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Even after centuries of careful coastline reclamation and near-continuous seawall construction, the amount of land above sea level on Cendo Prae is significantly below M-class norms. Nearly all land that isn't entirely vertical (and some that is) has been adapted for Catullan use. Above the water, virtually no wilderness or other apex predators native to the planet still exist. (With the advent of replicator technology, even large domesticated animals are rare.) Seen from orbit, Cendo Prae seems entirely tamed, terraced and bermed and groomed and fenced and walled everywhere but on sheer cliffsides and the steepest, narrowest mountain valleys. <br> | Even after centuries of careful coastline reclamation and near-continuous seawall construction, the amount of land above sea level on Cendo Prae is significantly below M-class norms. Nearly all land that isn't entirely vertical (and some that is) has been adapted for Catullan use. Above the water, virtually no wilderness or other apex predators native to the planet still exist. (With the advent of replicator technology, even large domesticated animals are rare.) Seen from orbit, Cendo Prae seems entirely tamed, terraced and bermed and groomed and fenced and walled everywhere but on sheer cliffsides and the steepest, narrowest mountain valleys. <br> | ||
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Although woodlands remain, they | Although woodlands remain, they are carefully managed and harvested. The species which shelter within have survived because they are considered either useful or harmless. Now that Catullans can afford to look beyond the limits of their world for living space, and replicator technology combined with relatively abundant power make resources plentiful, a few factions within Catullan society have called for a concerted effort to preserve and revive the few remnants of Cendo Prae's original biodiversity-- even to the extent of advocating time travel to acquire viable specimens. But a public policy defining the steps to be taken in regards to this issue has yet to emerge. <br> | ||
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Cendo Prae's aquatic biomes have fared much better; although some species have suffered from excess harvesting, the extreme depths of Catulla's oceans (which in many cases have yet to be explored) have protected hundreds of others. As a result, for most Catullans, the idea of wild and dangerous fauna is linked with large predator fish and amphibious or marine mammals, rather than terrestrial species. Cendo Prae has a surprisingly low population of reptiles and birds; many of the ecological niches normally occupied by those phyla have been taken over by mammals instead.<br> | Cendo Prae's aquatic biomes have fared much better; although some species have suffered from excess harvesting, the extreme depths of Catulla's oceans (which in many cases have yet to be explored) have protected hundreds of others. As a result, for most Catullans, the idea of wild and dangerous fauna is linked with large predator fish and amphibious or marine mammals, rather than terrestrial species. Cendo Prae has a surprisingly low population of reptiles and birds; many of the ecological niches normally occupied by those phyla have been taken over by mammals instead.<br> | ||