The Vivarium · Plate XIV

Live observation

Gen000/ 180

Flora Chlora vitrea 0

Grazers Vitta aurata 0

Hunters Noctua vorax 0

Closed nutrient cycle · 100 × 60 field 20 cells

IIThe apparatusVXIV–03

Instruments

Every measure is felt within the glass.

01 Seed

02 Generations

gen

03 Mutation rate 3.8% / gene

Chance of variation per gene / birth

0.5%12%

04 Food regrowth 0.90× baseline

scarcebaselineabundant

05 Speed 6gen / sec

contemplativeaccelerated

06 Catastrophe interval 34generations

Interval between scheduled disturbances

frequentrare

Permitted disturbances3 active

Field noteXIV / 000

The founding colony is settling into its glass. The first census is being taken.