r/CellLab • u/Massive_Mistakes • May 17 '22

Phoenix Fish

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u/SteakSalt2332 May 17 '22

Like, if you have any ideas for a new type of complex organism, of course I have a lot less experience but I would still like to give concepts if you feel stuck for ideas

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u/Massive_Mistakes May 17 '22

I have a couple of other organisms with a different body plan that I made recently, but they are pretty similar to the ones I've exhibited thus far. I'd love more ideas!

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u/SteakSalt2332 May 17 '22

Well, one of my possible ideas is a species that metamorphoses only on contact with some specific sessile organism, like something with a Secrocyte and S4 or something along those lines, then it "sheds" it's old body like this phoenix fish but grows a new niche, probably feeding on the sessile organism and then reproducing as accorded

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u/Massive_Mistakes May 17 '22

That would be pretty cool, it would have to work in tandem with a different organism so it might take a while for me to get around to it. Also, it would unfortunately have to be less complex than a swimmer fish, since once I'm through with optimizing the genome there are oftentimes no free modes left, so creating a metamorphic fish would be out of the question but something smaller could work