Glacier Chlorocytus

The glacier chlorocytus has taken advantage of the empty glaciers. It split from its ancestors in Gec Lake and moved to the South Polar Glacier, where it sits on top of the ice, basking in the sun. Over time, due to the abundance of sunlight and the absence of enemies, it lost most of its ability to move and it now stays in one place for its entire (short) lifespan. Any other dangers are tackled by the fact that it reproduces two to three times as fast as its ancestor, depending on the temperature. The ideal temperature for reproduction is around zero degrees.

It still has its flagella, but these are hardly used anymore. In theory it can still move very slowly by pushing or pulling itself along the ice. It has grown somewhat larger and flattened considerably to get the most out of the sunlight. It also started developing a primitive cell wall to help blocking UV light, since it doesn’t have the water’s protection anymore.