Oozes
| Oozes | ||
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| (Quadsphourus spp.) | ||
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| Information | ||
| Creator | Jlind11 Other | |
| Week/Generation | 24/150 | |
| Habitat | Global (Sagan 4) | |
| Size | Size 10 to 30 μm Wide (Individuals); 1 to 3 m Wide (Colonies) | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Unknown | |
| Diet | Biomass, Photosynthesis | |
| Respiration | Unknown | |
| Thermoregulation | Ectotherm | |
| Reproduction | Mitosis, Free-Moving Microcolonies | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Genus Species | Eukaryota Trinucleata Protrinucleozoa Myxia Quadsphourus Quadsphourus spp. | |
| Ancestor: | Descendants: |
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Oozes is the genus group which replaced the individual species of the frigooze, seraslime, and slimemound. While the individual microbes can survive on their own, they prefer to cluster in colonies on millions of microbes, which allows them to bring down larger prey or share collected nutrients. The colony maintains its organization via chemical signals used as communication between cells, and actions are "remembered" through a form of modified genetic memory. While an individual cell will last for about a week, a colony will exist and thrive for as long as their is an available food source. Once a colony has existed for over a year, small groups of 20 cm pseudopods will break off and crawl away to form new colonies (their behavior is similar to the extinct gelbeast); these pseudopods will only become sedentary after consuming enough biomass to grow 50 square cm.
Most species inhabit the continent of Drake and its surrounding coasts, though they can also be found on the isle of Krakow. Some colonies consist entirely of blue biomass-consumer cells. Other organisms are tricked into thinking that the colony is a pool of water, and in getting too close are grabbed by the colony's sticky psuedopods and dragged under the surface, where digestive acid eats them alive. Other colonies have an upper layer of green chloroplast cells which provide constant nutrients for the entire colony from photosynthesis. Still other colonies are made entirely of these photosynthetic cells; these colonies tend to grow in or around water, allowing successive layers of darkened dead cells to increase the colony's height.