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Thumbnail Art Credit: Adam Lee

0:00 The Beauty of Ecosystemic Horror

0:37 The Lies of Nature

1:44 Scavenger's Reign

4:00 Fighting the Ecosystem

6:02 Witness the Starfish

7:02 Total Annihilation

9:18 Neva and Decay

11:17 The Bug Problem

13:12 Ultros

15:44 Growth and Acceptance

17:57 RAIN WORLD AGAIN LETS GOOOO

19:55 Reaching Enlightenment

21:47 GODS & MONSTERS

Media Shown: Rain World, Subnautica, Annihilation, Scavenger's Reign, Neva, Ultros, Color Out of Space, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, The Animal Kingdom, Vesper, Astropulse, Distant Lands, Jumanji, Verdant, Alien Earth, Prometheus, The Wall, Cold Storage, Avatar, Avowed, Love, Death + Robots, Kong: Skull Island, King Kong, Naussicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Princess Mononoke, Lord of the Rings, The Thing, The Last of Us, Evolution, Common Side Effects, In the Earth

♫ Music licensed by Epidemic Sound

Sources:

“Annihilation” (2009) by Jeff Vandermeer

“Pilgrim at Tinker Creek” (1974) by Annie Dillard

"How bioluminescence works in nature" (2019) by Liz Langley https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/bioluminescence-animals-ocean-glowing

"What’s the difference between a poisonous and venomous animal?" (2020) by Jake Buehler https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/venomous-poisonous-snakes-toxins