"organisms vision." Organism's vision.
"bees and wasps" They are not bees and wasps, but Xenobees and Xenowasps, which fulfill a similar niche but are not related.
"larva and eggs" Larvae.
Notably, in Winnie the Pooh playsets, trees and wooden artifacts (e.g., chairs) are purple, not normal tree colors, so there's even more of a Winnie the Pooh association between this organism and its purpleflora habitats than you might expect.

QUOTE (Coolsteph @ Jun 12 2021, 09:48 AM)
"organisms vision." Organism's vision.
"bees and wasps" They are not bees and wasps, but Xenobees and Xenowasps, which fulfill a similar niche but are not related.
"larva and eggs" Larvae.
Notably, in Winnie the Pooh playsets, trees and wooden artifacts (e.g., chairs) are purple, not normal tree colors, so there's even more of a Winnie the Pooh association between this organism and its purpleflora habitats than you might expect.


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Huh, you're right. Weird. Other modifications made.

Quite pleased that you actually used the name I threw out.

Nergali, looks like there might be motivation for your idea of evolving the Honey Toadtuga!

Can we reference Winnie the Pooh? Is it public domain?

According to Wikipedia, the first volume of Winnie-the-Pooh will enter the public domain in the United States on 1 Jan 2022. However, Disney's version of it will last longer, and I believe they copyrighted the name "Winnie-the-Pooh". Since Winnie the Pooh is so profitable, and Disney is so prone to strike down on copyright infringement in general...you probably can't reference Winnie the Pooh too closely, such as by making its scientific name "Winnie poohus", or something like that. I suppose you could check on it again on January 1, 2022 and, if things go well, make some descendant of it reference Winnie the Pooh.

A copyright claim requires proof that some manner of profit is being made from use of said property.

QUOTE (Clayren2:Electric Boogaloo @ Jul 28 2021, 02:45 PM)
A copyright claim requires proof that some manner of profit is being made from use of said property.


True, but knowing how tough Disney is about copyright infringement, it's probably best to avoid making too obvious a reference to Winnie the Pooh in the organism concept.

Yes, actually totoros are being renamed to tunkis over copyright concerns, we do take it seriously here

Looks good now