The Extraordinary Life of a Terraformed World

[@Jordan_K_Walker_Art]

Thank you so much for making such a fantastic video featuring our book! Altamira is an incredibly rich and diverse biosphere, it's been super fun to open it up to so many fantastic artists! I hope everyone here will enjoy REFUGIUM in its final form!

[@victorrt]

Fun fact: Altamira is the name of a city in Pará, Brazil

[@ehehadams]

@@victorrt WHAT?

[@SStrawbery]

​@@victorrtIt is?

[@victorrt]

@@SStrawbery yes haha

[@Catto_Ninja]

​@@victorrt I was just going to type the same thing lmao

[@cas3yarttv]

I’m so excited you covered Altamira!! I’m an artist that gets to take part in this awesome project, I can’t wait for everyone to check this out!! This is the BIGGEST spec evo collab ever

[@ashantismith9926]

It’s you I’ve seen you 😀

[@ElijahBarrett-cn3mz]

Leeeeeeettttttttttttsssss gggggggooooooo

[@Terraformer-17]

Can you make a spec evo About my Profile picture. I know is a robot😅 But Make it organic organic. I'm a big fan of your work.

[@Auradyme]

@@Terraformer-17 lol, lmao.

[@obnox1ous_3fe420]

Sup cas3

[@Oliver_but_digital]

It was a joy contributing art to this project! Awesome to see an entire video dedicated to it!!

[@prominoncio2431]

The name came from altamira caves?

[@Black.Templar_002]

i love how all the artists get their own in universe rpg roles

[@jujuoof174]

Yes that’s SO cool!

[@flamelikesminecraft718]

Me too, it’s the best addition to any worldbuilding project

[@NegativeDumpster]

I like how the whole "Terraforming an alien planet to make it more suitable for human life" thing is basically one giant metaphor for real-world habitat destruction. Granted, in this case, they're technically just replacing an alien ecosystem with a more Earth-like ecosystem; nevertheless, the parallels are still very much there. There's even the Kicking Wolverton, which was arguably spread to Altamira by accident. If it was accidental, then they'd be a parallel to many invasive species of real-world barnacles, which were inadvertently spread to inland regions when they clung to the bottoms of ships.

[@baneofbanes]

It’s even more directly comparable to rats, which humans spread by ships to many regions they weren’t native too, especially islands where they dealt massive devastation.

[@jelqsensei]

That's not what the metaphor is at all bro

[@mokarokas-1727]

@@jelqsensei Then share what it is instead of just going "you're wrong", "bro". Unless you're just BS:ing, of course?

[@jelqsensei]

@@mokarokas-1727 you never read the bible heathen? the parallel they're going for is pretty obvious

[@Aethuviel]

Just think of Australia. I'm in Europe, but I get anxiety sometimes thinking about how Australia's biosphere has been permanently altered, with the addition of so many placental mammals, that will likely never leave (foxes, rabbits, CATS, dingoes, horses, camels, deer, cattle, banteng, buffalo).

[@_Wanderlustminded]

I love the cameos from other spec evolution artists in this project!

[@bauty1318]

ELEFANTITO LITERALLY MEAN LITTLE ELEPHANT, THIS IS SO CUTE

[@OmarArias-mt8km]

It means lil cute elephant 😂

[@Brok3nRonim]

​@@OmarArias-mt8kmtimestamp 😭😭

[@TobeWilsonNetwork]

I’m so sold

[@lithunoisan]

It comes from mosquito (I think).

[@Jiraton]

In a world dominated by model generated content, it's refreshing to see such carefully crafted material like this ! Thanks !

[@Danimal4114]

This looks so cool! The blend of terraformed and not terraformed is always an interesting take! Stuff like this brings me back to the good old days, reading Heavy Metal and finding articles in the 'Galactic Geographic' docu-fiction by Karl Kofoed. The art and the way it was written like a scientific paper was such a joy!

[@dubuyajay9964]

You ever read fiction from the "Battletech" setting?

[@williek08472]

Heck yeah, more spec evo content

[@obnox1ous_3fe420]

İ did kinda miss it too, the philosophy vids are still good but i like these because they don't make me have an existencial crisis

[@Cobra_Crown]

Life is horriflyingly and disgustingly beautiful

[@Gabbyrod]

Your the first person I watch after I beat cancer!!!

[@availanila]

Congratulations, Gabby!! I wish you a long happy healthy cancer free life!

[@AnEmptyInkwell]

Congratulations! I am SO proud of you! ❤

[@lithunoisan]

🦀 🦀 🦀.

[@un-kyejohn2968]

Absolute W

[@AnEmptyInkwell]

Just got another notification, came back to see this, and now I shall say CONGRATULATIONS once again :D

[@bunnycat5552]

I saw Jay Eaton's research in their blog but didn't expect you to cover this project so fast! Great video, thank you for bringing more speculative biology to us

[@MrDodo19]

Can't wait to visit there! Pack your bags everyone, tickets are on me!

[@potatoradiator5368]

Thanks man

[@allenbettis8558]

THANKS!!!😂

[@hello_kitty_is_my_religion]

yayayay

[@ashazahps8031]

Thanks for the tickets dude!

[@dranoradragonqueen1494]

I'll take you up on that sir! or mama!

[@AphidKirby]

I'm so in love with Pinwheels!!!! Absolutely the best insect-parallel i've seen in spec evo works!

[@ericward8459]

Ikr, I wanna get a board and stat collecting those lil guys.

[@TreGreene-eo2rp]

11:44 the badger is so very cuuuute

[@non-green]

I want more of this type of spec evo related video's, please, explore more projects, its really motivating and also fun to watch.😅 And thank you for this entry in archive....

[@jennyfeare1702]

Man, how sick would a video covering Eaton's Runaway To The Stars project be~!? That work of theirs is such a delight, being more slice-of-life than just some grand, galactic epic.

[@Mark_GL]

Some people watching this channel need to sub right now, it deserves way more subs. Thank you for divulging such quality content. I still appreciate learning about Simon Stålenhag from you.

[@futuristica1710]

05:38 “He's a real nowhere man Sitting in his nowhere land Making all his nowhere plans for nobody”

[@Moses_Caesar_Augustus]

I really like the alien designs. They don't feel too earth-like but also not too alien.

[@jansila6005]

Wow, this felt like the Super Smash Bros of spec bio creators!!! It is very cool to see so many artists working in such a unique and expansive project; congratulations for all the wonderful work everyone did, including Curious Archive for sharing it with us ^^

[@RandomName11659]

Ngl i wish we got hour long vids in this channel, i would sit my ass down in heartbeat and watch em fully when they come out, the current short ones are great still, love em

[@shenron1954]

This is SO cool, the Avengers of spec evo artists all together on a wonderful book, thanks for covering it man !

[@JetLagRecords]

Curious Archive, Subscribed because your videos always make me smile!

[@roostermastermind]

Thanks

[@spilledink849]

Alex Reis! Jay Eaton! Simon Roy! This project is PACKED

[@travisbergen2807]

I love this style of video where you document the flora/fauna if a functional world from the perspective of someone in the world. I loved your subnautica videos and this one is great, keep up the good work!

[@FranKoPepez]

I loved this world and its lifeforms! I had seen some of the artist share their work on it on instagram a couple days ago, it was fun to see them portrayed here as researchers and experts!

[@superpacocaalado7215]

14:55 This is world building at it's peak, one of the most produced pieces of literature since the Industrial Revolution are Agricultural Bulletins, agricultural organisations collect better technics for planting and creating livestock, on a planet like Altamira this would be a crucial piece of shared knowledge for all colonists.

[@Insanity_TM]

Yes

[@amongusboy8029]

Yes

[@amalsp8955]

Yes

[@Just_a_fun_guy]

Yes

[@MrDodo19]

Yes

[@maple22moose44]

Yes

[@grimfin3214]

Congratulations CA on being the first KZbin channel I’ve actually turned on notifications for. I need my curiosity fix!!

[@vernaute2803]

Makes me think of "what if" sun spiders in Oregon, neat! I love the pinwheel designs especially!

[@DSW79]

Ah yes, canon of my Stellaris playtroughs.

[@BrvtusVG]

Yes!!! Love seeing Simon Roy featured on this channel. Been a huge fan of his specevo work since coming across his dinosauroids design project years ago.

[@GreatAukEntertainment]

Yes! More spec xeno and spec Evo!

[@koukaakiva]

These videos where you cover some spec-evo or world-building project are my favorites.

[@jastermereel4946]

this is my favorite kind of curious archive video, in depth information on a speculative ecosystem, more of this sort of thing please

[@leoornstein3963]

It's incredible that all of my goats come together for this project 🐐🔥

[@kiancuratolo903]

I've loved your recent content but I can't understate how happy I am to see another world building deep dive video!

[@leonicle4473]

As much as I love your more theoretical videos, it’s awesome to see you getting back into alien/creature biology!

[@captainidiot4301]

This is my favourite KZbin channel / independent media.

[@voryndagothDL]

Always a great time seeing coverage of these incredible speculative evolution books

[@kentbenedict2005]

Your videos are always such a treat👍

[@jerrybailey5797]

Fascinating insight into a terraformed planet

[@raegardens8339]

The art in this is gorgeous. I hope they have great success

[@denisovan_the_menisovan]

I've been thoroughly enjoying your recent video essays, but it's always nice to see a return to your roots, Archivist!

[@R0Droid]

The wait for your videos is always worth it , keep it up man

[@afk2916]

Absolutely amazing, the fauna are all so beautifully drawn and realistic, truly think this is one of my favorite worlds yet.

[@waldofabian1202]

I AM SO HAPPY YOU RETURNED TO THE OLD FORMAT!

[@Scorchinghell]

Please do more videos like this I really enjoy them

[@ANT-ej8ob]

This one is loaded with top notch artwork.

[@malekahmed7960]

This looks like South scrimshaw. Haven't watched yet but I'm always happy when I see one of your videos cover a project

[@ThePseud0Legend]

I’m so excited to see another SpecZoo project in the channel!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@luumisk74]

glad to see these classic speculative biology vids return!

[@uncleirohislegendary]

More spec evo, my favorite subgenre

[@fakezombeyy]

Welcome to planet Altamira! They can smell your fear

[@Slapbattler666]

You have become my favorite channel in the scope of one 1.001 videos.

[@balthiersgirl2658]

Love your channel

[@Psub950]

Could you please make a video on the ecosystem of Dathomir

[@scpfoundationphilippines8374]

It's just fascinating how people are coming up with awsome speculative biology that leaves your heads scratching.

[@RegularBiscuit]

More curious archive! motivation once more!

[@HardNameGuy]

*finally*, something to do that isn't scrolling

[@Cryodrakon2]

Fr, i stopped watching shorts just yesterday, and only watching long videos, to cure my brain, i feel much better already, next step is just cutting out social media all together.

[@teabee2968]

Omg u have no idea

[@vipeyv2280]

Another awesome book! loving your funny little edits here and there too!

[@johnnemo5793]

This has to be one of the most diverse and impressive speculative-biology projects yet. I can't express how much I love this setting! 💚

[@shieldplus]

This is so lovingly made! I love that it takes itself seriously at just the right moments to really sell the buy-in. I can't wait for this project to come out!!

[@totallytravicious5919]

Yo those are the legitimate best bug analogies ive EVER seen for a scifi project. Like theyre common enough looking that you can point one out and go "look a pinwheel" just like bugs BUT, they arent just like small animals or juat bugs again, they have a distinctly alien feel to them. And then you see the SPIRAL THORN QUEEN, and i was just flabbergasted at how creative and visually striking it was at the same time without lessening either. Madly impressive stuff here.

[@Commander-Ledi]

i think you should make a video about Runaway to the Stars. the setting is super fascinating, and now that Jay has started publicly releasing their comic, it would be perfect time :D

[@thisisdavid2]

I am so happy you did this! Simon is a wonderful guy and such a creative powerhouse his world building is just brilliant ! this made my night! 😄

[@wesmcinerny4524]

Altamira is quite the place! Say, by the way, here's another idea I suggest you cover in a future video: the alien worlds of the 2005 British-American TV miniseries Extraterrestrial (known as Alien Worlds in the UK) from National Geographic.

[@Slapbattler666]

Yeah your permanently my favorite channel.

[@onanthebarbarian4842]

When I saw the species information in the comic, I figured it'd be something for this channel. It's pretty sad everyone on Webtoons is sleeping on this project, but I guess they're not the right audience. Been a fan of Simon Roy's work since the Prophet reboot. I've also found Roy's settings, and Altamira in particular, to be quite reminiscent of the work of Leo, beginning with the Aldebaran series (which is the best, together with Distant Worlds, but the others are alright).

[@ElJorro]

I backed this on kickstarter and I can't wait to read it!

[@Damiac12]

New curious archive video 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@sawyerleeart]

Was so cool being a part of this world!

[@squeethemog213]

This is so awesome 🤩

[@angelmatesmolan]

Altamira is the name of the most important archeological site in Spain Edit: that might be why some of this creatures' names sound spanish-like, specially Elefantito (little elephant)

[@MatejBeranek]

really intresting creatures!

[@BiggerBubba]

Instant classic, thank you

[@AmiEpyk5899]

I love this world, its so colorful and full of life!! Also im early, yay

[@purplehaze2358]

The kicking wolverton legitimately feels like a joke creature.

[@purplehaze2358]

"They _would_ be frightening.. if they were more than a few centimeters long." As someone with a generalized phobia of arthropods: That won't stop my fight or flight response from kicking in.

[@Tomyj9]

The goat is back

[@JaxonHumphrey-lw1gs]

I love that Köseman is from 'Snaiad University' a great refrence. :)Love your vids man.

[@leoparkhouse2643]

Your videos are such a blessing. One day I am going to make my own world of speculative evolution, inspired by watching this channel.

[@thomasgauthier5784]

Good video

[@flamelikesminecraft718]

ALEX RIES ❤❤❤ love his art

[@kaitroxx]

A @RoanokeGaming collab would be amazing. His knowledge of biology would be perfect for this type of world

[@sunshinebell2421]

you know it is going to be a good day when you post a vid !!!!!!!!

[@gavinkailey527]

This is awesome man, keep up the great work

[@alpine8732]

5:37 LEGIT JUMPSCARE I WASNT EXPECTING

[@kanutastar]

the name Altamira has to be a play on words for All tomorrow's

[@feildpres]

Great video!

[@kyokoyumi]

1:10 "Local alien life forms" Humans are the aliens in this situation lol

[@WerewolfGrandpa]

love your stuff, thank you for the entry

[@aristoddle7947]

The squilloids look absolutely gas

[@Manowar458]

Awesome vid man!

[@VincentEdelstein]

This is AWESOME

[@pigsmacker213]

Love these speculative zoology videos. P.S. you should make a video breaking down some fan made monster concepts for Monster Hunter. Would be interesting to hear your on them.

[@lime1016]

Your other work is interesting, but this video stands out to me being so fast-paced compared to your others. I like it a lot. I hope you do more like it. love your work CA!

[@DarkGravity_]

Great video! If you don't mind, I was wondering if you could do a video on Slime Rancher. More specifically, why some people feel the need to protect the slimes from the Tartar despite the Slimes not having any form of sentience. The Slimes basically acts like pets or wild animals. So why some people, like me, feel that they must protect the Slimes?