Deep Sea Giveaway: Strain 121

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Deep Sea Giveaway: Strain 121

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What is Strain 121, you ask? It's a microrganism that lives in deep-sea hydrothermal vents, and can survive in temperatures of 121 degrees Celsius (240 Fahrenheit) and above, the only organism that can survive temperatures that high. And these are dragons based on them!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strain_121

These dragons reside on the seafloor and prefer to hang around hydrothermal vents. Their preferred temperature is around 106-121 degrees C, though they can survive in temperatures hotter than 130 degrees. They can swim, but they prefer to walk or climb along the seafloor and feed on the sea animals that live around the vents (Mostly shrimp, squid, octopus, etc.), though they can also, very occasionally, go after giant squids and sperm whales, though it can be dangerous for them to go after predators that large.
It produces large amounts of heat and smoke from its body, and it has chemicals that can also produce flames underwater. It may spend short amounts of time in shallower water, but it won't stay very long before diving back to deeper water. They are intelligent and display a wide range of personalities. They do not naturally bond.

Size: Between 25-45 feet long
Abilities: Telepathy, Produce flames underwater, Breathe underwater
Breeding restrictions: They can breed with anything that can get to them.

I think that's it, if you have any other questions, feel free to ask. And now, a sample (this one's mine):

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Darkling Dawn: Fauna Frenzy Open to candidates; flights open to males/females; rukel eggs/breedings available.
Drockh-Tallahn Castle: 3 eggs, 2 available. Females and males needed.
Sgiath Wolfkeep: 7 pups available
Sedona Weyr: 12 eggs, Deadline March 8. Chasers and a female needed.
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Oh wow, gorgeous! (So many giveaways, so little time! *giggles*)


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Dray:

Name and gender are up to you.

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Darkling Dawn: Fauna Frenzy Open to candidates; flights open to males/females; rukel eggs/breedings available.
Drockh-Tallahn Castle: 3 eggs, 2 available. Females and males needed.
Sgiath Wolfkeep: 7 pups available
Sedona Weyr: 12 eggs, Deadline March 8. Chasers and a female needed.
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I love their little smiles. God, their smokey-fire is gorgeous. *dumps a pile of gold stars upon Kitsu!*
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Post by dracosinfernoweyr »

Seconding the awesome, you're really going all-out lately! These guys would love it around DIW with all the geothermic activity. XD

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Heh, looking at it now, I kinda wish I'd extended the smoke all the way down to the body to hide my squiggly-lines, but that would have obscured the red, too...^^; But thanks!
Darkling Dawn: Fauna Frenzy Open to candidates; flights open to males/females; rukel eggs/breedings available.
Drockh-Tallahn Castle: 3 eggs, 2 available. Females and males needed.
Sgiath Wolfkeep: 7 pups available
Sedona Weyr: 12 eggs, Deadline March 8. Chasers and a female needed.
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I'm so glad someone made something related to hydrothermal vents! I've been wracking my brain trying to creating something from the life found around them to no success.

Dragons spewing forth super heated water? Count me in!


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The form:
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*crack up at their shoulder jets* Oh, these are definitely too neat, and have made me want to write, which I think is important enough to justify having. XD;;

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The form:
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Post by JKatkina »

Oh beyond cool. XD I <3 EXTREMOPHILES

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Duuuuuude! Now THAT is creative!

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Oh fancy! I'm going to have to build my world a huge pond/lake for all these cool guys.

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Hahahahah! I was actually wondering if anyone would make a "steam vent" dragon! :D

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This is an awesome idea. :3
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Post by Kitsuneko »

Glad you all like these, they turned out to be really fun, figuring out how they work and everything. I, too, have always loved extremophiles since I heard about them (from the lyrics of a song, no less!).

Kayla!

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Neogeen!

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Maerwynn!

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Lilu!

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Kendarath!

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Jkatkina! Since you left it up to me, and I actually really wanted to do a white, you get a rare albino!

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Phoenix!

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Delyar!

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Birdie!

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Darkling Dawn: Fauna Frenzy Open to candidates; flights open to males/females; rukel eggs/breedings available.
Drockh-Tallahn Castle: 3 eggs, 2 available. Females and males needed.
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Sedona Weyr: 12 eggs, Deadline March 8. Chasers and a female needed.
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Oh, WAY COOL! Bwahahaaa, awesome! XDD Thank you so much! He is some serious nifty.
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:D I <3 her.

http://personae.darkwindart.com/underwa ... yllis.html
And there Amaryllis is, safe and sound in her new home. :D
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Woo!

And Wellamo has been rescued from whatever atrocities he was facing and is living happily with two beautiful merladies. :D
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The thinker Crund is up, trying his best to find some time alone in a pool of water that's becoming a bit crowded lately.
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Amlau's up for now, will elabourate each later: http://characters.lambeosaurine.com/spo ... epsea.html
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And he's up! X3 I like him lots. http://artdragon.mine.nu/~kat/aven/hithwil.html
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Just curious about how long it takes these guys to grow up? XD (I'm asking everyone this, apologies!)

Can they surface even for a little while, or is land-life the death of them?
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(I'm basing this more on sperm whales than anything; the real strain 121 probably takes minutes, heh.)

They reach sexual maturity at around 15 years, although they may not reach their full size (especially the males) until around 25-30 years.
They might be able to stay in very shallow water for a few minutes or hours, but I doubt they'd be able to breathe above water. The sheer change in pressure would probably kill them before long. That said, there's always magic. XP
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That's why I had them in the Den's 'this might not actaully be the Den' area :)
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http://www.freewebs.com/eccentricbirdie ... moana.html

Sooo going to do something with her. The challenge of finding someone who can withstand all that pressure makes it fun. >3
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