Do Kran Get Moss?

[Mr. Dave]

I was reading the thread on Kran reproduction and it occurred to me: Since the Kran are (essentially) big hunks o\' rock, do they suffer from moss and lichen infections the way carbonite creatures might suffer from fungal infections?

Just wonderin\'...

[Kwip]

It seems to me that they would indeed.  This would create over time break down of their rock.

But wait a thought, it is not likely at all now that I think about it.  They are constantly moving, causing growth to be extremely difficult.  There is also much difference between moss and lichen, and funi.  Not sure how to explain it, the words are lost to me at the moment, but I believe that in the end it would be much more unlikely than fungi infections in carbon based lifeforms.

[Seytra]

Possibly, but only if they don\'t bother cleaning themselves. Also, if they, for example, get a crack and allow dirt to accumulate in it, and plants to grow from it, then the roots of the plant will start to crack open the crack, just as in conventional rock. However, a Kran would need to be extremely lazy to even let this start. It can happen, though. Furthermore, if a Kran has been in water, which has passed into tiny cracks on it\'s surface, and then gets frozen, the water will expand and also enlarge the cracks, maybe even breaking off large chunks.
*thinks* This might be an option... *scribbles some notes into the tome of spells* Yes, yes indeed... *mumbles while walking off the scene*

[Akanaz]

wow lol you mean if I was a kran I could have plants growing off me if i don\'t log in every once in a while and move around? lol now that would be funny!

[Efflixi Aduro]

Hey waht if you have a kran and dont play for like a week it gethers moss and looks like that for a day That would be a cool effect.

[Mr. Dave]

Originally posted by Efflixi Aduro
Hey waht if you have a kran and dont play for like a week it gethers moss and looks like that for a day That would be a cool effect.

At that rate, Duroc should be covered in ivy by now.

I\'ve thought about this some more (yes, I have no life) and have a few more ideas. (You do realize we\'re effectively writing the textbook on Kran physiology in these fora, don\'t you...?) First, moss requires soil and bonds very loosely to the underlying rock, so you likely wouldn\'t get mossy unless you stood really really still for a really really long time. Um, like Duroc does...

Second, lichen actually roots into the rock but, being brittle, would tend to flake off when you move around. (Kran eczema, anyone?)

Algae, I suspect, would be more in keeping with the mindflash which led me to start this thread. These single-celled plants would adhere to the rock, forming a thin green/brown/black film on a Kran\'s skin. Being a simple aggregation of cells, algae would not tend to flake unless the growth got quite thick, and would be devilish hard to scrape off as well. It would be akin to Athlete\'s Foot in Humans: uncommon to contact, uncommon for an infection to take hold if it is contacted, but quite tenacious once it establishes itself.

Picture it: A young Kran would have the bluish-grey skin of newly-quarried limestone, but as it aged, it would begin to develop a few algae patches, and an older Kran would have a distinct, and distinguished, green/brown mottled patchwork appearance.

[Nard]

There would also be an opening; following this line of thought; leading to the other types of concerns in an underwater environment. Yes I do realize that it would take some time though most of the other things mentioned here would as well.

Though my thoughts were based on a \"salt water\" area for calcification buildup giving them a growing reef on there back for example....

But then again I am new and dont know the water makeup or anything of that nature ..... Maybe I am just rambling ....

[Couatl]

Guess that moss is one of the few things that can act like hair for a Kran.