Sagan 4

Created by Maineiac

The pampobison has replaced it’s ancestor, the amplafeo in Yokto High Grassland and Yokto High Desert, but not in the North Tundra. This is because it has added plants to it’s diet, and, like it’s distant ancestor the pappopanton, has become the top omnivore in the Arctic Circle. it’s front legs have become bulkier and stronger than ever, and it’s tail has curved into a third leg with a thick flipper-foot. This stronger gait allows the pampobison to run and charge against predators, prey and enemy pampobison. Its blubber got much thicker than ever before, even more than the totoro, one of it’s bigger dishes (a.k.a. prey), and can even withstand it’s sharp claws. The only thing that can penetrate it’s skin is another pampobison’s two newly developed horns and/or gigantic mouth, (which looks like a hippopotamus’ mouth and has a jaw force of 400 psi.) It’s feet also look’s like a hippo’s and have spikes on it’s feet for a better hold on the ice while moving. It has also developed sexual dimorphism (a male has a taller sail tissue and a longer 2nd horn than a female’s.) because of it’s size, it requires to swallow stones to help digest food. At a staggering 4.4 meters in size, it can easily compete for food with other fauna.

It usually eats plants during the summer, and usually eats meat during the winter. The western subspecies of Glicker move to the Northern Tundra during the summer, and migrate back the Yokto Region during the winter. While the hardy eastern subspecies of Wright insulate during the winter. Both subspecies can interbreed with each over, however, as they share no physical differences from one another. They also still love to swim and wade in the water like their ancestors did. This comes in handy when forced to cross rivers during migration. They live just like their pappopanton ancestors some 25.5 million years before, with these exceptions: they now roam in herds up to 40. (one pair of the herd splits up to start a herd of their own when the herd exceeds 40 individuals) They form a defensive circle around their young,(like musk ox do) when threatened and when asleep (so infants rarely fall prey to predators at night) And that during the mating season, all adult males become very aggressive at each other, which lead to fights (at which both competitors charge at one another, clashing their horns and mauling each other) for the title for dominant male. These animals also weigh a ton and have an average lifespan of 35 years.

Biome: Rhodix Vents
Period: Rabidian Period
Creator: Time Traveling T-Rex
Fauna: Marfos, Marocta, Xxeljet, Dark Swarmer, Ventrapper
Flora: Vent Pyamus

We are having another diorama contest. You may pick any biome from any time in Sagan 4′s history. Preferably a biome that has not been done before. All submissions must be posted in this thread by Midnight Pacific Standard Time June 1st, 2010. Voting will occur the week after.

Everyone who wishes to participate MUST agree to the following rules. The winner gets a FREE species from every person who submitted a diorama into this contest. Thus the more people who participate the bigger the prize for the winner!! If you do not agree to having to make a species for the winner if you loose then please to not submit a diorama into this contest.

Best of luck to all of you!

Clarke is now the new Mason Moderator. He will have the power to approve or graveyard Mason species during species submission without my approval. However I will still have the power to approve is graveyards or graveyard his approvals if I think he made a bad decision. He must ONLY approve/graveyard Mason species. This is to help lighten the load from me since I am not as familiar with Mason as he is. Please treat Clarke with respect and courtesy.

Congratulations Clarke and welcome to the Mods

Biome: Flisch Temperate Rainforest
Period: Raptorian Period
Creator: AnguaNatalia
Fauna: Shoveltail, Clear-Wing Worm, Hugo Worm
Flora: Hugograss, Umbrellapuff, Raincatching Sune, Pufftower, Threadshroom

The nice people at New Hades have added a new book to the Sagan 4 biology series called “Field Guide to Plents”. Euphonia Gunnarsdottir, in Safiri Salama! has given the book three stars! Also check out other New Hades books that feature species from other worlds such as Furaha, Epona and Snaiad!

Happy Birthday Darwin!

We have a new “Disorders” page on Sagan 4 wiki. The idea was though up by Nergali and it discusses genetic diseases that species on Sagan 4 have. To discuss them or post your own idea please go to its discussion thread here.

Image by Jlind11

Happy New Year everyone! It should be interesting year for Sagan 4. We will have a super ice age (and its eventual thaw), life on Mason, possibly a silicon based lifeform (when Rhodix submits it), maybe a preview of the Sagan 4 movie and of course many new species and landmarks! This 2010 should be awesome!

Best Artist of 2009 – Flytillfots

Best Writer of 2009 – Rhodix

Best Wiki Helper of 2009 – MNIDJM

Best Microbe of 2009 – Leaping Silip by Vivus

Best Flora of 2009 – Woodenberry by Colddigger

Best Fauna of 2009 – Twilight Arrowhead by Nergali

Best Landmark of 2009 – Silentwinds Frozen Spires by Elerd

Most Improved Team Member of 2009 – KingAcer

Best New Team Member of 2009 – AnguaNatalia