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Lujenar's ocean is not only full of animal but plant life as well. Its rich nutrients allow the plants to flourish and provide food and shelter for other life forms.
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The Bryn cell evolved after many years of tiny organisms floating in the ocean. It had tiny red dots that attracted heat that allowed the sun's energy to be absorbed. This in turn allowed for photosynthesis to occur. The Bryn lived its life at the top of the ocean's surface. It gathered tiny microscopic nutrients with its thin, transparent feelers. The Bryn was an asexual life organism. It was able to replicate without the need of other cells. The Bryn lived for many years in this simple state. As the ocean began to re-evolve itself after the volcanic eruptions, the Bryn was forced to adapt its body structure to its new environments. The following are examples of how the Bryn evolved into other plant organisms.
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As the ocean's currents moved around and mixed with the rich nutrients from the ocean floor, the Bryn cell was no longer able to maintain its former structure. As the water became cooler on the offshore, the cell needed to find where to absorb heat and energy. The red dots that had once covered its body were now taking over causing the cell to take on a red hue. As more heat stayed within the cell, it began to form a new cell structure. The cell was now producing more amounts of oxygen that would later allow other life forms to breathe. The Bryn lived on the off shore water of the ocean. Like the Bryn cell, the Wedin was still an asexual life form. Its ability to replicate itself with ease allowed it to reproduce rapidly and in great numbers.
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As the Wedin moved lower into the rocky area of the ocean, sustaining life had become too difficult. Therefore, it was forced to adapt to its new surroundings by changing its outer and inner structure. Here is where the Wedling was introduced. The strong ocean currents often pushed the Wedling off the rocky surface, however, in time it began to sprout root-like hairs that clung on to the rocks like fingers. The roots allowed the Wedling to stabilize itself onto the rock and grow. In order for it to gather heat it grew a long red flesh stem that stretched out of the water. Through this stem the Wedling absorbed heat and was able to produce oxygen in the ocean. By continuing the photosynthesis process, the Wedling was able to grow a bud like body that rested on the rock. Here is where DNA structure allowed the Wedling to go from an asexual to a sexual life form. Eggs and sperm grew in the bud and floated out through its flesh stem. Every six months the Wedling pushed out either eggs or sperm from its stem and spilled them out into the ocean's current. Through the current the eggs and sperm mixed with those of other Wedlings and new offspring were produced. The Wedling was able to thrive by eating small bacteria and moss that formed on the rock's surface, plus absorbing the nutrients dissolved in the water.
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Deep in the bottom of the ocean, some Wedling seeds had managed to find their way onto the rich ooze. Here in the depths of the ocean little light was ever found. Therefore, the Wedling was once more forced to adapt and change to meet its new surroundings. It maintained its outer form, except for the fact that now its flesh red stem grew in width and length. It needed to reach from the bottom of the ocean floor to the top of the water. Since the plant had grown in size the plant needed twice the energy it had once been absorbing. In order for this to happen the plant began to sprout thick, hard, red leaves that grew at the tip of its flesh stem. These leaves absorbed the heat and fed it through its veins down to the bulb of one plant where it produced its seed, allowing for the Edlyne to take its place as one of Lujenar's major aquatic plants. The giant red leaves allowed oxygen to be filtered not only in the ocean, but out into the atmosphere as well. Oxygen was slowly being pushed out into the sky allowing for breathable air. The Edlyne grow close together, much like the kelp forests that grow in Earth's oceans. These giant red forests provided both home and nourishment to small creatures that inhabit the ocean as well. The Edlyne reproduces once a year by pushing out eggs through small openings in the bulb. Since it only produces offspring once a year, there are not that many Edlynes found in the ocean. It takes many years for them to mature to sexual reproduction. However, the ones that are in the ocean last for many years and are quite strong.
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Page by Arlyne Escobar