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Ailantd Sikowsky🔻The #Batrachian: Story of the superior species.
Please mind that this is an experiment, and can be discontinued at any moment. Thread:
The native Batrachian planet, millions of years before the first Batrachius wandered its surface. A temperate and humid place covered by low, thick fog, with a small ocean where the simplest life began to emerge not long ago. Batrachians will call it the batrachian word for "egg"
The first multicellular precursor of the Batrachian.
A tiny creature, whose existence revolved around swimming, eating, fleeing and being eaten.
At that time, there was no way to foresee the magnificent trajectory of its future evolution.
Evolution followed its natural course. Changes in their morphology, which helped them escape larger predators, also allowed them to begin feasting on smaller prey.
These ancestors of the Batrachian were quickly becoming one of the most abundant species in their ecosystem.
As their central nervous system developed, they grew a unique sense of humor, entirely incomprehensible to any other creature.
However, their small brains did not yet exhibit the traits of the sharp intelligence and mental clarity that characterize the modern Batrachian.
However, their small brains did not yet exhibit the traits of the sharp intelligence and mental clarity that characterize the modern Batrachian.
Batrachius Toracensis recognizable features and strong physical capabilities temporarily placed it among the top predators of its time.
Uncontrolled population growth led to resource scarcity, pushing the species to the brink of extinction multiple times.
They found it amusing.
Uncontrolled population growth led to resource scarcity, pushing the species to the brink of extinction multiple times.
They found it amusing.
Over millions of years, key mutations made Batrachians invisible, aligning with the rise of Mharks, that became their primary predators.
Invisibility was lost when Mharks went extinct as they couldn't feed anymore, but congenital PTSD remained a constant Batrachian trait.
Invisibility was lost when Mharks went extinct as they couldn't feed anymore, but congenital PTSD remained a constant Batrachian trait.
Overpopulation and limited space pushed the amphibian Batrachius Aerolis to explore beyond the marine environment.
Living along the coast, they may have been the first to develop rudimentary language and social skills, such as tribal behaviours or killing neighbours for food.
Living along the coast, they may have been the first to develop rudimentary language and social skills, such as tribal behaviours or killing neighbours for food.
Considered the first true Batrachius by the Batrachian, as it is known to be the first to develop and use weapons, the clever Batrachius Antecessor already had complex language, culture, and system of beliefs.
It even stopped fearing fire when it found water could put it out.
It even stopped fearing fire when it found water could put it out.
While there's much more to say about the evolution of Batrachians and the environment where they began to thrive, let's move forward.
"Mind that Batrachian ancestors' reconstructions are based on fossil remains. The depicted appearance are an approximate artistic representation.
Modern Batrachian morphology is an unsurpassed wonder of evolution.
Without a doubt, it would be the central subject of anatomical studies for any other intelligent species that gets to know them. Unfortunately, the short lifespan of those species does not allow it.
Many believe that Batrachian don't have a heart, but this is not true; they have five.
Their double-direction circulatory system is so efficient and straightforward that it hardly requires a map and their digestive system can ingest almost anything, except mayonnaise.
Their efficient regenerative system allows them to endure and recover from nearly any injury, even regenerating fully amputated limbs, making them fearless and formidable warriors on the battlefield.
In short, they have no shortcomings or weak points. Almost perfect creatures.
Little can be said about Batrachian musculature that cannot be inferred from the above discussion.
Yet it is worth emphasizing the obvious perfection of their contours, the wonderful arrangement of their muscle groups, and the sculptural quality of their finely chiselled bodies.
Batrachian's idea of diplomacy:
"Don't waste your time learning that language, it will have no use anyway"
-Musoben Bibolini, Statesman.
Batrachian reproduction, a marvel of the universe, helps us to grasp their rapid population growth and resilience to extinction.
The courtship begins with an exchange of endearing messages, the things they enjoy most, which we have chosen not to translate for privacy reasons.
At the peak of tension, batrachians suddenly regurgitate a sticky paste they call 'Lies,' covering and fertilizing their bodies through their pores.
In certain situations, a batrachius can also regurgitate upon himself, self-fertilizing and giving rise to exact clone offspring.
A fertilized batrachius is easily recognizable after a few hours when the fertilized eggs covering its body under the skin become apparent.
In this state, batrachians becomes highly attractive to other batrachians, who may attempt to protect them or consume them if they are hungry.
In no more than three days, the batrachian's body finally expels between 50 to 200 very resilient eggs in a painful but enjoyable dissolution event.
Although the regenerative capacity of batrachians allows most of them to recover from this trauma, not all survive the process.
Batrachian eggs ideally thrive in humid or submerged conditions, but there are reports of them surviving and hatching (within 5 standard days) even on the driest planet surfaces.
Some claim they can hatch virtually anywhere, even in the void of space.
Finally, when the new creature is ready, it emerges from the egg in a process so unpleasant that, after much debate and against the spirit of this work, the decision has been made to censor it to avoid hurting sensibilities. You can imagine... no, no... you can't.
Étienne Parmentier@Ailantd I can only imagine what it looks in space ! It instantly freezes and become a micro commet.
Rat With A Synth
dbat 
Matt Purchase@Ailantd everything seems in order here.
slowtiger@Ailantd I think I spotted a mistake: batrachian writing is 2-dimensional, not linear, so the letters should be arranged in a pattern which allows to read them both in 45° and -45° direction. The mistake is understandable, for no one outside batrachian culture has ever managed to read their script.
Steve Hersey"And this specific quote was the reason why the Alliance of Worlds recently approved the deployment of Nova bombs against all Batrachian-occupied star systems.
Successful Nova bomb use requires diving right into the star, so every mission is a suicide attack; nevertheless, there is a decided surplus of volunteers, many of them from the system in question.
The outcome of the conflict remains in doubt."
-- Transcript of an ultrawave broadcast message, source unidentified. Appears to have been routed through multiple automated relay stations to obfuscate the originator's identity and location.
Tjasker Design | Philipp@Ailantd
What puzzles me so much is the fact that the Batrachian looks so much like humans externally while originating about 120,450,350,230 km away from Earth.
What puzzles me so much is the fact that the Batrachian looks so much like humans externally while originating about 120,450,350,230 km away from Earth.
Cris@Ailantd *highly imperfect- they can't eat mayonnaise >.>
Loïc Eskell@Ailantd What ?! They cant eat mayonnaise ? What a sad life. 😂
@Ailantd Inquiring minds want to know: how do they sit, and if they did invent chairs, how do they look?
@slowtiger This is a bit of spoiler, but...
This is the oldest known Batrachian chair, made from Rissoums fivers and preserved in the Batrachian Barchaeological museum.
This is the oldest known Batrachian chair, made from Rissoums fivers and preserved in the Batrachian Barchaeological museum.
@Ailantd Was expecting nothing less!
Raul Portales@Ailantd later evolutions will also kill neighbors for entertainment purposes
Suburban Druid@Ailantd I’m in! I am invested. I *need* to know what this is about…