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Second after the coral reefs in the inland sea, the Seridic wetlands are the most prolific ecosystem of known Kaimere. Like the Everglades and Sundarbans of Earth, it is predominantly a vast, slow-moving river dominated by grasses that extend above the 1-3 meter waters. Patches of tree-stand islands are found throughout, and deeper portions of the river portion out the grasslands.
This ecosystem came into existence shortly after the dynastic extinction 15 mya that saw the end of the tyrants, horned dinosaurs, and hadrosaurs. The prolific wetlands served as a refuge for the horned dinosaurs, and it is one of the main reasons they survived. They were the dominant herbivores in the region for some 10 million years. Parksosaurs like the jugashen also underwent an adaptive radiation that saw them take several niches. The past few million years however saw the introduction of semiaquatic mammals like sloths, suids, and rhinos that were more successful as their live birth meant they did not need to leave the wetlands to reproduce. The death knell of the horned dinosaurs came .5 mya with the arrival of the hippopotamus from a portal to North Africa. Rapid reproduction, high aggression, cooperative herding, and quickly adapting to the primary food source made the hippopotamus the most common large herbivore of the Seridic wetlands. Rodents, cervids, crocodilians, and a dicynodont make up much of the medium and small herbivores.
The predators are quite diverse. The ba'khar, a semiaquatic megaraptoran, is the apex predator. Towards the ocean in the more saline estuaries, the ba'khar contends with the kurajaku, an aquatic megaraptoran, a serpentine mosasaur, and two massive crocodilians. Mesopredators like a number of mosasaurs, a massive frog, abelisaurids, several frogmouth sharks, a teratorn, and several fish species. There are also several species of semiaquatic creodonts, which went extinct in their terrestrial niches after brief success following the dynastic extinction, but have survived as predators similar to bears and seals. Fish can be found in abundance, and most predators are at least partially piscivorous.
This ecosystem came into existence shortly after the dynastic extinction 15 mya that saw the end of the tyrants, horned dinosaurs, and hadrosaurs. The prolific wetlands served as a refuge for the horned dinosaurs, and it is one of the main reasons they survived. They were the dominant herbivores in the region for some 10 million years. Parksosaurs like the jugashen also underwent an adaptive radiation that saw them take several niches. The past few million years however saw the introduction of semiaquatic mammals like sloths, suids, and rhinos that were more successful as their live birth meant they did not need to leave the wetlands to reproduce. The death knell of the horned dinosaurs came .5 mya with the arrival of the hippopotamus from a portal to North Africa. Rapid reproduction, high aggression, cooperative herding, and quickly adapting to the primary food source made the hippopotamus the most common large herbivore of the Seridic wetlands. Rodents, cervids, crocodilians, and a dicynodont make up much of the medium and small herbivores.
The predators are quite diverse. The ba'khar, a semiaquatic megaraptoran, is the apex predator. Towards the ocean in the more saline estuaries, the ba'khar contends with the kurajaku, an aquatic megaraptoran, a serpentine mosasaur, and two massive crocodilians. Mesopredators like a number of mosasaurs, a massive frog, abelisaurids, several frogmouth sharks, a teratorn, and several fish species. There are also several species of semiaquatic creodonts, which went extinct in their terrestrial niches after brief success following the dynastic extinction, but have survived as predators similar to bears and seals. Fish can be found in abundance, and most predators are at least partially piscivorous.
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Are there any fruiting plants in the Seridic wetlands