Exquisite Biome - an ecosystem-crafting game

Name: btp
Lines & Veils: Nothing comes to mind at the moment.

A cool real-world plant: It's gotta be Pando. Aspens in general are top tier trees. When a good wind blows through an aspen forest, their almost-circular leaves with thin petioles do a full 180 and makes it looks like the entire tree is shimmering. (I suppose a lot of deciduous trees to this, but I have distinct memories of being awestruck by aspens.) The fact that it is also the largest clonal organism is just icing on top.

A cool real-world animal: In case someone's Line/Veil is any creatures that lives inside your skin I'll tuck this in a spoiler.

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I get a kick talking to students about Demodex mites. The little sweat-suckers are the perfect blend of harmless and unnerving and do an excellent job of reminding us that our consciousness and self-perception is still entwined with our fleshy monkey bodies.

As for a non-arthropod option: I lifted up a big rock and saw a gecko living under it. I am reasonably sure I did not squash it when I set the rock back down but just in case I'll memorialize it here.