Alphane Lifeforms
Alphane Lifeforms
Pseudo-crustaceans
Weighing in at several tons each, the dominant animals on Alpha 5 lead solitary lives. Their lifecycle remains a mystery as they have never been observed feeding or reproducing… Jorja’s description of them as ‘giant land-living lobsters’ comes closest to capturing their majesty…
Pods
The giant pseudo-trees are A5’s most ubiquitous life-form, their groves number hundreds of individual ‘plants’ and they dominate the landscape in the temperate zone wedged between the polar ice sheets…
Pseudo-shrubs
The ground-hugging pseudo-shrubs resemble coral reefs on land, the metre high ‘reefs’ are crowned by fluffy mauve fruiting bodies that look like a cross between flowers and cotton bolls…