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Ithsam Nature Research Foundation

Ithsam has of late been taking great interest in their surrounding habitat so to deal with environment based research. The INRF has three sections of study plant based, animal based, and insect/arachnid based research. From now on we will be conducting numerous tests and studies on various flora and fauna based in Ithsam to help us understand the land in which we live.

The INRF has also made interest in studying the affect of foreign species on Ithsamnian species and will be accepting any animal, insect, or plant you would send us and we will keep you updated on the research. If there are any requests you have on what we should not do with a foreign species please tell us. Also before you send them give us any information you have on the species so we can know were to start with testing.

We will be constantly posting our findings in an effort to keep everyone involved informed. If you have any questions please ask and we will do our best to answer them.

-Selior Intera Founder of INRF

Will you be using the flesh-eating Tiloilic in your research?

Will you be using the flesh-eating Tiloilic in your research?

Yes we will be using the specimen previously sent to continue research.

Yes we will be using the specimen previously sent to continue research.
Great. We look forward to hearing any additional findings! Keep us updated.

The Empire is in possession of an interesting species which you might find useful—Cordyceps aconitum. Originally only native to northern Mucro, this aggressive and versatile fungus has an interesting means of reproduction. Its spores are ingested by bugs (anything from mosquitoes to bumblebees to ants), and it then grows within them, driving the creature mad before killing it and growing out of its remains. Though it has been known to infect nearly all bugs (ants are somewhat resistant, or at least intelligent enough to remove the bodies of infected ants from their vicinity before they bud, and we have had limited success cross-breeding honeybees and stingless bees to resist it), and can implant in carrion, they are no danger to humans or pets, and are in fact frequently used in cuisine and medicine. Our government uses artificial means to grow them en masse, as they are an important component of our military rations. We have attempted to settle them in colonial territory, and have had limited success.

The Empire is in possession of an interesting species which you might find useful—Cordyceps aconitum. Originally only native to northern Mucro, this aggressive and versatile fungus has an interesting means of reproduction. Its spores are ingested by bugs (anything from mosquitoes to bumblebees to ants), and it then grows within them, driving the creature mad before killing it and growing out of its remains. Though it has been known to infect nearly all bugs (ants are somewhat resistant, or at least intelligent enough to remove the bodies of infected ants from their vicinity before they bud, and we have had limited success cross-breeding honeybees and stingless bees to resist it), and can implant in carrion, they are no danger to humans or pets, and are in fact frequently used in cuisine and medicine. Our government uses artificial means to grow them en masse, as they are an important component of our military rations. We have attempted to settle them in colonial territory, and have had limited success.

We would be glad to test this fungus and see if we can find any interesting reactions with our native species.

ViZionarian Ecology & Developmental Center

The VEDC, which works with the Department of Ecology and Environment, wishes to work along side Ithsam Nature Research Foundation on combining the Longnose Chimaera, found in limited numbers off our coast, with other rare fish and sharks to see the sorts of combinations, aggression, and danger levels we can come up with.

http://www.thejump.net/id/longnose-chimaera.jpg
Longnose Chimaera

Thank you,

Will Brookland, Chairman

We would be glad to test this fungus and see if we can find any interesting reactions with our native species.

Samples of various major sub-species are being sent to you as this is being written.

ViZionarian Ecology & Developmental Center

The VEDC, which works with the Department of Ecology and Environment, wishes to work along side Ithsam Nature Research Foundation on combining the Longnose Chimaera, found in limited numbers off our coast, with other rare fish and sharks to see the sorts of combinations, aggression, and danger levels we can come up with.

http://www.thejump.net/id/longnose-chimaera.jpg
Longnose Chimaera

Thank you,

Will Brookland, Chairman

We would be glad to help you experiment in cross-breeding this very interesting fish.

A little bit of information on what we know of these fish. The Longnose Chimaera are primitive fishes that are related to the sharks, and share several features with them, such as scaleless skin, and eggs that are encapsulated in horny packages. Longnose chimaeras are characterized by a fleshy gill cover which overlays four gill slits, and a venomous spine that stands erect on the first of the two dorsal fins. These fishes are not good swimmers, and are thought to feed on invertebrates and various other fishes, presumably those that they are capable of catching. They inhabit deep waters, down to 2600 meters.

We would be glad to help you experiment in cross-breeding this very interesting fish.
Wonderful! We will send fifty of these by ship. They shall arrive in a week.

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Is there any update on the sharks?

From: Stoklomolvi Siberian Research Institute
To: Ithsam Nature Research Foundation
Subject: Parasitic mineral organism

We have only recently discovered a type of greenish mineral which grows upon contact with sunlight in the northern region of Siberia. The mineral started growing when a meteor struck the Siberian plains, and anything that moves through it is corroded away by the mineral. It emits a gas detected by infrared scanning and turns living organisms into crystalline monsters who have no shape and actually eat everything else. We have dubbed this new "organism" tiberium, after the name of the mountain it originated, Mount Tiber. We will send the organism with your approval.

[OOC: Kudos to those of you who see the reference.]

From: Stoklomolvi Siberian Research Institute
To: Ithsam Nature Research Foundation
Subject: Parasitic mineral organism

We have only recently discovered a type of greenish mineral which grows upon contact with sunlight in the northern region of Siberia. The mineral started growing when a meteor struck the Siberian plains, and anything that moves through it is corroded away by the mineral. It emits a gas detected by infrared scanning and turns living organisms into crystalline monsters who have no shape and actually eat everything else. We have dubbed this new "organism" tiberium, after the name of the mountain it originated, Mount Tiber. We will send the organism with your approval.

[OOC: Kudos to those of you who see the reference.]
President Kilo shook his head. It sounded like something very familiar that had haunted Earth many years ago. But, yet, it was different. He could only pray to God it was not related to Acigoo.

President Kilo shook his head. It sounded like something very familiar that had haunted Earth many years ago. But, yet, it was different. He could only pray to God it was not related to Acigoo.
[OOC: Lulz...]

[OOC: Lulz...]
OOC: lol am I right?