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===Ecology=== | ===Ecology=== | ||
[[File:Dodo.jpg|thumb|Giswinus Domesticus, a large flightless very common in Corumm]] | [[File:Dodo.jpg|thumb|Giswinus Domesticus, a large flightless very common in Corumm]] | ||
Corumm has a vibrant array of animal and plant life within its borders both natural and transplanted by less than careful travelers. It is home to the largest predator in [[Alshar]], the hyena-like [[Long-toothed Hound]] or Zhangya. Also endemic is the 'Corummese chicken' or [[Giswi]] which has been domesticated and turned into an inexhaustible source of food. Some of the outlying islands have specimens reminiscent of past eras of the world such as giant flightless birds such as the [[Danonino]], which have survived due to the extreme isolation of their habitats. However Corummese industrial policies and disregard for pollution have meant that the habitats of several species have slowly disappeared or been seriosuly curtailed by human encroachment. Another facet of Corummese government's involvement with the ecology is a scientific program to genetically engineer and breed back animals that only existed hundreds of thousands of years ago, known as ''Megafauna''. Work on the breeding of the creature known as ''Paraceratherium'' is well underway and several dozens specimens could be released into the wild within the next two decades. | Corumm has a vibrant array of animal and plant life within its borders both natural and transplanted by less than careful travelers. It is home to the largest predator in [[Alshar]], the hyena-like [[Long-toothed Hound]] or Zhangya. Also endemic is the 'Corummese chicken' or [[Giswi]] which has been domesticated and turned into an inexhaustible source of food. Some of the outlying islands have specimens reminiscent of past eras of the world such as giant flightless birds such as the [[Danonino]], which have survived due to the extreme isolation of their habitats. | ||
However Corummese industrial policies and disregard for pollution have meant that the habitats of several species have slowly disappeared or been seriosuly curtailed by human encroachment. According to the Alshar Environmental Integrity watchdog, around fifty species of insect, small reptiles and birds went extinct in Corumm in 2025 alone. Conservation efforts and replanting schemes have been deemed to be totally insufficient and chronically underfunded for decades. | |||
Another facet of Corummese government's involvement with the ecology is a scientific program to genetically engineer and breed back animals that only existed hundreds of thousands of years ago, known as ''Megafauna''. Work on the breeding of the creature known to scientists as ''Paraceratherium'' is well underway and several dozens specimens could be released into the wild within the next two decades. Enviromentalists have quietly criticized the Megafauna project as a monumental waste of resources that could be used to save modern animal species and as a maniac's idea of playing god. | |||