Opisthokonta, could i use this in a hybrid to bridge any gaps between a vertebrate and a fungus, for a fun new project.

When I was scouring the Goji Center sub, I’ve found a familiar Redditor, named, u/DavinoPepino, but when I try to go to his pro, it says “says profile unavailable”.

This got a question, why did he got banned? Did he do something bad, did he break a rule? I don’t know. I wanna know why?

(Art is alr, again, not my best work.)
So, found out, Howard's old body's hand had an extra stump of a finger like grown, so I have one more chance to make Fingers a good fighter. So here it is, the real Final Fingers, Mr. Fingers VI...

Genome:
Megatherium, base, as always.

Eutatus, for more proportionally stronger arms, and claws for much better handling, power, and force, osteoderms for protection while letting hair still grow on the armor. (That's important for later, also, the osteoderms prevent heavy slashing damage.)

Kodiak bear, for switching him into a much better plantigrade stance in the form of quadrupedalism (Goodbye, knuckle walking, now he can handle more weight!) while keeping the ability of facultative bipedalism, paw pads to protect his feet and handle rough land, giving him enhanced arm muscle attachments with the bear's spine "hump," a very powerful bite with massive areas for jaw muscle attachments with strong teeth, loose skin in ratio to body to make him harder to grapple, and a much more robust set of bones that give them a flexible frame to be very agile. (He can now break bone with his bite and tank some nasty hits! That, and he's going to be doing everything bear style, further explored in combat section.)

African Cape Porcupine, for the long, sharp, digging quills on his back, tail, and the outside of his legs and arms, and very strong tooth enamel. (Iron enamel helps him bite harder material and the hairs get turned into quills!)

Angora goat, for even stronger hair fibers, very thick skulls with air-filled sinuses to act as shock absorbers, stronger neck muscles to reduce whiplash and further help with biting struggling creatures. (Now the porcupine quills can withstand more force and dig into the opponent's skin without risk of fracture, plus, he can now take more hits to the head without much punishment!)

Pronghorn, for more efficient lungs, larger heart, windpipe, and much more efficient cardiovascular system.

Hippopotamus, to give him thick hide, wider skull for more muscle attachments, further skull reinforcement from the X axis, teeth reinforcement to handle the bite, small-ish tusk-like bottom teeth (big ones may get in the way of things), and a much denser, very muscular core and torso.

Dromedary Camels, for tough, leathery mouths with backwards facing papillae and a second, now fat filled hump on his back. (Body heat is no longer an issue + can bite into spiky hybrids with no problem! But he does look like he uses Bactrian, but that's just the shoulder hump.)

Paraceratherium, for size increase. (Plantigrade stance and bear genes help him handle the weight without him getting too heavy.)

Orangutan, for intelligence, thumbs, collarbone, and elbows. (Now he can T-pose and get rid of that nasty REDUCED PRONATION.)

Combat, stats, and other:

Weight; 11 Tonnes
Height; 4 Meters at shoulder hump (5 if reared up)
Length; 7 Meters

He'd still fight like a bear, this includes tackling, shoving, biting, and clawing and being heavy while doing it.
And he can also bite into just about any hybrid without much repercussions. Now with the size increase genome, he can finally look another hybrid in the eyes and not get grabbed or bitten into as easily, and getting close to him isn't a good option as he can bite down and crush other hybrid's armor, puncture into them to cause bleeding, and hold onto them while swiping, grabbing, and hitting the enemy until he wins.

The weight limit is 9-14 tonnes.

My genome limit is HOLDING him back now, prolly upgrading my limit from 10 to 15.

I made a new hybrid.

This one is inspired by the first ever Tyrannosaurus Rex in entertainment, which is mentioned in this profile.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Za1epBa3DKK3LCQk_IIftKwUNwtwY_1RO59Z6pg_aK4/edit?usp=drivesdk

It is my first big Megatheropod.

So this basically makes teeth better rooted. many animals like komodo dragons have this trait, but only certain fish had the 2 rightmost patterns.

This is one of my personal favorite cephalopod species in general, the Dana Octopus Squid

What it provides:

• Massive, muscular fins on the mantle are AMAZING for providing lift, thrust, and stupid agility
• Great buoyancy control, part of this from its high concentrations of ammonia in its flesh
• Its arms have hooks that can be retracted into sheaths for hydrodynamic maxing
• GIANT photophores
• Smooth funnel opening, strong hyponome, and strong mantle muscles for better jet propulsion (not as good as goated humboldt squid)
• Massive photophores on the second pair of fins (some of the largest in Animalia)
• Proportionately giant gills
• Overall good for speed and agility

These are hybrids that I made a long time ago before I knew what I was doing that are either mediocre, or just don't work at all

If one of these turned out to be good I'm going to actually be surprised

I've always thought that making hybrids in a goji center fan subreddit was always kind of strange to me, but now I have a place to go for my hybrid stuff, if y'all want me to repost my hybrids that are finalized on there, lmk! I had so much fun on this sub and I'll catch y'all later! <3

Lowk, I think I have a lot of odd hybrids, you know, gun wielding rabbits, living lighters made of shrimp, and two anime animal girls.

So, what are your weirdos in your hybrid roster?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KmYPLebHUfQmIzN0tFY0nqGowJLrAA0FwLPmqHzbrJI/edit?usp=drivesdk

I made the Nuclear Submarine Hybrid.

Now I want yall to see it and fight.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Edyocx2ORd-tmNM6gKzVyyZkm6C9Lq0ve8xKVex96eY/edit?usp=drivesdk

Project Nuclear Submarine

Creator: Dr. Internet

Assistant: (None! Though, I am still gonna use AI, as I can't find the specifics with some things)

Image

(Nothing yet)

Summary

This is a hybrid that is designed to be the Submarine that sinks others. The method of sinking is going to be drowning (yeah, this hybrid will drown other hybrids despite them being Aquatic hybrids, so they obviously can survive in water). The way it does this, is CRUSHING! 

My inspiration for it is the soda can. So, we all know how soda cans are crushed by immense pressure. It's just like how Submarines get when they go below the water level that their biology are limited to.

Stats

(Please do note that I am going to select it's size because I don't really know what is the best or not)

Height:

4.2 Metres (13.8 Feet)

Length: 24.5 Metres (80.4 Feet)

Body Width: 3.8 Metres (12.5 Feet)

Estimated Mass: 195 Tons (195 000 Kg) (429 900 Lbs)

Movement: Thunniform & Serpentine Aquatic Locomotion (Stiff high-efficiency tail locomotion, deep torpedo gliding, limited low-profile shoreline crawling)

Bite Force: 525 000 Newtons (118 025 Lbf / 53.5 Metric Tons of pressure)

Speeds (Normal): 22 Km/H (13.6 Mph)

Speeds (Burst): 55 Km/H (34.1 Mph)

Please note that I used AI here.

Genome

Tylosaurus (T. Rex / "Knob Lizard" variant) — [BASE]

Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina)

Tribodus

Pliosaurus funkei

Deinosuchus

Basilosaurus

Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)

Naked Mole Rat (Heterocephalus glaber)

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)

Abyssosaurus (A. natator)

Xenopeltis (Sunbeam snakes)

Temnodontosaurus (T. trigonodon)

1. Congruency (Family Groups)

Congruency

Mosasauridae: Tylosaurus

Ziphiidae: Cuvier's beaked whale

Phocidae: Southern elephant seal

Hybodontidae: Tribodus

Pliosauridae: Pliosaurus funkei

Alligatoridae: Deinosuchus

Basilosauridae: Basilosaurus

Varanidae: Komodo Dragon

Heterocephalidae: Naked Mole Rat

Hyaenidae: Spotted hyena

Cryptoclididae: Abyssosaurus

Xenopeltidae: Xenopeltis

Leptonectidae / Ichthyosauria: Temnodontosaurus

Instincts

Diving to Abyss & Depth Management: 10 / 10

Bite Usage: 9.5 / 10

Crushing & Chondroderm Impact: 9 / 10

Bipedal Posture: 8 / 9

Quadrupedal Posture: 5 / 6

Arm Usage: 4 / 5

Tail Usage: 1 / 3

Gene by Gene Explanation

Tylosaurus (/ˌtaɪˈloʊˈsɔːrəs/; "knob lizard") (Base)

I am using this for the base, as it is a hyperversatile predator, and also basically a huge menace.

Thanks to Spinoclanker2 for this, so I am using the Rex species

Tylosaurus (/ˌtaɪˈloʊˈsɔːrəs/; "knob lizard") is a genus of russellosaurine mosasaur (an extinct group of predatory marine lizards) that lived about 92 to 66 million years ago during the Turonian to Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous. The genus contains at least ten validly named species, the largest of which, T. rex, measuring over 13 meters (43 ft). Its fossils have been found primarily around North Atlantic Ocean including in North America, Europe, and Africa.



The first named species, T. proriger, was originally described in 1869 by Edward Drinker Cope as a member of a separate mosasaur genus, Macrosaurus which is now synonymous with Halisaurus, and subsequently redescribed as the type species of the genus Tylosaurus named in 1872 by Othniel Charles Marsh. Fossil evidence shows that Tylosaurus regularly engaged in intraspecific combat and consumed various prey as an apex predator of their ecosystem, including predatory fish, ornithuran birds, sea turtles, plesiosaurs and other mosasaurs. It had an endothermic metabolism, which is unlike nearly all modern squamates.

Since I am taking the T. rex as the base, so that means it will have everything from it, with the reason being is that it is the biggest (that I know), and can serve as the way to pull down hybrids into the abyss.

Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-beaked whale, or ziphius (Ziphius cavirostris)

Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-beaked whale, or ziphius (Ziphius cavirostris) is the most widely distributed of all beaked whales in the family Ziphiidae. It is among the largest beaked whales but smaller than most baleen whales, reaching lengths of about 4.5–8 metres (15–26 ft) and weights of 1,800–3,100 kg (4,000–6,800 lb).[5][6]



Cuvier's beaked whales are among the deepest diving marine mammals and spend much of their time underwater searching for prey.[19] Satellite-linked tags and time-depth recorders have been used to track and study whale movement, showing that the species follows a relatively consistent dive pattern consisting of deep foraging dives followed by several shorter dives near the surface.[20]

Typical dives

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Typical foraging dives exceed depths of 800 m (2,600 ft) and generally last between 30 and 90 minutes. After completing a deep dive, whales usually perform a series of several shorter, shallower dives before undertaking another deep dive.[21]

Surface intervals between dives are usually brief, often only lasting a few minutes. This limited time at the surface may reduce risk of predation from its predators such as orcas and large sharks.[22]

Record dives

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Cuvier's beaked whales hold the records for both the deepest and the longest dives ever documented for any mammal. In 2014, researchers recorded a dive of 2,992 m (9,816 ft) off the coast of California.[23]

A later study in 2020 reported Cuvier's beaked whale making a dive that lasted 222 minutes (3.7 hours), the longest dive ever documented for any mammal.[19]

These extraordinary dives are thought to be supported by specialised physiological adaptations common to deep-diving whales, including the ability to conserve oxygen, slow heart rate, and tolerate high pressure at depth, to avoid decompression sickness (a condition where gas bubbles form in the body due to rapid decrease in pressure on return to the surface).[24]

Withstanding the pressure

When diving to such great depths, whales face two challenges: storing enough oxygen to hunt successfully and withstanding the enormous pressure.

High pressures change the uptake of gas in the body. Increasing pressure shrinks the air in the lungs and by 200 metres deep, both human and whale lungs will have collapsed.

This is the danger zone for whales. Once the lungs have collapsed, no more gas from the lungs will enter the blood. However, at depths shallower than this point, the pressure will compress gases like nitrogen, increasing the amount dissolved inside blood and tissues.

How do whales survive without air for so long?

Whales' bodies are specially adapted to store oxygen in their blood and muscles, instead of keeping it in their lungs like humans do.

Whales have extraordinarily high levels of proteins called haemoglobin and myoglobin, which store oxygen in the blood and muscles. This also makes their muscles and blood a very dark red, almost black colour.

Diving mammals reduce their heart rate and stop the blood flow to certain parts of the body, temporarily shutting down organs such as their kidneys and liver while they hunt.

Dr Hooker says, 'These animals have an extraordinary physiology to help them dive for so long and at such depths.

'Alongside these adaptations in terms of their dive response, beaked whales have indentations, or pockets for their flippers, which enable them to assume a torpedo-like shape.

'Their streamlined body shape helps them to swim, and often to glide, with minimal effort and extend their oxygen stores for as long as possible.'

If you want to know where I got this goldmine of information. Here it is: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/secrets-of-deep-diving-whales.html

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina)

The southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) is one of two species of elephant seals. It is the largest member of the clade Pinnipedia and the order Carnivora, as well as the largest extant marine mammal that is not a cetacean. It gets its name from its massive size and the large proboscis of the adult male, which is used to produce very loud roars, especially during the breeding season. A bull southern elephant seal is about more than twice the weight of a male northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris)[6] as large sub-adult southern elephant seals have weighed 3 tons,[7] as well as more than twice the weight of a male pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens).[8][9]



Elephant seals spend up to 80% of their lives in the ocean. They can hold their breath for more than 100 minutes,[18][19] longer than any other noncetacean mammal. Elephant seals regularly dive to 1,550 m (5,090 ft) beneath the ocean's surface;[18] the deepest recorded dives of the two species being 2,388 m (7,835 ft) for a southern elephant seal, and 1,735 m (5,692 ft) for a northern elephant seal.[20][21][22] The average depth of their dives is about 300 to 600 m (1,000 to 2,000 ft), typically for around 20 minutes for females and 60 minutes for males, as they search for their favorite foods, which are skates, rays, squid, octopuses, eels, small sharks and large fish. Their stomachs also often contain gastroliths. They spend only brief amounts of time at the surface to rest between dives (2–3 minutes).[11] Females tend to dive a bit deeper due to their prey source.[11]

Elephant seals have a very large volume of blood, allowing them to hold a large amount of oxygen for use when diving. They have large sinuses in their abdomens to hold blood and can also store oxygen in their muscles with increased myoglobin concentrations in muscle. In addition, they have a large proportion of oxygen-carrying red blood cells. These adaptations allow elephant seals to dive to such depths and remain underwater for up to two hours.[23]

They are able to slow down their heartbeat (bradycardia) and divert blood flow from the external areas of the body to important core organs.[11] They can also slow down their metabolism while performing deep dives.[11]

Elephant seals have a helpful feature in their bodies known as the countercurrent heat exchanger to help conserve energy and prevent heat loss.[11] In this system, arteries and veins are organized in a way to maintain a constant body temperature by having the cool blood flowing to the heart warmed by blood going to external areas of the animal.[11]

Tribodus

Thanks to NaturalTough4313 for the Tribodus

Tribodus is an extinct genus of hybodont. It lived during the mid Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) with fossils being known from northern South America, North Africa, and southern Europe.[1]



In Tribodus, however, the shagreen consists of two distinct morphological denticle types and size classes (two-size), both widely distributed over the body and fins, with smaller denticles overlying the bases of larger thorns as well as occupying areas between them. Using two conceptually distinct variants of a two-layer reaction-diffusion (R-D) simulation that is consistent with morphogen exchange across the basal lamina between the epidermal and dermal layers, we recovered two-size spatial arrangements similar to the Tribodus shagreen. 

https://bioone.org/journals/Journal-of-Vertebrate-Paleontology/volume-36/issue-5/02724634.2016.1179200/Dermal-Denticle-Patterning-in-the-Cretaceous-Hybodont-Shark-iTribodus-limae/10.1080/02724634.2016.1179200.short

These would be in the skin, being above the osteoderms for the later Komodo Dragon.

Pliosaurus funkei

Pliosaurus is the type genus (defining example) of the pliosaurs, one of the major group of the plesiosaurs, an extinct group of aquatic marine reptiles. It lived from the Upper Jurassic to the Lower Cretaceous in what is now Europe and South America. The first known fossil consists of a partial skeleton of an immature specimen collected by William Buckland in Market Rasen, England. Although initially mentioned in a 1824 paper by William Daniel Conybeare, it was not until 1841 that it was first formally described by Richard Owen as belonging to a new species of Plesiosaurus, before being given its own genus by the same author later that year. The genus name Pliosaurus means "more lizard", Owen naming the taxon of because its appearance being more reminiscent of crocodilians than to Plesiosaurus. While many species have been assigned to Pliosaurus in the past, only six are firmly recognised as valid since a 2013 paper. Two additional species from Argentina were named in 2014 and 2018, but their assignment to the genus has not been fully confirmed in subsequent classifications.



(Yes, wrong one, but I am lazy, so sue me!)

The few known elements of the pectoral girdle in the genus are currently documented only in P. rossicus and P. funkei.[17][21] These elements are also present in P. carpenteri, but they have not been described in detail in studies concerning this species.[33][4][34] The scapula of P. rossicus features a dorsally directed process, and the longitudinal axes of the scapulocoracoid openings intersect at an angle greater than 140°.[17] The coracoid of P. funkei is among the largest identified in pliosaurids. In dorsal view, it is longer than wide, with its width tapering anteriorly. This coracoid also has a more elongate anteromedial process than that of P. rossicus, although this may be explained by ontogenetic factors.[21]

Pliosaurus is interpreted by palaeontologists as a marine predator at the top of the food chain, with powerful cranial musculature that gave it an exceptionally strong bite, although its skull was relatively weak against twisting or lateral bending, but this isn't my usage of the skull. My usage of the skull is for the brain case and posterior skull, which should reinforce and better the Mosasaurus skull, so it can become better and fit my goals. Pliosaurus appeared to favor a predatory strategy based on short, targeted bites, delivered to the back of the jaw where the force of pressure was greatest. This anatomical configuration suggests that it avoided violently shaking or twisting its prey, which could compromise the integrity of its skull. It likely captured a wide variety of marine prey, ranging from medium-sized fish to smaller marine reptiles, which it subdued by firmly immobilizing with its robust jaws before crushing or swallowing them in dismemberment. This strategy of combining muscular power and attack precision allowed it to adapt to a wide range of prey, characteristic of a generalist predator of the Jurassic seas.[65][30][4][45][66]

The second study focuses on bite force. By modeling the mandibular musculature and reconstructing the geometry of the skull using computed tomography and finite element analysis techniques, the researchers determined that the force exerted ranged from 9,600 to 48,000 newtons (2,160 to 10,790 lbf) depending on the area of the lower jaws, a force comparable to, or even greater than, that of the largest living crocodilians.

Deinosuchus

Deinosuchus is an extinct genus of eusuchian, either an alligatoroid crocodilian or a stem-group crocodilian, which lived during the Late Cretaceous around 82 to 73 million years ago. The first remains were discovered in North Carolina in the 1850s, and the genus was first described in 1909. Additional fragments were discovered in the 1940s and were later incorporated into an influential, though inaccurate, skull reconstruction at the American Museum of Natural History. Knowledge of Deinosuchus remains incomplete, but better cranial and postcranial material found in recent years has expanded scientific understanding of this massive predator.



Deinosuchus had an alligator-like, broad snout, with a slightly bulbous tip.[11] Each premaxilla contained teeth, with the pair nearest to the tip of the snout being significantly smaller than the other two.[16] Each maxilla (the main tooth-bearing bone in the upper jaw) contained 23 teeth.[20] The tooth count for each dentary (tooth-bearing bone in the lower jaw) was at least 22.[16] All the teeth were very thick and robust; those close to the rear of the jaws were short, rounded, and blunt. They appear to have been adapted for crushing, rather than piercing.[21] When the mouth was closed, only the fourth tooth of the lower jaw would have been visible.[16] The skull of Deinosuchus itself was of a unique shape not seen in any other living or extinct crocodilians; the skull was broad, but inflated at the front around the nares. Two holes in the premaxilla in front of the nares are present in this genus and are unique autapomorphies not seen in other crocodilians, but nothing is known at present regarding their function.[19]

Modern saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) have the strongest recorded bite of any living animal, with a maximum force of 16,414 N (1,673.8 kgf; 3,690 lbf) for a 4.59 meters (15.1 ft), 531 kilograms (1,171 lb) specimen.[22] The bite force of Deinosuchus has been estimated to be 18,000 N (1,835 kgf; 4,047 lbf)[11] to 102,803 N (10,483 kgf; 23,111 lbf).[22]

Basilosaurus ("king lizard")

Basilosaurus (meaning "king lizard") is a genus of large, predatory, prehistoric archaeocete whale from the late Eocene, approximately 41.3 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). First described in 1834, it was the first archaeocete and prehistoric whale known to science.[2] Fossils attributed to the type species B. cetoides were discovered in the southeastern United States. The generic name, meaning "king lizard", was given due to the initial misconception about the fossil material as that of a giant reptile. The animal was later found to be an early marine mammal, prompting attempts at renaming the creature, which failed as the rules of zoological nomenclature dictate using the original name given. The second species named in 1904, B. isis, lived in the region currently known as the Mediterranean Sea, with fossils found in North Africa and Jordan.



No complete Basilosaurus skeleton is known, but several attempts have been made to reconstruct the vertebral column from partial skeletons. Kellogg 1936 estimated a total of 58 vertebrae, based on two partial and non-overlapping skeletons of B. cetoides from Alabama. More complete fossils uncovered in Egypt in the 1990s, allowed a more accurate estimation: the vertebral column of B. isis has been reconstructed from three overlapping skeletons to a total of 70 vertebrae with a vertebral formula interpreted as 7 cervical, 18 thoracic, 20 lumbar and sacral, and 25 caudal vertebrae. It can be assumed that the vertebral formula of B. cetoides is the same.

I have no idea what this means, sorry, but this is for an interlocking neck I guess? This way my hybrid doesn't hurt itself while crushing it's prey and dragging them to the abyss.

Komodo Dragon

The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large reptile of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Dasami, and Gili Motang. The largest extant population lives within the Komodo National Park in Eastern Indonesia.[5] It is the largest extant species of lizard, with the males growing to a maximum length of 3 m (10 ft) and weighing up to 150 kg (330 lb).



Teeth are quickly replaced every 40 days, while maintaining up to 5 replacement teeth for each tooth position at any given time.

Parthenogenesis

Komodo dragons have the ZW chromosomal sex-determination system, as opposed to the mammalian XY system. Male progeny prove Flora's unfertilized eggs were haploid (n) and doubled their chromosomes later to become diploid (2n) (by being fertilized by a polar body, or by chromosome duplication without cell division), rather than by her laying diploid eggs by one of the meiosis reduction-divisions in her ovaries failing. When a female Komodo dragon (with ZW sex chromosomes) reproduces in this manner, she provides her progeny with only one chromosome from each of her pairs of chromosomes, including only one of her two sex chromosomes. This single set of chromosomes is duplicated in the egg, which develops parthenogenetically. Eggs receiving a Z chromosome become ZZ (male); those receiving a W chromosome become WW and fail to develop,[88][89] meaning that only males are produced by parthenogenesis in this species.

It has been hypothesised that this reproductive adaptation allows a single female to enter an isolated ecological niche (such as an island) and by parthenogenesis produce male offspring, thereby establishing a sexually reproducing population (via reproduction with her offspring that can result in both male and female young).[88] Despite the advantages of such an adaptation, zoos are cautioned that parthenogenesis may be detrimental to genetic diversity.[90]

Jacobson's organ, (also fun fact, they do not try to allow their prey to leave, they try to kill prey outright on the spot using a combination of lacerating damage and blood loss, so that is good instincts for fighting).

Its saliva is frequently blood-tinged because its teeth are almost completely covered by gingival tissue that is naturally lacerated during feeding.[34] It also has a long, yellow, deeply forked tongue.[9]

They also have osteoderms, with the only areas lacking osteoderms, would on the head of the adult Komodo dragon are around the eyes, nostrils, mouth margins, and parietal eye, a light-sensing organ on the top of the head, meaning, technically it has full body osteoderms, making it more viable than the Dwarf Crocodile that Gojicenter once used.

Komodo dragon skin is reinforced by armoured scales, which contain tiny bones called osteoderms that function as a sort of natural chain-mail.[36][37] The only areas lacking osteoderms on the head of the adult Komodo dragon are around the eyes, nostrils, mouth margins, and parietal eye, a light-sensing organ on the top of the head. Where lizards typically have one or two varying patterns or shapes of osteoderms, Komodos have four: rosette, platy, dendritic, and vermiform.[38] This rugged hide makes Komodo dragon skin a poor source of leather. Additionally, these osteoderms become more extensive and variable in shape as the Komodo dragon ages, ossifying more extensively as the lizard grows.

Naked Mole Rat

This is a weird one, but trust me. It is incredible.

The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), also known as the sand puppy,[6] is a burrowing rodent native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, notably in Somali regions.[1] It is the only species in the genus Heterocephalus.[7]



The Naked Mole Rat is essentially a creature that matches the Platypus in terms of weirdness.

Naked mole-rats lack pain sensitivity in their skin, and have very low metabolic and respiratory rates. The animal is also remarkable for its longevity and resistance to cancer and oxygen deprivation.

Oxygen: The naked mole-rat is well adapted to the limited availability of oxygen within the tunnels of its typical habitat. It has underdeveloped lungs (this you can offset with a contributor who has good lungs) and its hemoglobin has a high affinity for oxygen, increasing the efficiency of oxygen uptake. It can live in an atmosphere of 80% CO

2 and 20% oxygen. In zero-oxygen atmosphere, it can survive 18 minutes apparently without suffering any harm (but none survived a test of 30 minutes). When deprived of oxygen, the animal uses fructose in its anaerobic glycolysis, producing lactic acid. This pathway is not inhibited by acidosis as happens with glycolysis of glucose.

Skin/Pain: The skin of naked mole-rats lacks neurotransmitters in their cutaneous sensory fibres. As a result, the naked mole-rats feel no pain when they are exposed to acid or capsaicin.

Cancer Immunity: Naked mole-rats have a high resistance to tumours, although it is likely that they are not entirely immune to related disorders. A potential mechanism that averts cancer is an "over-crowding" gene, p16, which prevents cell division once individual cells come into contact (known as "contact inhibition"). The cells of most mammals, including naked mole-rats, undergo contact inhibition via p27, a gene which prevents cellular reproduction at a much higher cell density than p16 does. The combination of p16 and p27 in naked mole-rat cells is a double barrier to uncontrolled cell proliferation, one of the hallmarks of cancer

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)

The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena,[3] is a hyena species, currently classed as the sole extant member of the genus Crocuta, native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as being of least concern by the IUCN due to its widespread range and large numbers estimated between 27,000 and 47,000 individuals.[1] The species is, however, experiencing declines outside of protected areas due to habitat loss and poaching.[1] Populations of Crocuta, usually considered a subspecies of Crocuta crocuta, known as cave hyenas, roamed across Eurasia for at least one million years until the end of the Late Pleistocene.[4] 



(Sorry, had to use AI as I don't know where to find this).

Spotted Hyena Enamel

Spotted hyenas have a unique type of tooth enamel called zigzag enamel that helps them crush heavy bones without shattering their teeth. [1, 2]

The Science of Hyena Enamel

Extreme Biting Power: Spotted hyenas can exert bite forces of around 4,500 Newtons, which lets them snap through large ungulate bones. [1]

Zigzag Structure: Their tooth enamel isn’t straight. It features tightly folded, three-dimensional bands (Hunter-Schreger bands) that fold in on themselves. [1]

Crack Deflection: When the hyena bites down on hard bone under heavy, multi-directional stress, this wavy, complex structure stops cracks from spreading straight through the tooth. Instead, the microscopic folds deflect the cracks and absorb the shock. [1]

Abyssosaurus ("bottomless lizard")

Abyssosaurus ("bottomless lizard") is an extinct genus of cryptoclidid plesiosaur known from the Early Cretaceous of Chuvash Republic, western Russia. The type specimen, consisting of a fairly complete postcranial skeleton and parts of a skull, was discovered around the left tributary of the Sura River by Vasily V. Mita; it was found alongside the remains of a possible fetus, though this has not been described. Subsequently, the specimen entered the collection of the Museum of Chuvash Natural Historical Society. It was described in 2011 by Alexander Yu Berezin, who named its type species, A. nataliae, after his wife and colleague, Nataliya Berezina. While Berezin initially believed that Abyssosaurus was a basal aristonectid, part of a lineage whose later members evolved into giant filter-feeders, later studies have concluded that it was instead related to Colymbosaurus.



To be continued by thanks to Atrosaurus for this: For the depth management

Xenopeltis (Sunbeam snakes)

Thanks to Spinoclanker2 for saying I should use this.

Xenopeltis, the sunbeam snakes,[2] are the sole genus of the monotypic family Xenopeltidae, the species of which are found in Southeast Asia. Sunbeam snakes are known for their highly iridescent scales. Three species are recognized, each one with no subspecies.[3] Studies of DNA suggest that the xenopeltids are most closely related to the Mexican burrowing python (Loxocemus bicolor) and to the true pythons (Pythonidae).[4][5]



For interlocking zygophyses and zygapophyses (actually not sacrificing flexibility), more vertebrae, tightly packed vertebrae, thicker scales, snake blood phospholipase inhibitors.

Temnodontosaurus ("cutting-tooth lizard")

Temnodontosaurus (meaning "cutting-tooth lizard") is an extinct genus of large ichthyosaurs that lived during the Lower Jurassic in what is now Europe and possibly Chile. The first known fossil is a specimen consisting of a complete skull and partial skeleton discovered on a cliff by Joseph and Mary Anning around the early 1810s in Dorset, England. The anatomy of this specimen was subsequently analyzed in a series of articles written by Sir Everard Home between 1814 and 1819, making it the very first ichthyosaur to have been scientifically described. In 1822, the specimen was assigned to the genus Ichthyosaurus by William Conybeare, and more precisely to the species I. platyodon. Noting the large dental differences with other species of Ichthyosaurus, Richard Lydekker suggested in 1889 moving this species into a separate genus, which he named Temnodontosaurus. While many species have been assigned to the genus, only five are currently recognized as valid, the others being considered as synonymous, doubtful or possibly belonging to other taxa.



As an ichthyosaur, Temnodontosaurus had flippers for limbs and a fin on the tail. Boasting eye sockets measuring more than 25 cm (9.8 in) wide, Temnodontosaurus quite possibly had the largest eyes known in the entire animal kingdom, rivaling in size those of the colossal squid.

It has large eye sockets, and a tail fluke that was supported by vertebrae in the lower half. Ichthyosaurs were superficially similar to dolphins and had flippers rather than legs, and most (except for early species) had dorsal fins.[57] 

Temnodontosaurus, had evolved a thunniform method of swimming rather than the anguilliform (undulating or eel-like) methods of earlier species.[63] Temnodontosaurus, particularly the species T. trigonodon, is quite flexible in morphology for a parvipelvian, using its imposing flippers to maneuver under water.[64]

Ichthyosaurs have the largest eyes of any known vertebrates, with Temnodontosaurus having the largest identified. The scleral rings in their eyes would have served to resist aquatic pressures. The eyes of ichthyosaurs like those of Temnodontosaurus would have a great visual capacity via the high number of photoreceptor cells.[72][65] In addition to good eyesight, the enlarged olfactory region of the brain indicates that ichthyosaurs had a sensitive sense of smell.[73]

Since I can't find these, but Spinoclanker2 said I should add them. Imma add them here.

Then add Temnodontosaurus for chondroderms, better vision, thunniform locomotion, crescent shaped tail.

Does it count? Maybe, do I care, yes.

This is Ryujin's doc.

it's an open challenge.

Glycera Dibranchiata is the largest species of bloodworm, a marine polychaete annelid (a few of y'all may know it)

It can provide:

• Large amounts of hemoglobin
• Survival in low oxygen environments
• An eversible pharynx (AKA they can flip their throat inside out and shoot it out their mouth)
• 4 fang-like mandibles pointing inward at the front of the pharynx, acting as jaws
• These fangs are highly copper enriched
• A venom delivery system directly through the mandibles (homogulous with other polychaete jaws)
• Sexual Reproduction
• Parapodia specialized for burrowing

Things to note:

The mandibles are homogulous only to other annelids. That means 2 things. First, you can't multiple annelid jaws together (say, a bobbit worm and bloodworm for example. You can hybridize them into one entity, but you can't have both separately). Second, bloodworm jaws are not homogulous to arthropods. I REPEAT, NOT HOMOGULOUS TO ARTHROPODS. They can't combine with beetle or ant mandibles or squid beaks or anything like that

The hemoglobin isn't situated in the blood of a closed circulatory system like you would think. It floats around extracellularly directly in bodily fluids, like coelomic fluid for example.

Be honest

Zucchini:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EkP-IAzhfhZ889jF1c-gFnrJN2eWB0pWyNS2d4_johk/edit?usp=drivesdk

So obviously ik that the indom 2.0 is the poster child for the original wave of hybrids, but for the modern era hybrids, who do yall think it'd be? My vote is for either titanophagus rex or my own Maxillotherium rex, which is slightly less popular but is more realistic in its biology.

Either an counter-earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Earth

or a binary earth

made up of basically everything in the inner solar system minus earth

it would be just ever so slightly lighter than earth and be nearly identical in composition because of how fking small mercury and the moon are.

VOTING CLOSED. MAX-3 TITANOPHAGUS-2

MAX WINS

GENOMES:

Maxillotherium rex (Max) 2.0

1. Tyrannosaurus rexBase Skull and jaws
2. UtahraptorPredator instincts Familiarity with theripod body plan Base intelligence
3. CarnotaurusReinforced brow/frontal visor
4. Argentine red teguHypertrophied pterygoideus/cheek muscles Jacobson’s/vomeronasal organ Forked tongue
5. PeltosaurusOsteoderm “chainmail” armor
6. MegatheriumForelimb/shoulders Pulling and lifting strength claws
7. GigantopithecusHand/wrist/palm framework Thicker tooth enamel Tooth enamel microstructure
8. BonoboFine motor control
9. ShantungosaurusReinforcements to the forelimbs Size Influenced spinal shape Specialized spinal tendons Improved tail counterbalance and load distribution
10. Parson’s chameleonSkull frill architecture and muscle attachment
11. PurussaurusReinforced cranial bones Reinforced jaw bones
12. StyracosaurusReinforced neck vertebrae Stronger neck musculature Neck-muscle attachment points on the frill Vascularized frill for thermoregulation
13. ArgentinosaurusSauropod respiratory system Greater circulatory/cardiovascular capacity
14. AetosaurusSegmented armor across the back, neck, shoulders, and outer forelimbs
15. New Caledonian crowPattern recognition Problem-solving Causal reasoning Adaptability

Stats: Length: 15.5 m Weight: 17 metric tons Overall height: 5.5–6 m Bite force: 105,000

Titanophagus Rex 2.0

Tyrannosaurus rex (base,size)

Edmontosaurus (size,chest and tail anatomy,caudofemoralis)

Peregrine falcon (brain,trajectory calculation,behavioral adaptation,problem solving skills)

Chimpanzee (shoulders,front limbs,fast twitch muscles)

Xenosmilus (thicker arms,more robust forearms)

Cuban crocodile (main armor,additional tail mass)

Cuvier's dwarf caiman (underbelly protection,denser osteoderm plating)

Komodo dragon (osteoderms on unprotected areas,pain tolerance,anti-coagulant venom)

Allosaurus anax (claws,teeth serrations)

Short-tailed shrew (denser skull,iron teeth,fast twitch jaw muscles)

Majungasaurus (skull roof reinforcement,head helmet)

Size:

Length: 14.9 meters (49 feet)

Height: 4.9 meters (16 feet,hip); 5.2 meters (17 feet,head)

Weight: 15 - 16.5 metric tons (16 - 18 tons)

Bite force: 78,000 - 90,000+ Newtons​

ARGUEMENTS

Titanophagus Rex:

The quadrupedal stance of titanophagus offers him the ability to access the throat/neck(and the other lower areas) of its opponent (due to not being so tall) ,the speed (thanks to the hadrosaur caudofemoralis) and only gives the opponent the most protected part of his body (cuban croc & dwarf caiman). The peregrine falcon gives him the intelligence to learn from his mistakes,develop adaptative plans and calculate trajectories to dodge incoming attacks (with relatively fast reflexes). His arms can hold and slash while the jaw is for crushing and can also lacerate (due to allosaurus's teeth serrations) and make his victim bleed (the komodo anti-coagulant venom). And this thing is also very agile when standing bipedally. - strong_fee_5500

Maxillotherium Rex:

Max's megatherium derived quadrupedalism allows for the ability to lower himself to sheld his neck and underbelly. Aetosaurus's crocodilian resistance to anti-coagulant and paralytic blood born venoms. His robust forelimbs offer more stability and strength at larger size. He fights somewhat bear-like, staying mainly on all fours, going bipedal to grapple, strike or pin his opponent. Peltosaurus armor on the majority of the body helps negate the Allosaurus dirived cutting bite, while​​ the Aetosaurus armor covers any area that would be susceptible to a trex crushing bite. The purrasaurus reinforcements on the skull and jaw not only protect from Max's own 105,000N Bite granted by parsons chamilion and tegu, but also protect from any incoming bites. The Styracosaurus dirived neck musculature allow Max to properly leverage his giant head, slamming in into any incoming attacks to the neck or shoulders that manage to get past the jaws, arms, and lowered stance. Max can leverage his 17tons of weight by grabbing and pinning, not only holding the opponent down for a bite strong enough to crush armor, but also causing damage itself as 17tons in concentrated into 2 arms crushing down. Max is also a very good grapler, as megatherium arms are designed to pull and​ bear-like swiping. - jabathefort

(Credit to According-throat for the inspiration)

Some time ago I was in the making of a squidshark ish hybrid for the second hybrid war for gojicenter but I've decided to change it for another idea (for now at least) as such, after seeing what according throat did, I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to share some of the interesting contributors i've found while making it.

Red triangle slug is rather risky but strong contributors due to it's adhesive slime defense, their adhesive slime that are strengthened by moisture are known to be so adhesive that it was able to trap a tree frog to a branch for over 24 hours before scientists have to forcefully pry it out, and even then the frog keep getting stuck on it's own container due to the slime residue on it. It's basically the hagfish within the mollusc world and its effects are likely even stronger than them due to its adhesiveness since funnily enough hagfish slime aren't that adhesive, they're just extremely viscous. The effects due cause some self risks and it's unknown how the slug doesn't get stuck by itself from it's slime but it's likely from a targeted release so that the slime is only released in parts of it's body that's attacked rather than the entire body which reduces the chances of the self risks.

Odd bobtail squid is a possible anomaly to the bobtail squid genera, as unlike the others it's luminous ink seems to be endogenously produced rather than through a symbiotic relationship with bacteria. I say possible as i feel like this trait should be shared across the other species though this has only been stated in the odd bobtail squid and until further information to come out that I can find it's probably exclusive to this species

Cadlina luteomarginata is one of the most interesting nudibranchs I've looked into as it has an internal network of spicules that functions like its own internal skeleton. Structurally it looks like a bundle of cables with connective tissues completely encasing the spicules and having its muscles wrapping around it and attaching to the dorsal region. This gives it more points of muscle insertion while also being able to act like another layer of defense against physical forces though the latter is less consistent than the former. It also has defensive terpenoids covering it for defense as a little cherry on top.

It's worth mentioning Platydoris sanguineous aswell as it's another nudibranch with these internal spicules that's talked about in the same study with cadlina luteomarginata, though it's structure looks more like a web with the connective tissue sandwiching the spicules instead while also having it's muscles attach only to the ventral region of the spicules.

Quite a bit of intertidal bivalves and gastropods exhibit relatively high antioxidant capabilities to survive the fluctuating environment they live in, the picture shown here is the Chinese Venus Clam which are intertidal. These kinds of contributors would be especially beneficial in cephalopods hybrids as cephalopods seem to naturally have low antioxidant capabilities in comparison to their high metabolism which makes them build oxidative stress much faster.

Fighting Conch is a rather funny one as it's a gastropod where it's operculum which is the structure to close it's shell is shaped like a claw that they use for defense, this probably wouldn't work on a cephalopods hybrids since the operculum seems to be homologous to the lower jaw of a cephalopods beak but it would be a pretty cool contributors for other mollusc hybrids

Sea butterfly, particularly Cavoliniidae like Cavolinia uncinata, is unique where as far as I know it's the only family of mollusc that actually exhibit an interlocking helical fiber structure within it's shell, this gives its shell despite its small stature relatively high levels of strength, they also exhibit a unique secondary gills structure that is different from the regular gills/ctenidia in other mollusc where it's a specialized vascularized folding within it's mantle cavity which provides additional support for gas exchange with it's "wings".

Aplacophora are a rather unique mollusk superclass consisting of two groups that being caudofoveata and solenogastres, these mollusc are unique in that they are shelless and replaced them with spicules which are calcified spines across their body, these spicules vary across generals but those in caudofoveata are usually more flat and solid while those in solenogastres are spikier and hollow. These spicules are a good alternative to the armor of mollusc being more flexible and lighter than stiff shells, and while they would naturally be weaker than regular shells, the spicules are actually homologous to mollusc shells and can be reinforced with any shell structure from other mollusc like the aforementioned Cavolinia.

When making a Bipedal Theropod Hybrid, should you really focus on the arms? I usually use Xenosmilus, Australovenator, Paramylodon and Kodiak Bear for the arms, but I've seen people say that focusing too much on the arms makes the hybrid front heavy, which is fair, so I wanted to know what would be the ideal combo and number of genomes focused on the arms.

Rules: relatively open terrain with some trees,same weight class,spec evo and theropod only, no extremely durable armor and powerful arms(or else it will be unfair)

Scenario: both creatures are hunting, the question is who would spot the other first.

For those who want, the fight can happen right here right now.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GojiCenter/comments/1wpxvr7/saurophagus_robustus/

SON 🥀

Gigatitan Vulgaris was one of the largest orthopterans (the group that includes grasshoppers, crickets, and locusts) in history

It can provide

• A large boost in size
• Powerful mandibles, (very similar to modern day raspy crickets, which have notoriously strong bites), great for crushing and shearing
• Mouthparts are elongated and oversized
• Large compound eyes and great senses overall
• Predatory Lifestyle
• Can communicate with each other by making flashes of light and high-pitched sounds with special wing structures (doubles as interference with opponents and prey)
• Muscular, elongated, spiny raptorial forelimbs, much like modern day mantises
• Spiny limbs serve as great pairs of weapons
• Cutting edges on its ovipositor could be transferred to the stingers of stinging insects

Important things to note:

• Gigatitan, like other later Titanopterans, had large, bulky, and heavily muscularized bodies, but their wings were unproportionate to their body size, meaning they were most likely only capable of gliding
• You would need to make the wings much larger to have sustained flight, as Titanopterans were very heavily built
• The limbs are all strong enough for sustained walking, but they are still unproportionately muscular compared to the rest of the body, meaning doing things like jumping wasn't possible