Elderly in Albia

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bandicam 2013-07-17 22-10-01-250bandicam 2013-07-17 22-14-21-843Here we are, starting with another fresh world. This world actually crashed and caused my panic attack from last time so this time, the only COB we’re using is Grendel Friendly. And probably the Grendel Select button.

After backing everyone up, it was time to start again.

Valerie’s life, as it seemed though, was entering its final chapter. At 9 hours, 15 minutes old, Valerie started to turn grey! She had 4 children, three daughters and 1 son (technically) with her husband Tanner, who was only able to hold on to his youthful looks for a little while longer.

Valerie’s health declined steadily since she stopped eating and instead spent her time struggling to sleep. It was sad to watch but she eventually started an exodus for the island.

Tanner stayed close to home, however and complained more of boredom. His health sat over 70%.

I desperately hoped that they would have more children but with my decision made to keep just the two that I’d already selected, it seemed alright for them to retire from parenthood.

I was able to stir her from sleep long enough to get her to eat a piece of cheese and she continued her trek to the island. She kept riding the tram back and forth between the light house and the island but she seemed content to travel anyway.

Tanner, ever the momma’s boy, stayed home, like he would when he was little. I tried my best to keep them happy and comfortable but it seemed like it was time to finally bring in some new blood.

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Trying Creatures 2 Again

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Well. I never officially created a blog-specific world in Creatures 2 before and it’s been so long since I helped test the Ant norns that I don’t actually remember anything specific about this game. I’m also a little upset about losing all of my C1 norns in one fell swoop so whatever. Let’s start over in a different game.

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This blue egg would mark the beginning of a new world. Since I injected this egg using the Genetics Kit, I know that it’ll hatch an unmutated Akamai Pixie though I’m not sure what gender it is. I’m playing with only the basket agent in a totally new, vanilla world.

Not long after I popped the egg into the incubator, this little girl popped out. I was feeling a little goofy so I named her Hannabelle.

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By the time she was 14 minutes old, I taught her all the words that the computers had to offer and the Doozers taught her a few nouns. Before long, she was out of the incubator area and had made her way to the desert. It wasn’t long til she fell into the ocean but I was able to fish her out before any damage was done.

It wasn’t long before she was over 20 minutes old and I wanted to introduce another creature.

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At first, I tried to have Gareth and Hannabelle together in the Incubation area but with Gareth running all over the place and Hannabelle proving to be a great distraction to both of us, I had to export her and get some one on one time with Gareth. As it was late, though, I would have to save the adventure for another day.

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Fish Babies!

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Holy WOW, everyone! My discus have finally bred and made babies. This time, it’s Dibella and Spartacus! I can’t seem to open up their Genes for viewing so let’s see if we can at least estimate their phenotypes. Naturally bred fish don’t operate on degrees of 25 for most of their genes like I used in my gene study but we’ll be using them to guess anyway.

There are a pair of genes for each line (A-H) but we’re going to base this strictly on their phenotype. Maybe we’ll learn something about gene dominance in these discus when the babies are born!

bandicam 2013-07-15 17-05-17-952 A – 50
B – 50
C – 0
D – 50
E – 0
F – 100
G – 100
H – 0		 Dark Red Discus
Thick Blue Halo
No Bars
bandicam 2013-07-15 17-05-36-531 A – 100
B – 0
C – 50
D – 50
E – 50
F – 0
G – 0
H – 0		 Orange Discus
Blue-Green Stripes
One Bar

My eyes could very well be fooling me but that’s what I see. I wish I could double check but, unfortunately, FisherMan isn’t working properly. We’ll see what the babies have to say about their parents genes when they’re born!

As of the 17th of July, their parents are still protecting their small clutch of 24 eggs.

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Giant Trapdoor Spider?

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You bet! I spent about an hour today trying to positively identify him and I’ve learned that yes, he’s a Trap-Door spider. When my husband laid eyes on him, his first instinct was funnel web spider but, being the spider expert in the family, he was able to identify it more quickly and with more confidence that it was a trapdoor spider. Some research says they have painful poison that isn’t deadly to humans and, as it turns out, even if it was a deadly funnel spider, my husband would want to keep it. XD

Anyway, pictures!

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For a little while, I had him in a tupperware. I wasn’t sure what kind of spider he was at the time but his laid-back, super docile attitude told me that he was anything but a funnel web spider. Feeling brave, I took the lid off of his tupperware and caught him in a pickle jar so that I could get a better look at him.

1077237_10152060700838747_1822331378_oFrom front to back (including his legs) he’s roughly 3 inches long. He has four brown spots on the bottom of his abdomen, long palpus with fat ends with hooks on them, spurs on his front four legs, and short spinnerets. It’s downright cute how shy this guy is!

1074950_10152060700698747_1766985220_oHere, you can get a better view of his palpus and the hooks at the end of them. His mouth is closer to the red spot on his underside.

1073165_10152060700973747_1977143003_oLastly, here’s a picture from behind. When I first saw him, he was completely curled up. He didn’t start to stretch out until I caught him. Relax, spider lovers. We got him a new house already.

1012367_10152060797078747_383070499_nAnd here it is! It’s an old 5 gallon fish tank that I used for my first fresh water tank. We threw some pill bugs, a dead bee and some sticks in there. In the back left corner is a little kennel cup with a little water and in the back right is a black plastic tube for him to hide in. Friday, we’ll be getting some sand, buying some crickets or meal worms and a screen to replace the warped cutting board we have on the top. You can see him in the top back right corner of the tank. Yes, he has oxygen. The roof is actually a little warped.

If you have any spider care tips, feel free to clue me in! While my husband’s kept giant spiders before, I haven’t and I would love the knowledge.

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