Hello, my name is Xavi Perrier, and i'm an extraterrestrial xenobiologist specialising in the life cycles of complex life-forms on Praxis Major, the recently resettled planet on in the Glacis system. I have been engaged in field work there for the last five years, and it has been an amazing experience.
Praxis Major (PM for short) is a planet that was colonised by humans 600,000 years ago, but the human race there suffered de-evolution and the descendents of those colonists now form a species we call Homo Colonisas, and although they still retain substantially the anatomy of a member of the Homo Erectus family, and most of the genetic code too, they are mute creatures who have lost the use of language and most tool-making skills, and tend to walk around eating fruit vegetation like herd animals. Attempts to 'recivilise' them were abandoned a while ago because it is quite obvious that the mental faculties just aren't there anymore, they're not merely dormant.
What is most interesting about the planet is the way the ecology has evolved to integrate the Colonisas people. On PM, a fascinating twist on typical biology has taken place where there are host of relationships which should be classified as 'parasitic', but occur between very large and complex lifeforms.
The great thing, from the point of view of a biologist, is that in field work we can gain absolutely first-hand experience of what's going on simply by posing as one of the Colonisas people, and interacting with the other species. This is not a job for the faint-hearted, but I have a very dedicated team and it has proved to be a rewarding experience and we have learned a lot in the process.
From what we can tell, the arrival of humans on PM introduced an enrichment of the natural ecology due to our very different physiology, so the by-products of the human race - our fluids, faeces, discarded skin and hair and other things - are all rich in minerals that the extant lifeforms did not produce in any great quantities and so were in high demand. The Colonisas people retain this physiology, and the other flora and fauna use them to gain additional nutrition and related things.
The de-evolution of the Colonisas people essentially made them more available to the wildlife, as they became less and less capable of defending themselves and fending off attacks. The Colonisas now have the status of any other animal on PM, having a limited and balanced ability to defend themselves versus challenging life-forms.
So when we go out in the field, we can't put up much of a fight, we have to largely put up with whatever comes up to us. This means that, like the Colonisas people, we have to wander around naked most of the time. So please excuse the nudity that will appear in some of these slides.
I'm going to outline some of the species that we have found which leverage this unique relationship between themselves and the near-human Colonisas.
First up, on this slide you can see some large parasitic worms that grow in the lakes of PM. These are prevalent in fresh-water lakes where Colonisas bathe.
Unlike terrestrial parasites, they don't actually grow inside humans, they crawl inside humans to harvest food and then crawl out again, so they live in the lakes.
Bathing on PM invariably attracts these. They're just an irritation if you're wearing a bathing costume, but if you're naked they will violate you, but it's not actually a bad thing if they do.
These worms are about two inches in length and are fat - about a thumb's width. If you dwell in fresh water for any length of time, they will seek out any orifice on your body and attempt to enter by the dozen, so swimming with your head under water is generally a bad idea.
However, what they really want is your anus and, if you're a female, your vagina. They will use their sticky pseudopodia to grasp your skin and squirm inside either hole, and once there they will begin to harvest any bio-fluids or waste products they can find. They won't generally go too far up your colon because they want to be able to leave again, but they give you a free and very effective colonic cleanout - it's vey therapeutic! And in your vagina they collect up pussy juice - excuse my language. They squirm about a lot and it's ticklish and quite stimulating!
This is a photo of my colleagues and I relaxing in a warm spa pond on PM, enjoying the "service" if you will. Big smiles all round. The next photo is of my pussy, which i'm pulling open to show you how full of worms it was - they really pack in there. I was giggling uncontrollably but you can't see that... The final one is of everyone squatting and expelling the worms on the shore - a very strange scene.
Moving on, this animal here is the Quadeye Bear - a bear-like quadruped with four eyes that lives in forested areas. It is carnivorous and eats smaller animals - anything about the size of a rabbit. It is of no threat to the Colonisas. Indeed, it will protect Colonisas from true predators because it needs them very much, not for their own nutrition, but for its young.
What's interesting about the Quadeye is the very low level of sexual dimorphism it exhibits. Male and female Quadeyes are almost impossible to tell apart from a distance, even if you can see their genitalia.
The Quadeyes' symbiosis with Homo Colonisas is so complete, that they have completely abandoned the gestation and nursing of their own young, and entrusted this role to Colonisas females. Because the human womb is just so much more fertile and rich in oxygen and iron than the Quadeyes' ancestors, this allows them to breed much more quickly and has improved the fortunes of the species.
Therefore, the female Quadeye has no womb at all, and females, like males, sport phalluses as genitals instead, while their ovaries are contained in a scrotum the same as a male's testicles.
The Quadeye females and males generally form pair-bonds for two to three years, and in these pair-bonds they engage in a hunting-mating endeavour for Colonisas women. The female will usually initiate the hunt, and she will prowl the forest for a woman, pouncing and wrestling her to the ground and pinning her down. Once this has happened, she will emit a unique mating call which attracts her mate to the scene.
While their dimorphism is startlingly low, there are differences between the male and female phallus. The male phallus exhibits typical characteristics, having a phallic bone, testicles, strong muscles that engorge when aroused and the urethra running from the bladder and seminal glands through its length. It is about 10 inches in length.