Zeppelin Tree

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Zeppelin Tree
(Airaglobea notzahindunbirgas)
Main image of Zeppelin Tree
Species is extinct.
15/101, gamma-ray burst
Information
CreatorRaptor Other
Week/Generation14/96
HabitatAtmosphere
Size5-7m long
Primary MobilitySessile, Aeroplanktonic
SupportCell Wall (Cellulose), Flotation Bubbles (Hydrogen), Woody Stem
DietPhotosynthesis
RespirationUnknown
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionAsexual budding
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Division
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Phoenoplastida
Phoenophyta
Physallophyta
Physallothallopsida
Aerosphericales
Aerodendraceae
Airaglobea
Airaglobea notzahindunbirgas
Ancestor:Descendants:

The zeppelin tree split from the sky tree. It has a balloon shape much like a human airship (with mutations leading to double trunks and double balloon envelopes playing some part to its development), which lets it support more trunk, move through the air faster and, most importantly, be a harder shape to swallow. It has also increased in size, and has developed a light, firm structure on the inside of the balloon to help it support itself. Most plentwhales will often avoid them and will totally ignore the larger specimens, as it is difficult to eat them now they are bigger and have nasty shapes. This edge has let it be more successful than its ancestor, but not so much to make the sky tree extinct, which can actually do quite well to fly close to its daughter species for protection. The zeppelin tree touches down to the surface of bodies of water to get resources the same way the sky tree does, and similarly, plentutri nest on them.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)
  • River Bulbostalk (class Physallothallopsida)