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Primitive
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The
Evolution of the Teonnimbus Cell
Teonnimbus
Cell Geneology
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Teonnimbus Cell
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Scientific exploration of Vesta's
oceanic fossils revealed that about 3.5 billion years ago,
the Ryon cell first emerged off the coast of the Manticore
Ocean. Ryon, the first life cell found on Vesta, produced
the Teon cell (plants) and the Teon cell produced the Teonnimbus
cell, which produced a species of water animals. The interior
of this cell contained organelle structures which were set
inside jellylike fluids called cytoplasm. This cell absorbed
food through the cell membrane. This cell reproduced by
simple division of itself, called mitosis.
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Teonnimbus Cell Clump
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Thousands of years later, descendants
of the singular Teonnimbus cell began to stay clumped together
in an effort to survive and evolve. The result was a disorganized
clump of cells. As a white gelatinous blob, it became easier
to transport blobs to new regions by movement of ocean waves.
These clumps also became lodged in safe little crevices.
At this clump stage , reproduction of this cell remained
asexual, by simple cell division. Soon, things would be
changing for this cell-blob as the warm waters of the southern
region of Belenus provided the necessary conditions for
evolution of the Teonnimbus cell to proceed.
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Teonnimbus Organized
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One and a half billion years
later, an organized Teonnimbus evolved. Teonnimbus became
a small primitive animal. It ate plants and nutrients found
in the water. It moved by floating with the ocean currents.
It had no brain, heart, blood or gills. This little animal
was like a living polyp which means that it had a mouth
fringed with many small, slender tentacles bearing stinging
cells at the top of a star shaped body. It remained clear
in color with a pinkish translucent quality. This little
delicate animal lived on the rocky shores of Belenus, safely
maturing and perfecting its evolution in the protective
alcoves and shallower warmer waters. Its reproduction process
was asexual in nature. Each animal had organs that produced
male and female cells. These cells oozed out of an opening
found on the animal. The released cells then became fertilized
in the water and soon, thousands of little Teonnimbus animals
clouded the region where fertilization had taken place.
For protection, the Teonnimbus animal was transparent like
the water and so remained hidden from predators. This trait
for survival (transparency) would become its main evolutionary
strength leading the Teonnimbus animal towards a future
life as a predator.
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SimpleTeonnimbus Animal
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One billion years later, the
Teonnimbus animal evolved to have the appearance of a transparent
starfish. It was defining itself as a transparent invertebrate
with many mouths that had waving arms for lips, and no brain,
heart, blood, or gills. Despite limited sense organs, this
animals had primitive chemoreceptors. This is a fancy word
for sensing organs. Teonnimbus was able to smell, taste
and remain balanced in the water. Special sacs, located
on the underside of the animal helped maintain balance in
the water. This primitive animal had light sensing organs
around its belly and was able to distinguish light from
dark. A very important change had taken place in this evolutionary
phase: Touch receptors (arms for lips) waved around the
many mouths sensing movement , then pushed food into a waiting
mouth. These waving arms with sensors helped Teonnimbus
to become larger and increase their population. They ate
green algae and small zoopankton. They relied on the ocean
drift or splash of wave for movement. Teonnimbus was .50
inches in diameter. Teonnimbus could survive for a long
time and make exact copies of themselves (cloning) by budding
new individuals from pieces broken off of their tiny bodies.
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Teontidal
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Teontidal Species in Tide Pool Biome
The first place to manifest a distinct
new appearance was in the rocky shallow waters of the tide
pool-like regions of Belenus. It was here that Teonnimbus
became a new species: Teontidal. Whereas in the beginning
this animal had eight finger-like extensions, the extensions
evolved into a disk shape of only half of an inch in diameter.
This evolution also punctuated suction cup-like qualities
of this species. Along with the suction cup action, these
disks had long strong tentacles on the bottom sides that allowed
them to tightly cling to rocks and remain steady in the thrashing
tide pools. They always remained underwater and sported a
transparent pinkish or bluish color. Transparency, their main
camouflage feature, would follow their entire evolution along
with the suction feature and tentacles attribute. This species
remained attached to a rock and let food come to its large
mouth. These animals lived in colonies and reproduction was
by cloning.
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Teonwheel
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Teonwheel Species in Coral Reef-like Biome
Becoming eager to leave a stationary lifestyle,
Teontidal sprouted wiry legs from its disk shaped body and
began walking around! Hello new world! This newly evolved
species become known as Teonwheel. Even though Teonwheel
continued to float about at the will of the rhythmic waters,
living in shallow, warm
coral reef-like regions permitted walking around a welcomed
activity. This independent movement was
an important evolutionary step for the Teonnimbus species.
Teonwheel sensed light, could taste and could sense nearby
movement. Teonwheel began using its jet propulsion movement
to travel...another new innovation. Life was good! This jet
propulsion ability eventually allowed this species to leave
the coral reef-like regions and wander deep into the kelp
forests-like regions of Ocean of Manticore. Jet propulsion
movement required the use of special muscles, called coronal
muscles, embedded on the underside of the disk which pushed
water out of the hollow belly. As water was pushed in one
direction, the Teonwheel moved in the opposite direction.
The diameter of the disk-shaped body was two inches wide at
fullest maturity. A ring of sex organs had formed around the
edge of the underside of the disk. Fertilized male and female
eggs were dropped by the thousands upon the sandy ocean floor.
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Giant Teon
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Giant Teon Species in Kep Forest-like Biome
One billion years later, Teonwheel's desire
for travel ruled the forces of evolution and Giant Teon
became a floating space ship. In this final evolutionary
phase, Giant Teon lost its walking legs ( they became tentacles)
and perfected its jet propulsion travel ability. Its wiry
legs became long dangerous tentacles which grasped prey without
mercy. Beneath the translucent dome (which used to be a disk),
was a large mouth with waving arms, and many nerve sensors
which distinguished light from dark and sensed nearby movement
and taste. The Giant Teon's dome grew to a size of two feet
in diameter. Technically speaking, the Giant Teon evolved
into a giant mouth. When hunting for food, the Giant Teon's
tentacles would inject poison into trapped prey to prevent
its escape. The prey would be slowly shoved into the mouth.
After digestion, the remains were discarded out of the same
mouth. The Giant Teon's ancestors had once been useless clumps
of transparent mush only later to became delicate little morsels
for others to eat. But now it had evolved into a dangerous
predator which hid and slithered among the long waving leaves
of the giant kelp forest-like regions of the Sea of Madrone
and Manticore Ocean. It remained an invertebrate, without
a heart, without blood or gills, and without a brain. Yet
this predator flourished. Curiously though, the Giant Teon's
main diet consisted of green algae which were always lodged
in its belly. Moreover, the Giant Teon stayed in proximity
to sunlight, so that the internal live algae would make food
through photosynthesis and thus give nutrients to the Giant
Teon. This partnership solved the riddle of how an animal
could exist without blood and answered the question of why
it was transparent. Sexual reproduction by by male and female
Giant Teons allowed diversity in appearance and abundance
in numbers. The Giant Teon remained a well camouflaged, fearful
predator. Ironically, the Giant Teon was easily damaged by
tears and punctures upon its delicate gelatinous body.
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