: [/b] Wildclaw101 [b]Theme: [/b] Extreme Habitats [b]Species: [/b] Arctic Fox [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual [b]Comment (Optional): [/b] The Arctic fox is the only canid whose footpads are covered in fur! [b]Entry:[/b] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=0&body=2&bodygene=0&breed=17&element=1&eyetype=3&gender=1&tert=2&tertgene=34&winggene=0&wings=2&auth=093d2f4d69adf25688e03ef78133ebc25f319a40&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [img]https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/arctic-fox-in-winter-coat-svalbard-norway-danny-green--natureplcom.jpg[/img]

[b]Username: [/b] Bxy26 [b]Theme: [/b] Extreme Habitats [b]Species: [/b] Barnacle Goose [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual [b]Comment (Optional): [/b] Barnacle Geese nest on the top of very high cliffs. The parents do not bring food to the nests, so as soon as the chicks get hungry, they have to jump off the cliff. A day-old ball of fluff can somehow survive a fall of up to 400 feet. [img]https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2019/04/25/12/gosling-cliff.jpg[/img] [img]https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BreakableTangibleApisdorsatalaboriosa-max-1mb.gif[/img] [b]Entry:[/b] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=0&body=51&bodygene=0&breed=12&element=1&eyetype=3&gender=1&tert=95&tertgene=11&winggene=0&wings=51&auth=66fa2f70de5d96b7e77fecca77d389742f71812c&dummyext=prev.png[/img]

[b]Username: [/b] GoldWerewolf [b]Theme: [/b] Extreme Habitats [b]Species: [/b] Snowy Owl [b]Entry Type: [/b] Visual [b]Comment (Optional): [/b] Snowy Owls nest on the ground up in the tundra and have been known to line these nests with the bodies of dead lemmings. [b]Entry:[/b] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=2&bodygene=26&breed=12&element=8&eyetype=11&gender=1&tert=9&tertgene=15&winggene=26&wings=2&auth=09a347347441025a32289241a7c3a96cc1ef5b12&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/QPZBccn.jpg[/img] (Photo credit: Myself!)