INVERTIBRATES ON A PLANET WITH ONLY CATTLE? - Project Apollo(Cattle seedworld) Ep. 4

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Planet Apollo is an abandoned planet-wide cattle farm. The only vertebrates are cattle, but they're not all that's been evolving. In their shadow, invertebrates have been thriving. So what forms could insects take in such a unique ecosystem?

This is part of my seedworld series, Project Apollo. Seed worlds are planets that were 'seeded' with earth animals, that are then left to evolve independent of Earth in this new context. This can result in extreme diversification, reminiscent of Darwin's Finches or mammals post K-T Extinction Impact. Serina, a natural history of the world of birds by Sheather888/Dylan Bajda and Tales of Kaimere by Keenan Taylor are two examples of popular seedworlds.

Most insect groups could have representatives on Apollo, except for ants, wasps, termites and most parasitic groups.

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I definitely didn't cover all the insect species on Apollo in this video. Countless unique forms have probably evolved, thrived, and went extinct, which I might cover in future episodes. Let me know if that's something you're interested in seeing.

Sorry about how long it took for me to get this video out. I've been procrastinating A LOT, but hopefully the next video will be done a lot sooner lol

If you've got fanart you'd like shown in the series, post it in the   / new   r/speculativeevolution subreddit and I'll probably see it. But don't flood the sub of course, and I can't guaranty it'll be in the vid.

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Original concept by reddit user Bteatesthighlander1

Art by:
Dylan Roca
https://www.dylanroca.com/

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Fanart by CrabdominalPain.

Credit to those who drew their respective images in the video, such as Keenan Taylor and Dylan Bajda. Most other images belong to me, can be found on Wikipedia, or are protected by fair use. Some have been modified/edited.

♫Music is from Youtube's Creator Music and does not belong to me.