Name: Ayam Salim Date: 12/8/2021
Organism Project
• The Lifeless Burning Desert:
The environment that I choose for my hypothetical organism to live and survive is the area of the
hottest desert (Sahara) where there is no single trace of plants, vegetation, other organisms, and
water in nearby 500 km.
Sun shines very brighter at this area and temperature is very much hot in it (about 70 – 95oC in
normal days). Furthermore, there are many minerals and salt found in the area. The air is very
dry and hot. The hot air causes the frequent recurrence of Haboobs which are severe sand and
dust storms that makes the environment turbulent.
• Description of Organism:
The organism has following body features that enable it to survive in this harsh condition:
• The organism is about 1.5-2 feet in height and about 5-6 feet wide when its arms/legs are
fully open.
• It is the combination of plant, octopus, and bird with skin more like reptiles. Its face is like
humans. So, I would call it “Planoctoptile ave”. This name is the combination of word
plant, octopus, reptile, and bird.
• It has long foldable & penetrable beak like hard nose (about 3 m long) that can be folded
back like foldable rods. It has strong muscles at each joint and along the length which help
it to penetrate deeper into the sand and earth.
• Many leaves like structures are present on its head deep into the head cavity that are skin
protrusions. They have muscles which contains chloroplast and stomata like openings.
• It has hard and several centimeters think cuticle and scaly skin. It has lizard like eyes with
hard and scaly coverings around them and rudimentary mouth (lips).
• It has 10-12 short legs or arms that have stout claws at the end. These claws are hard and
pointed ended so that the Planoctoptile ave have strong grip on sand to maintain his
position even during strong winds.
