Planet Earth XS

The full moon fills the sky twice a year in this place. Strange birds that lack beaks make a great migration semiannually. There will be one place during one day twice a year where the moon will nearly touch the earth. It is at this moment that the middle stage in the lunar lotus’s life cycle begins. The lotus sprouts which grow on the lunar surface release spores when the earth’s gravity is at its peak. They germinate and eventually grow into the massive flower, three genders of which produce three different gametes. The flowers are known for the way they glow at night yet appear invisible during the twilight hours (there is no true day on Earth XS). Some biologists posit that the organism originated in deep space as it shares similar bioluminescent and transparent properties with creatures that evolve in the darkest parts of the ocean.

In any case. When the moon grows closer and larger once again. The Lunar Lotus flowers release a blizzard of purple glowing pollin, large blue floating pods, and pink pulsating strands of silky pollin which also serves to bond all the different gametes together into a cluster. The seeds germinate on the lunar surface if they are so lucky as to make their way through the air to a point at which the moons gravity is strong enough to attract them to it. The Lunar Lotus takes the form of a sort of syamese twin blade of grass. A short blade grows with a tall blade. The short blade will eventually grow a volatile package to help launch the spore back to earth while the long blade develops the spore.

There are even stranger mating process between animals. The lunar leapers have a completely gender segregated species. The females of the species live on the moon and are thinner and longer. The males of the species are thicker and have mammary glands. When the moon is at its closest point to earth. The lunar leapers copulate in the space of extreme gravitational overlap, in midair. Half a year later, the females will send the males to earth. There are far fewer females of the species than males as female lunar leapers never receive the benefit of father’s milk.

Humanity ussually ignores these wonders. As humanity continues to distance itself mentally from the moon, the moon of Earth XS drifts farther and farther away each year. Soon there will be no more herds of Lunar Leapers and no more fields of Lunar Lotus.