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Rikion Invictus


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The lost of certain plant or animal species can have horrible effects on a ecosystem and the same can be said an introduction of either two.

So what happens when the flora and fauna of Earth ends up in Equestria?

The same thing that happens here on Earth, an inbalance of the ecosystem. Only difference is that Earth's ecosystem can balance itself back naturally but on Equestria, the inhabitants have to do it themselves.

Consider some of the horrifying things that Mother Nature has come up with and you can see where this is going.

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huh this

army ants

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

This is actually a pretty interesting concept. Before I read though, the title really bothers me. "Ecosystem" isn't a proper noun, thus the title should be "Invasion of the Ecosystem"

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Thanks for that! I really need to get an editor/proofread soon.

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Makes those annoying ants in your backyard seem like angels huh?


That´s why when people start ranting in HiE comments about how evil and brutal are humans in comparison with ponies, I love to point them what we had and have to face to become the master race of a world which is literally out there to get us.

Natural selection is mean and its offspring becomes strong cause of it, except when you escape its grasp, then you become fat and hairless. Nice story by the way, hope it gets featured.

So walking to my next class, I remember seeing tree sprouts growing between the cracks of newly placed brick sidewalks at the enclosed outside area... Persistance man...

Oh, and anyone hear of cordyceps? Spelled something like that? A fungus that takes over the minds of ants, and forces them to climb to high areas the fungus can thrive, where the ant starves to death? Fucked up shit...

Welp... Time to start reading...

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Not just ants but it has a subspecies for nearly every insect in the world. Hell the game The Last of Us is based off the 'what if' that fungus adapted to affect humans.

Well, Equestria is screwed if this is merely the beginning.

(Seriously though, bring cordyceps! It's Equestria's last hope, and start of a brand new nightmare!)

I want to see stinging nettles come up
I heard there is a species of stinging nettles in Australia which can kill you with the poison in it's nettles ( that is if you don't kill yourself from the Extreme pain :pinkiecrazy:) let me know if you want to know more about it lol

Oddly interesting, I just hope the ponies can figure out how to save themselves from our mother nature nonsense. We figured everything out pretty well (Burn ants, run from tornados, etc..) so it's not out realm of possibility that they can too.

Yeaaaaaaaah, uh.... I hate to say this, but Equestria's ecosystem is WAY scarier than anything on our planet.

The name of this wave of the death? Eciton burchelli or more commonly known as the Army Ant.

...Nope... nope, nope, nope, nope!

The lush green grass were no longer visible, replaced by a moving floor of red and black...ants?

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! RUN INCREDIBLY FAST! WITH FIRE COMING OUT OF YOUR FEET!

Meanwhile a colony of ants moved with purpose as a trio of fillies play not to far away.

*Hysterical noises*

Well then, let's show these ponies the creatures of Austrailia. See how they handle those animals.

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Does Equestria have 1 inch tall frogs that can kill ten full grown adults? Or spiders that can spun webs 25 times stronger than high grade steel that are 80 feet in length? Do the trees shed hairs that is too fine to remove, the body can't break down, and are poisonous? Or places where the ground is not only trying to kill them, but even tempts them with gold beneath it's surface.

Let's face it, compare to Earth's ecosystem, Equestria's own is almost childish from what we've seen so far. On a completely unrelated note, do you plan to update 'For I have no Friends and Must Scream? Out of all your stories, that one is my favorite and I hate to see it go to waste.

Couple of nitpicky things because I have studied/am currently studying biology/biochemistry:

1. When you use binomial nomenclature (i.e. using the species name), you have to either underline it or put it in italics, so it would be Eciton burchellii or Eciton burchellii (missing the second "i" there, by the way).

2.

So Sandy kept perfectly still as the massarce went on below, countless dying as she watched with tears in her eyes.

Snakes can't cry. They don't have tear ducts, and their eyes are covered by transparent scales to prevent them from drying out anyway. (Then again, Sandy is an Equestrian snake, so maybe I shouldn't nitpick so much.)

Asides from a few grammatical and spelling errors that I'm too lazy to point out, you have a very interesting premise. I'll be keeping an eye on this.

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Many thanks for that! I'll be sure not to make the same mistakes in the future chapters.

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Oh no, they only have apex+ predators that can eat anything, swim in molten lava, and breath 3000 k fire.

Or omnivorous flying tribbles that breed faster than bacteria.

Or creatures than can turn you to stone just by looking at you.

Or ones that are literally unkillable and made out of any deadwood available.




For STARTERS. Equestria is a death-world. An honest to god 40k grade Death World that the ponies have beat down kicking and screaming until it's turned into the relatively tamed version it is in the show. The enviroment is so heavily regulated because nearly everything on the planet is fairly obviously hostile to pony life and unrelentingly so.

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Oh no, they only have apex+ predators that can eat anything, swim in molten lava, and breath 3000 k fire.

I'll admit, Earth has nothing to counter that... except for a bunch of nasty smaller than life bacteria that will be probably clinging to all those gems they eat.

Or omnivorous flying tribbles that breed faster than bacteria.

Frogs, toads, any animals or insect that eats other insects will consider those flying tribbles a buffet. Spiders will probably never have to worry about food again. Also I must point out that paraspites only become omnivorous AFTER Twilight casted a spell on them. Plus they're just colorful locusts

Or creatures than can turn you to stone just by looking at you.

Remember those army ants? They're completely blind and being able to turn something slowly into stone won't work against oh say thousands of machete like jaws swarming all over your body. Army Ants are known to overwhelm horses.

Or ones that are literally unkillable and made out of any deadwood available.

Timberwolves are mobile food for termites, not to mention there is a species of termites with a gun for a face! Also unkillable? They choked on a rock, not to mention enough force will break them apart. Large animals, like hippos or elephants, won't even think of them as threats. And you want unkillable? Here you go. They may not be unkillable but considering some of their feats and abilities, they might as well be.

And our planet isn't much better. We just don't consider it a death world because we're so damn used to living on it while in reality, all of Mother Nature's creations are weapons that would have slaughtered us if we didn't evolve first.

Earth's fauna is killers is their very own way, from the humongous elephant to smallest jellyfish even though the latter pack more punch in a minute. Mother Nature is a bitch creating so many monster.Let see how these equeastrian going to make harmony out of these monstrosity called nature who care nothing than theirs own survival.

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Besides the fact that ants are more brutal than us. They've done evrything we've done, but on the scale of trillions. Cannibalism, rape, slavery, genocide, infanticide.

The major difference is, we actually make laws against it.

Next, though, you should do Honey Badgers.

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Haha!

Oh, wait you're serious.

Their environment is weak compared to ours.

EDIT: I apologize for the comment spam.

It's a realy cool and interesting story. I realy want to see the next chapter

Love it, you have me thrill, i really want to see what othermonster you will pick from our world and sent to create evil and havock, rigth to my favorite, please cotinue the storie is really good

By he way i know it will be spoiling but what kind of animal or insect are you planing for next

This looks good!
:pinkiehappy:

4366146 You should add... hm..... How would the ponies react to bot-flys?

4366146 Proof that TCB stories are complete bullshit!

here, is when reality overcomes fiction ...

So many things can happen with are earth floral and fauna! it bout time I found a tbc dealing with earth beauty and wonders Many animals are gonna die.
Please start with cats please? Cute loving but very Territorial and there hunting and killing quirks like playing with prey to fighting I'm imagining how they would act to equastria cats.
Heh Angel bunny better watch out for the next stray cat flutter shy brings in cause a cat does what it likes. best yet cats domesticated them self's so the ponies won't know till it to late!

Army Ants? *searches the internet for information about them*

NO!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!

Hope to see this updated, it's an interesting concept.

4365116 no,leave it,these are equestrian snakes.

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Time for an Air RAID!

4366146 There's more.

Much more.

Way more.

Let me put it to you this way; yes, Equestria has some scary beasts.

Mother nature looks at that and goes.... I do better. Oh so much better.

Eh. Could be realistic or bullshit. Remember we are looking at a magic infused ecosystem through the filter of a kid's television show. You have no idea what kind of natural defenses equestrian flora and fauna has developed against predators. There is also the fact people tend to forget one little thing. THE EVERFREE GIVES THE MIDDLE FINGER TO PONY ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL IT! Also the tree of freaking harmony has an active pressure on it. The forest operates more similar to world ants come from not pony controlled areas.

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The main problem here is that while the army ants initially appeared within the Everfree Forest, whose creatures might have stood a chance of adapting to them, they also immediately left the Everfree Forest, marching across Fluttershy's lawn in the process. This places them a being currently East by Southeast of Ponyville, heading either towards the village proper or Sweet Apple Acres depending on whether they passed Fluttershy's cottage to the North or South.

Also: ARMY ANTS are the invading species!? :twilightoops:

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Actually, rabbits have been known to not only defend themselves from cats, they also sometimes defend other animals from cats.

Viva the Lapine Republic! :pinkiehappy:

Pinkie... :facehoof:

Excuse me! This story has not expanded since Chapter 1, buddy. Anyways, how about giving extinct animals a go in this story as well, or maybe some genetically modified animals too. You keep making their appearances and behavior as accurate as possible, keep up the good work.

Excuze moi, but your little story is NOT updated. There, I said it, now, please do it, we are waiting.

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Is anybody else waiting, 'cuz I have been for years by now.

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Come on, time is ticking...

I can't keep tracking this story I think is dead kind of a shame honestly...

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Author has been offline since 2014 dudes, not even on the site in three years. Sorry, it's time to call it.

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Dang it! But anyway, someone SHOULD try to remake this, maybe me?

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I'd be happy to volunteer. I might need some help with the research tho.

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We're good. Then notify me on my user page when you are done. And besides, I've been waiting for something like this since when.

I've rebooted the story. Click here to see it.

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