Fortunately, he was able to re-populate the planet, since Nameks reproduce asexually, giving birth to 109 Namekians. Guru believed himself to be the last Namek alive until he heard that the son of Katas had made it to Earth safely. One unnamed Namekian, the child of Katas, a gifted child of the Dragon Clan, was sent off to Earth as a child to ensure his survival. In Age 261, a horrible climate shift wiped out all the Namekians except Guru and a few Super Namekians who were exiled before. At one point, they discovered a Super Dragon Ball and shaved off pieces to create the Namekian Dragon Balls which the gods permitted them to keep as they only used them amongst themselves and were a peaceful people. Planet Namek once was a beautiful meadow covered by Ajisa and the Namekians developed a civilization capable of interstellar travel. The Namekians could use this for their respiration process. As measured by Bulma on arrival, the Namekian atmosphere does partly consist of oxygen. A Namekian year is much shorter than an earth year, at 130 days long, as shown when the Namekians are reviving the Z Fighters who died fighting Nappa. It is possible that the planet is tidally locked to the star group, resulting in the lack of a day/night cycle, with the Nameks living on the daylight side of the planet. Despite this, depictions of the planet show there to be a dark side. Namek has three suns, so it is never night time. It is also home to a host of ambient life, such as fish, frogs, slugs and dinosaurs. The planet had a population of about 100 Namekians at the time of the Vegeta Saga in November of Age 762.