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The first single cell form that
created animal life on the planet Spirit was known as Clumpods cell. The
existence of this pod-cell was indicated after the cooling period. The inside
cell is surrounded by air and warm-salty liquid to form the nurturing
internal environment for the cell to survive in.
Just like the water plant in this planet, these water animals are found almost anywhere in the water including saltwater,
freshwater, hot springs, in snow, and on ice.
 The Clumpods-cell has the cell
membrane that allowing only specific substances to get in or out,
transferring its messages, and keeping its balances. As a result, Clumpods-cell
formed a symbiotic relationship with Pochondria, similar to the mitochondria
found in cells on Earth. This new symbiotic relationship allowed the cell to
obtain more energy from its food.
After
million of years living freely in the water, Clumpods-cell began to form a
group of lump cells. These cells evolve themselves through the division
process and indicated the beginning of the multicellular organism called the
Aquapods.
 The Aquapods began its evolution in
the aquatic environment of Spirit on the
warm-ocean shallow water mud flats at the bottom of the ocean. It began developing body parts
to help it eat the microbes found in the deep ocean. It also developed cilia
to help it move around the ocean floor and later to migrate to other places.
Aquapods continued to
survive by reproducing both asexually and sexually.
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Estuaries Environment
An Estuary is a unique and fertile environment that supports a
diversity of plant and animal life on Spirit. One of the animals that enjoy
living in estuaries is Estepods. They live from the sandy bottoms of the sea,
to the muddy bottoms of the river. One of the mutations that Estepods have is
the set of leg-part on its body called finny. With finny on its body, the
Estepod is able to swim just above the mud or glide over the bottom of the
estuary. It also helps them in the ocean by allowing them to get away faster
from the bigger animals that live in the ocean.
The Estepods reproduce about 2000-3000 eggs, hatched,
released, and spread all the way through the sea and the river colder deeper
waters. They also can be found in the
deepest areas.
Estepods consume the plant substance that is deposited on
the surface of the estuaries bottom. They search and feed in a thin upper
layer of the river bottom mud where food and dissolved oxygen are abundant.
Estepods are eaten by a variety of estuaries bigger fish providing an
important energy source.
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Streams and
Rivers Environment
Arno River
 Many of this different
creatures and plants use streams. Some live in them all the time, while
others only spend a short part of their lives there. In typical mountain
streams of Arno lakes, there are Arnopods that are adapted to live tightly
against the bottom of the stream. Arnopods are small crustaceans, a species
that exists on the planet Spirit. Members of this group are found around the
Pesce rivers, in the cool temperature of the streams and rivers. Arnopods are
considered to be a primitive fish that evolved early. During their
development they experience the radical change in body and skin form. They eat other smaller creatures. They have the capability to swim forward
against the stream. Many of them migrate up streams and rivers to lay down
the eggs of about 1000, underneath the gravel, that the large eggs receive
oxygen from the water that runs between the rocks.
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Oceans Environment
Shallow Water Mud
 The ocean Shallow water
mud provides homes to a variety of creatures of all different shapes and
sizes. Swapods are one of the animals that live
among the sheltered rock in the mud about 1- 5 m depth, an active and aggressive
predator, and have probably influenced populations of a number of local
species.
Swapods have reddish pink body and don’t
hesitate to use their claws to chase the food.
They are inhabits to all tropical and
temperate seas. They lay up to 5,000 eggs at one time. They can grow to a
length of 65mm and can live up to 10 years.
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Diagram Relationship
The following diagram shows how
the animal life forms are related. The new species Aquapods that develop from
a parent species are shown going down, for example, the Clumpods is the
ancestor of the Aquapods. They could continue to evolve and diversify out
into many different species of descendents in order to adapt to new
environments. Species that develop from a common
ancestor are shown side by side: Estepods, Arnopods, and Swapods
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