(not sure if glitch/bug...) so, as you can see, i entered an island with a dragon and encountered an enemy. This is DIRECTLY after the 'water crisis' species battle and dragons won with HP bonus. I went to the enemy and instead of a stop to battle, i just went right through him, like he wasn't there! however, in the exploration log, it said "you entered a battle and you won!" and I got exp and everything! this happened several more times throughout the island. 

I am not sure if this is even a glitch or a bug. I just have NO idea what just happened. Is it part of species bonus?

Hm, I think you just activated the automatic battles instead of manual. It's the shield button in the middle of the navigation arrows.

ya know, that makes sense...

in a certain game, the person who started this could lock it permanently, so you culd say "CASE SOLVED!!!!" oh well. lawl ARIEL