Teuunuuria

FIRST MASS EXTINCTION

teuunuuria's volitile exosystem meant species would go extinct fast. it was hard for a species to find footing, as species native environments were subject to such frequent change. over the course of about 700-1200 (Earth) years, species would slowly dwindle, hunting each other into extinction. microorganisms and ocean life thrived in this era

AGE OR HERBIVORES

arboreal and land animals final gained footing as survival began to thrive by peaceful coexistence among mostly herbivores. herbivores thrived on teuunuuria as plants were abundant and the survival of a consistent ecosystem was more successful with fewer natural predators. many species who were formerly carnivores developed omnivorous tendencies, and eventually evolution led their lineage to become herbivores. with such an abundance of plant life, hunting for food became a superfluous waste of energy.

SECOND MASS EXTINCTION

Eventually this would lead to a decrease in survival instincts, or at least, an increase of animals that don't have them. a prosperous era of about 7000-9000 (earth) years would pass before the second mass extinction, and the easy-going teuunuurian life would face mass extinction once more, as survival instincts became less than instinctual.

DEVELOPMENT OF TENRILPATHY

during this time however, there would be much time for leisure, and the ancestors of teuunuurians would be found in close quarters, cuddling in large packs. this behavior is called squiggling. some plokoplogists suggest this huddling behavior traces even further back, as a defense mechanism to defensively find strength in numbers. this squiggling behavior eventually developed into tendril communication.

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The home of the Teuunuurians, a planet and its accompanying moon. The celestial bodies do not have individual names, and are instead specified by simply referring to the planet or moon specifically. Calling anything unique in a universe thriving on chaotic physical laws is a bit silly, though Teuunuuria may be worth that title. The moon, roughly the size of Earth orbits the larger planet. As both have oceans of water, they both experience tides.

The Planet has a large set of rings, mostly frozen water. In the monsoon season, the moon passes the planet at its closest point. This begins the yearly water harvest, a naturally occurring event regarded as a holiday to teuunurians. As the moon approaches the host planet, water from the planet’s rings drift into the moon’s orbit, and flood the moon’s oceans.

The discovery of this phenomenon was the first piece of strong evidence that life existed beyond the Teuunuurian home planet, and perhaps as close as their moon.

And it did. On the lower gravity moon, a separate evolutionary branch of teuunuurians had evolved in a miraculous example of convergent evolution. a distant relative in the teuunuurian evolutionary tree lost a particularly large cluster of eggs to a volcanic geyser, shooting the eggs into space, and freezing them in the planets rings. eventually they found their way to the moon. after millions of years, this would evolve into a subset of amphibean teuunuurian evolution, the lower gravity allowing the transition from water to land easier.

both species would evolve in their separate ways for millions of years before reconvening. moon-teuunuurians would discover new organic matter never seen before. some were branches of evolutions theyd never seen, others, completely alien. these discoveries would always coincidentally be right after monsoon season. after collecting rainwater samples, teuunuurian scientists concluded the unique organic matter was coming from the planet's rings. this gave the moon-dwellers the idea that their common ancestor may be right next door, as the planet theyre orbiting.

this has created an interesting dynamic of the morality of moving planet to moon. as the moon and planet exist in a careful back and forth ecosystem, much lies in the balance of the life of teuunuuria. some teuunuurians feel conflicted with their planet's rule, the queen being a gentle ruler, but making descisions for the whole species nonetheless.

While the Teuunuurians on their heavier home planet were comparable to aquatic earth species such as octopi or mollusks, the low gravity teuunuurians of the moon had started taking their baby steps on land.

In the modern day, The amphibeas moon Teuunuurians had evolved long legs, with flexible bones. This includes the crater farmers. The Aquatic teuunuurians on the other hand have evolved long prehensile barbels for underwater articulation.

CRATER CITIES

as wind blows through the highlands, it goes over the craters, keeping them naturally dry. some houses close to the edge have hook shaped prongs jutting from the edge, so as to catch any resources or prey to fall in.

it is common for city infrastructure to be winding and convoluted, as teuunuurians enjoy play in their everyday life, this allows them to feel fully stimulated while traversing their landscapes