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Flora and Fauna
Jan. 22nd, 2013 08:56 amAtlantis has been around for a long time, and in that time it has picked up a lot of odd creatures and plants to add to the already unusual collection of native species. This is not, by any means, all the creatures and plants you will find on the island, but it is a good starting point for anyone who wants to go out exploring the wilderness! If you have ideas for others, you're always free to talk to the mods! We're pretty flexible and like to plot with people. Or you can just leave a comment here, if you like.
Rainforest
Any animal you can find in the rainforests of Earth has potential of being in the Atlantean Rainforest.
All manner of insects, birds, and reptiles from the tiny poison dart frog to the great anacondas. Pigs, tapirs, elephants, jaguars, antelope, primates, tree kangaroos, the possibilities are nearly endless. The Rainforest is a bustle of plant and animal life. The trees tower up into the sky and the entire habitat has a hushed, ancient feel to it.
Non-Native Rainforest Creatures:
Compsognathus - You may remember these little guys from Jurassic Park. They're tiny pack predator dinosaurs, but they are actually more often scavengers than hunters. Just don't feed them and they might not associate you with food.
Spinosaurus - Another familiar face from Isla Sorna. This sharp-toothed dinosaur is ahead of the times. She has her own ringtone. There is only one in the Rainforest. If you plan to run into her, we ask you not kill her. She is also the largest predator in the rainforest, (Sorry guys, no T-Rex here). Killed by Connor
Aside from these two you can find ankylosaurus, stegosaurus, pachycephalosaurus, various hadrosaurids, sinosauropteryx and other, smaller herbivore dinosaurs. They are only around in small numbers, spread out through the forest. It is not entirely common to run into them.
In addition to the dinos there are creatures from other places, and we love new suggestions for what. A few to get you started:
Chocobos, giant mosquitos, killer plants, giant spiders, saber-tooth tigers, wolves, unicorns, brightly colored rainforest owls
Mountains
The mountain range takes up much of the North-Western part of the island. It is a circular range of five smaller mountains with the dormant volcano, Mount Olympus, at their center. There are caverns and abandoned mines throughout the mountains and various mountain streams that curl their way down the sides to join the river that flows through the rainforest and out to sea. Some of the creatures you might run into there are:
Mountain goats, rams, wild boar, lava lizards, land iguanas, rock wallabies, hippogriffs, birds of prey, mountain deer, pterosaurs and raptors
The Seas:
Atlantis' surrounding ocean is full of the ruins of Old Atlantis, forming an unnatural reef. It is teeming with all the typical reef sea creatures, fish, sharks, sting rays, sea turtles, eels, octopi and the like. In addition to those there are sea otters, fur seals, dwarf minke whales, snub-nosed dolphins, bottle nose, spinner and white-sided dolphins, false killer whales, ichthyosaurs, ophthalmosaurus and on occasion the spinosaurus from the Rainforest.
Around The City:
Domesticated and undomesticated birds, domesticated boars, tapirs, and rams, island horses, rats, mice, ferrets, and various species of crab and iguana. There are also a small number of cats and dogs.
Rainforest
Any animal you can find in the rainforests of Earth has potential of being in the Atlantean Rainforest.
All manner of insects, birds, and reptiles from the tiny poison dart frog to the great anacondas. Pigs, tapirs, elephants, jaguars, antelope, primates, tree kangaroos, the possibilities are nearly endless. The Rainforest is a bustle of plant and animal life. The trees tower up into the sky and the entire habitat has a hushed, ancient feel to it.
Non-Native Rainforest Creatures:
Compsognathus - You may remember these little guys from Jurassic Park. They're tiny pack predator dinosaurs, but they are actually more often scavengers than hunters. Just don't feed them and they might not associate you with food.
Aside from these two you can find ankylosaurus, stegosaurus, pachycephalosaurus, various hadrosaurids, sinosauropteryx and other, smaller herbivore dinosaurs. They are only around in small numbers, spread out through the forest. It is not entirely common to run into them.
In addition to the dinos there are creatures from other places, and we love new suggestions for what. A few to get you started:
Chocobos, giant mosquitos, killer plants, giant spiders, saber-tooth tigers, wolves, unicorns, brightly colored rainforest owls
Mountains
The mountain range takes up much of the North-Western part of the island. It is a circular range of five smaller mountains with the dormant volcano, Mount Olympus, at their center. There are caverns and abandoned mines throughout the mountains and various mountain streams that curl their way down the sides to join the river that flows through the rainforest and out to sea. Some of the creatures you might run into there are:
Mountain goats, rams, wild boar, lava lizards, land iguanas, rock wallabies, hippogriffs, birds of prey, mountain deer, pterosaurs and raptors
The Seas:
Atlantis' surrounding ocean is full of the ruins of Old Atlantis, forming an unnatural reef. It is teeming with all the typical reef sea creatures, fish, sharks, sting rays, sea turtles, eels, octopi and the like. In addition to those there are sea otters, fur seals, dwarf minke whales, snub-nosed dolphins, bottle nose, spinner and white-sided dolphins, false killer whales, ichthyosaurs, ophthalmosaurus and on occasion the spinosaurus from the Rainforest.
Around The City:
Domesticated and undomesticated birds, domesticated boars, tapirs, and rams, island horses, rats, mice, ferrets, and various species of crab and iguana. There are also a small number of cats and dogs.
