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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gez" data-source="post: 2063824" data-attributes="member: 1328">There are several weird critters, weird plants, and weird rocks IMC.Some evolved naturally, other were bred and altered by magic-using races (that is to say, about everyone).For example, the gigantic starfir tree, whose branches grow in snowflake-like patterns, with about one meter between each "flake" of branches, was long ago created by Faen druids to serve as home for their kind.Floatvines are an example of natural magical plant. These aquatic vines do not land their roots in the soil, but instead drift freely on the rivers. A bit carnivorous, its sticky roots sometimes catch fish or molluscs or other tiny aquatic critters and slowly digests them.They grow large, shelled fruits that double as floaters: once the fruits are ripe, the shell opens, drops its precious charge, and closes back once empty, and a new fruit will be grown. When they finally reach the open sea, they slowly agglutinate until forming little islands of floatsam which serve as home for a species of salmon that feeds on the floatvine fruits. These salmons are naturally immune to the root's glue. When the salmons swim back to the river to spawn, they unknowingly also bring back floatvine seeds with them, which are laid amongst the eggs. The seeds grow into full-fledged plants first by stealing nutrients from the nearby eggs, decimating about one quarter of the salmon eggs. A symbiotic relationship of mutual devouring, that's the beauty of wildlife. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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