Question: I love that the Discovery Menu now informs you of the area where missing animals are found, but has anyone concluded what it means by Base? I am not going to have a base on every planet. Does it mean any structure on the planet or maybe the animals have a “base” ? 
It means not in water or caves
Seriously? 
We’re they swooping into the water by any chance?
Lately I’ve seen a lot of tiny flocks of birds swoop into the water and back up. I figure it’s just a pathfinding issue but it’s a nice accidental behaviour to witness. I keep expecting to see little fishies in their beaks.
Speaking of weird glitchy creature behaviour, has anyone had an issue with underwater crabs since beyond landed? Might be a console or PSVR thing but they either go flying through the ground when you try to scan them, or get whisked away topside and disappear into a hill or they just outright vanish. Usually on first encounter, second time you happen upon them on same planet they seem to behave normal.
I have seen birds in caves. It would have been awesome if they were bats.(and not stuck in the wall)
I have noticed one thing about butterflies. Like moths to a flame, they seem to gravitate to my line of fire when using my mining laser…they just fry right up. 
Out of curiosity, do they walk backwards?
That would be amazing, but nope - just odd legs
Crownememium — The Diplo
I was searching for a crashed starship to repair and call my own, and what should I come upon but a lonely Gek needing help to repair his own stranded situation. He survived the crash. I thought to myself, “why don’t I help him”. And as I was doing so, I saw an amazing creature.
The Diplo was staring at us as I was repairing the starship.
As I spotted the Diplo, I thought I would go observe it. 
Portal Address. Enjoy!
Standing near the Diplo, I realized how tall he was:
6.9m 
Then I was continuing my search for more crashed starships
…and I came across more Diplos of the same breed
The above is the 2nd Diplo I’ve ever found. The first was much smaller and had a Cobra head. I didn’t think to get details then, but I did get a few images. These are from the NEXT v1.5 era…
I’m happy to have come across these majestic creatures along my journey.
Some lovely shots! Thanks for sharing. 
Yesterday, I thought I would experience my first time with creature riding. It happen to be in the most extreme of environments. We rode through an intense blizzard and ran from hostile sentinels.
