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=Modern Animal = =Ancestors = =**//The King Clang//** = == ====400 million years from now, humans continue to pollute the environment, dumping toxic substances and radioactive materials into the ocean. Animals living in the ocean were almost wiped out, but fortunately few animals evolved quick enough to adapt to this environment.==== ====The evolution of the Chambered Nautilus was one of the few animals that survived. The King Clang is the highly developed descendent of the Chambered Nautilus. The King Clang is a lot larger in size compared to the Chambered Nautilus due to the toxic and radioactive materials poured into the ocean. The King Clang is the first out of its ancestors to be able to survive in both ocean and land. Its shell is made out of Igneous Rocks which is almost indestructible from its predators. Its body will no longer be exposed any time with the exception of its legs and the arms connecting to the pincer. The King Clang can also store a huge amount of food since it will not hunt in winter.====

= **//Adaptations//** =

**//Structural: Pincer//**
====The pincer comprises of heavy packed igneous rocks and sharp ends which provides a powerful grip of its prey. The pincers are mainly used for capturing food and hunting. However in some situations, it is also use as a weapon to defend itself against another King Clang. Between the jaws of each individual pincers, there are sharp edges providing a better grip of its prey. When an animal is caught in these pincers, it is most unlikely to survive. These pincers can easily crush objects up to five tones. The pincers is the main tool of the King Clang to capture food and protect itself among other King Clang or predators such as the Great Black Shark.==== ====**Environmental Pressure:** They have been adapted this way because due to the lack of animals left in the ocean, their food supply had decreased dramatically. Due to this they need to ensure that their prey had no chance of getting away or else they will die of starvation since it might be a long period of time before encountering another prey.====

**//Structural: Legs//**
====Since the King Clang lives in water and land, legs are necessary for them to move around on land. These legs allow them to move easily on land and at the bottom of the ocean. However, these legs cannot move fast enough to hunt for food on land, therefore the King Clang’s hunting grounds remains in the ocean. These legs also allow the King Clang to stay at the bottom of the ocean preventing it to float around when hiding from predators. These legs play an important role in their lives because without these legs they would not be able to move on land when necessary and it provides a grip to the ocean floor preventing it from floating elsewhere.==== ====**Environmental Pressure:** Due to the fact that they also live on land, I believe that they had been adapted this way to prevent getting stuck on land where they would eventually die either due to the climate or the lack of food. Therefore, legs were developed to prevent extinction against these situations.====

**//Structural: Shell//**
====The shells of King Clang are made of heavy packed igneous rocks which provide protection for its main body. The shell is water pressure resistant which allows the King Clang to move into deep waters without getting destroyed by water pressure. The shell also acts as a home to the King Clang; it will spend most of its time resting in the shell when not hunting. Since the King Clang spend most of its time in water, the water resistant shell is essential for protection against water pressure==== ====**Environmental Pressure:** They had been adapted this way mainly because it makes it easier to capture food. Also it acts as a home to the animal where it can store all the required food during winter. Therefore, a shell was developed for all these functions.====

**//Behavior: Living on Land during winter and ocean during summer//**
====Due to the extreme climates, during winter the ocean temperature will drop to a level where almost no animals can survive. The King Clang moves on Land during winter to avoid the extreme temperatures of the ocean and lives there for the rest of the winter period. Respectively, during summer the temperature on land is not suitable for the King Clang. The temperature is way too hot which will kill the King Clang if expose to it for a short amount of time. The King Clang will move into the ocean and spend the rest of the summer period there to avoid getting killed by the temperature.==== ====**Environmental Pressure:** I believe that they had been adapted this way because they were not able to survive the extreme climates if they stay in one particular area for their entire live. This results in the change their living behavior to living on land during winter and living in the ocean during summer.====

**//Behavior: Blending in as other shells//**
====Normally the King Clang does not move and hides inside the shell, making it difficult to distinguish it from other rocks. When its prey comes near its shell, it will then expose its pincers and captures the prey. This makes it easier for it to capture food as the prey will easily mistake the shell as a normal rock.==== ====**Environmental Pressure:** As their shell looks like the rocks on the ocean floor, they copied the rocks of being still to attract fish to come nearby which allows the animal to feed on it. Therefore, it is adapted this way to make it easier for find food and requires less energy swimming around to look for food.====

**//Habitat//** ====Since millions of years pass the continents will shift back to one super continent called Pangaea. Once again, the world will be a different place than the one we live in today. The King Clang can be found all over the ocean and land due to the fact that the earth is back to the form with one huge continent.==== ====Due to the extreme climates and their behaviors, they are found in different places depending on the season. During summer, they can be found in the ocean floor where the temperatures are generally lower. The ocean acts as a cooler for the King Clang and keeps it away from the boiling temperature above the sea. They can usually be spotted on the ocean floor where there are plenty igneous rocks. These rocks allows the shell of the King Clang to blend in and camouflages itself. Oppositely, during winter they can be found along the coast line away from the freezing water. They usually stay at places where the land is dry so that they can warm their selves with dry sand.====

**Diet**
====Due to evolution, their size have relatively increased by a huge amount. This results in needing more food in their daily diet. The King Clang feeds on animals that are small than itself such as Dolphins and Mana-fish.====

There are several possibilities that may lead to a species' extinction.
==== One reason is the 25000 years cycle that the Earth goes through. This cycle results in great changes to our planet which may also be responsible to the extinction of many species. The cycle is mainly related to a huge meteor impact that would wipe out the most of the food-chain which then causes many species to extinct due to the lack of food supply. ==== ==== Another reason is that there maybe new predators in the environment. The King Clang maybe the main supply of food to this specific type of predator which may create a decline to the general King Clang population. As these new predators appear, the demand of King Clang will raise due to it being the food source. The King Clang may not be able to reproduce fast enough which might lead to a species' extinction. ====

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