Re: Dr. Christie's Findings
Flora & Fauna of Bura
Tooth or Tentacle Plant: ambulatory with teeth on arms. Shamans make a juice from it which is heated until it boils then drunk, this treats its venom, sleeping a lot is also recommended. In severe cases, the juice can also be injected into the holes made in the victim by the plant's teeth. The plants do not like direct sunlight, being found near big thick trees or near the sides of moutnains in the shade.
Sinking Plant: it crawls Like a long worm until if finds a place to get food, then it sinks into the ground, grows and waits until something edible walks over it and sinks. The plant has many lips which have teeth, it sticks its lips out and grabs, pulls,next set grabs and pulls, first one grabs higher... they do that till food inside, the first set, then closes. They do not open again, till food is gone. It sucks all the juice out of whatever it eats, the larger ones then eat the body as well. It's found most commonly near water holes, lakes, rivers and road ot paths.
Arrow Plant: These grow Like a pretty red or white flower with a thick base. Three Flowers rise from the base, they bloom all year, looking for food. When little, they shoot bugs, then small creatures. When they get bigger they will kill big creatues. When food comes in range it shoots three tiny arrows from the middle of the flower. If a creatue is hit, it falls asleep, a nice sleep with pleasant dreams. Roots from the plant reach up, stick into the food and begin to drink. The food does not die,unless it is too little to survive. Arrow plants grow in fields or near water.
Yellow Berry Plant: the berries tend to stimulate the body, easing pain, and such enabling the body to go past its limits. You will crash when it wears off and want/need to sleep. One berry is the dose, it will last for an hour. A 2nd berry will last for 30 minutes, a third berry, about 10 minutes...a 4th berry will put you into shock. People from a 1 berry dose will wake up after 2 hours or so of sleep.
Bura Peas: they grow in pods, not any longer then 3 inches or so, average is about 2 inches. One pea per inch. 6 or more or the peas help keep a person going, if food is scarce.
Scoop Beetle: a beetle close to 5 inches long. Burains like to eat them uncooked, You crack the shell and scoop out the insides, it tastes somewhat like peanut butter.
Bura Roots: foot-long purple tubers. Cooked they occupy a role similar to the potato, raw they retain their fluid and are more like cucumbers.
Dagger Plant: a long grass with razor-sharp leaves which retain their sharpness if dried. If one gets into a wound they become poisonous if not removed promptly.
Plant with scarlet leaves and white flowers (name unknown): used to make perfumes. The flower itself can be used to flavour baked goods and in cooking, it adds a sweet tang to foods. The scarlet leaves are poisonous to eat, but attract the Burian bees, that help pollenate it.
Flytrap Plant: harmless to humanoids, as it prefers insects. Deeper in the Jungles to the South, there are much larger ones, that will eat Humanoids and animals.
Pitcher Plant: these can become as large as a desk. The fluid inside can be used for medicines that numb the body and put it to sleep. If noiled down to a paste, it is a deadly poison.
Burian Rabbit: shorter ears than an Earth one, three eyes, 4 Legs... and yes, they taste like chicken!
Plant-spider: a bulbus, dark-green body with vine-like legs, hunts and kills small animals, sucks them dry. They make a sloshing noise when they run. Their bodies can be boiled for a wonderful soup. Down in the Jungles, the tropical version will hunt Humanoids down. Their fang-like front legs have a numbing agent in the tips.
Sunberry: makes good wine which is invigorating.
Spiders: yellow and brown with 6 legs, co-exist with Grave-Digger Plants, weaving its web between the stalks. This symbiosis is called the Bandit Pair. It drains the fluids of anything it catches then cuts the body loose. The spider is caught and raised for its venom, which can be used to numb pain or as a poison, depending on how much is used.
Grave-Digger Plant: Llooks like green bamboo. It slowly pulls the body of anything caught under the ground and consumes the meat. The stalks of the plant are used in making Burian bows, spears and even arrow shafts, since they are very, very strong.
Bubble Beast: A bulbous Green sphere-like creature, with thousands of little legs at the base which made it seem to float when it moves. Mouth at the top with a spear-like tongue which it uses to catch the small animals that are its prey. Their Jucies are used for cleaning equipment, the tips of their tongues are used on arrows and darts. Some people eat the 'shell' after it is cooked, others find it too bitter.
Diver Bird: green feathers but coloured breast, they seek large insects and small animals to eat.
Yellow and green beetles which are not native, appear to be UEs. They travel in well-organised packs and eat both plants and animals.
Angels living here acquire a green pigment after a couple of generations, appearing more like native Burians. Indeed, most of the wildlife is green, even their almost Earth-like squirrels.
[Compiled with the help of a green angel call Al-te.]
Note: Jova flowers flourish here, although they are of course an alien species.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:54, Fri 25 Sept 2015.