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Q&A Animal to have as an efficiently modified enemy to humans

I am trying to think of animals that would make the strongest enemy for humans if they were bred in a laboratory. My goal is to have an animal that begins by being used in a benign, controlled way...

11 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭

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Q&A Flying Mammal Roughly The Size of A Large Dog

I am building a world where most of the wildlife is capable of flight and there is an ecosystem that is almost totally isolated from the ground. Is it possible to have a mammal, roughly the size of...

6 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by YZ88‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by YZ88‭

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Q&A Are four lungs possible and what would their effects be?

I'm working on a planet that has very similar conditions to earth. Now, I had the idea of animals having four (or even more) lungs. Would that be possible (I imagine there must be a possibility to ...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Romenna‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Romenna‭

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Q&A What would be a reasonable amount of time needed for some arthropod to evolve into megafauna, given the right evolutionary pressures?

Roughly how long would arthropods have to evolve before they could reach sizes analogous to current day megafauna (like today's mammals)? Assume an alternate earth where tetrapods never colonize...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Fred the John‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Fred the John‭

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Q&A Could circa-1600 humans have domesticated or tamed kangaroos?

The article Why Can't All Animals Be Domesticated? on Live Science sets out a list of criteria that a species needs to meet in order to be successfully domesticated by humans. In short, that list s...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Canina‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Canina‭

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Q&A Life on a planet with no land near poles

I have an Earth-sized planet in a Milky Way-like galaxy with all the land located at the equator, in a 2000-km line around the planet. There are small islands near the landmass, but no land anywher...

5 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Skandranon‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Skandranon‭

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Q&A 3 species pride, could it work?

1 of my stories involves a pride. But not just any old lion pride. No, my story involves a pride with 3 different big cat species. I don't know if I should put character histories here or whether t...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A Size of the "Monster Hunter" planet

Imagine a world in which you have all the creatures from the game franchise "Monster Hunter"... Screenshot from the upcoming Monster Hunter World game ...and when I say all the creatures I mea...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Tagadac‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Tagadac‭

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Q&A How intelligent would a wild animal have to be to not fear fire?

How intelligent would an animal(land bound animal) have to be to not fear fire? It's unable to make it or control it, but when a person is sitting by one, and while other animals act more traditio...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭

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Q&A Possible cause of a world without flying animals

Consider an earth-like world without any flying species. What could be the possible (I'm looking for a physics or chemistry/biology answer) cause of this? Set aside trivial solutions as "rando...

14 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Noldor130884‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Noldor130884‭

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Q&A Redneck Critters?

I've been considering the term 'redneck', which is described by Google's info engine as coming "from the back of the neck being sunburned from outdoor work." As I've grown more involved with the Re...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Lepidolite Mica‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Lepidolite Mica‭

Question biology fauna
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Q&A Fire Resistant Fauna

This question is connected to: Fire Resistant Flora I've been pondering a short story concept where a scientific expedition discovered a planet with a huge amount of both free hydrogen and oxygen ...

6 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Tim B‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Tim B‭

Question planets fauna fire
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Q&A Impact of living on a world with no terrestrial fauna

Assume Humanity was really wrecked by some malignant force, and a group managed to escape and find a habitable planet and 'settle' it. They weren't able to bring along much in the way of advanced t...

6 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Andon‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Andon‭

Question civilization fauna
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Q&A Where would my hexaped Beast-of-Burden fit into Linnaean taxonomy?

Disclaimer: This question is the second of a new series of questions of mine about introducing hexapeds to the fauna of my conworld. There are/will be other questions addressing i.a.: characteristi...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by dot_Sp0T‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by dot_Sp0T‭

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Q&A Is a jet dragon possible?

Are there any known laws of nature, which don't allow the existence of an animal with following characteristics? Can fly to the altitudes of modern airliners (around 10 000 meters or 32808 ft). O...

15 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by DP_‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by DP_‭

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Q&A How large could a frog be?

While Prionosuchus and other large temnospondyls are definitely imposing and capable of causing mortal harm, they still adhere to a distinctly salamander-like profile. Anurans (relating to frogs...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by MN00‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by MN00‭

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Q&A Practicality of farming termites?

In some parts of the world, termites are consumed opportunistically by humans. I'm considering the possibility of using mound-building fungus-farming macrotermes as livestock for a culture of corvi...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by RLuebke‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by RLuebke‭

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Q&A Would it be possible to genetically engineer Unicorns?

Using today's (real) genetic engineering methods, would it be possible to engineer a horse with a single spiral horn? Maybe rub a horse on a narwhal? I know mythical Unicorns have other "powers",...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Digital Lightcraft‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Digital Lightcraft‭

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Q&A Could an organism have evolved to kill its prey by shouting at it?

I've recently been replaying Skyrim (for about the fifth time now), and I've stumbled across something I thought would make for an interesting question. The Greybeards are a group of extremely pow...

9 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by fi12‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by fi12‭

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Q&A What can prevent moderately advanced humans from driving megafauna to extinction?

The consensus (1, 2) is that the reason most continents have relatively few large animals compared to Africa is that humans, even stone age humans, were able to drive them to extinction. African a...

9 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A Natural environment to force evolution to Immortality

Which natural conditions are needed to force the evolution to immortality? I've read on a page (I don't remember the page) that if the environment is safe, the animal would evolve to have a shorter...

11 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Ender Look‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Ender Look‭

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Q&A How could the intelligence of elephants be raised to a level closer to that of humans?

Elephants are some of the most intellingent mammals, and they have large brain sizes compared to people. They are said to present self-awareness among other things. How could one go about raising ...

6 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A On a planet with fluctuating gravity, how would animals evolve?

If the earth gravity fluctuated between +50% and -50% over the course of 200 years, what specific adaptations would be useful to account for the change?

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Adam Halatek‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Adam Halatek‭

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Q&A What kind of characteristics do flora and fauna need to thrive in a polar environment?

So, after some advice in narrowing down the topic (used to be what kind of characteristics do animals need in different environments or something like that) I have decided to start a series! Starti...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Piiec‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Piiec‭

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Q&A How would large animals and large plants adapt to frequent hurricane weather?

In a large varied environment where strong winds are the norm and every few weeks or so a huge hurricane sweeps through, how would large land animals (horse- to elephant-sized) evolve to cope? I u...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Fred the John‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Fred the John‭

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Q&A What kind of Apocalypse might make a planet unrecognizable within a few centuries?

Bobby, a human space traveler from Theta, and has been in space for a couple of centuries. He's been kept alive either through his own biology or some feat of technology. Having no contact with his...

6 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Jim Wu‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Jim Wu‭

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Q&A If wyvern like creature evolved naturally what would its ideal habitat be?

In fantasy literature wyvern's often have their habitat set as extreme mountains. Sometimes even depicted as needing to drop from a height in order to take off. Evolutionarily speaking this does no...

7 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by PCSgtL‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by PCSgtL‭

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Q&A How much food does a wyvern need in a day?

What would be the daily calorie requirements of a flying creature that could carry 200 lbs on its back? Are there features that could make a significant difference in this calculation (cold blooded...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by PCSgtL‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by PCSgtL‭

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Q&A How to deal with a friendly Boghog without hurting it, and maintaining a positive relationship?

In the Hickhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Mostly Harmless, on the planet NowWhat there are the Boghogs, and their way of communicating is to bite each other very hard on the thigh, so my question is,...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

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Q&A Would humankind remain the dominant species in a world with twice as big animals?

So, a little bit of pseudo backstory first. Imagine mother nature would be some godly being, that actually exists. Somewhere. In spiritual form. Now imagine humankind would be a big thorn in her ...

10 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Stegax Khenacc‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Stegax Khenacc‭

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Q&A Would humankind be today's dominant species, if all animals turned twice as big 2000 years ago?

Okay, I just asked a question, in which mother nature transformed all animals (or brain containing living beings, if that fits better for you) into a being twice as big in order for them to kill of...

6 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Stegax Khenacc‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Stegax Khenacc‭

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Q&A How do I use late Victorian mad-science to tame lost world megafauna?

The Scenario: My late Victorian Era mad scientist wants to domesticate the dinosaurs and mammalian megafauna of his "Lost World" island getaway, for use as companions, guardians, draft animals, and...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Random‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Random‭

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Q&A How could a biological loudspeaker work and naturally evolve?

In this Answer I suggested that an animal could have a tampani acting as a loudspeaker, as in Vernor Vinge's The Blabber, later featured as the race called Tines in A Fire Upon the Deep. In the ori...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by JDługosz‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by JDługosz‭

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Q&A Giant apes replacing elephants

Could I make a world where gorillas replace elephants in their niche as herbivore? Are there any reasons that they could not?

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Shasti12342‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Shasti12342‭

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Q&A Which kinds of food would no longer be available if plants stopped producing pollen?

In my fantasy pre-industrial world pollen production and plant reproduction has been disabled by some sort of curse. The curse has a limited geographical span, but the region affected is very larg...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by SFVT‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by SFVT‭

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Q&A Anthro Animals to Scale

If animals were scaled up to be about the same size in anthro form (human-size) regardless of species (i.e. wolf-people and hare-people both become man-sized as well as man-shaped), would the ones ...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Southpaw Hare‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Southpaw Hare‭

Question fauna scaling
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Q&A Flora and fauna of a tidally locked planet

Imagine a world much like Earth, except it is nearly tidally locked to its star, making a complete revolution every few thousand years. The planet is far enough away that there is a band of livable...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by SPavel‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by SPavel‭

Question fauna flora
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Q&A Effect of two moons on wildlife

So given an inconceivably Earth-like planet with two moons in slightly differing orbits, how would the changed tidal system affect the wildlife? Specifically, What general type of marine wildlif...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by G Allis‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by G Allis‭

Question moons fauna tides
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Q&A Confusing predators with reflected or refracted sunlight

Imagine a large butterfly- or moth-like creature, with a wingspan of about one meter (it's moth-like, not actually related to Earth insects). It lives its entire life high in the open sky, never to...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by ApproachingDarknessFish‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by ApproachingDarknessFish‭

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Q&A Living on a Giant Tree - Animals

This is one of a series of questions centered around living on a giant tree. The setting/scenario is described below: In my fantasy world, elves live on a giant tree, very similar in structure...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Thomas Myron‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Thomas Myron‭

Question environment fauna
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Q&A How would increased gravity affect the mass of livestock?

I just want to make sure my science and animal biology is correct here. If there's an increase in gravity to 2-3G, would livestock develop to be more lean due to muscle development or would they ma...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Garrett Gaddy‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Garrett Gaddy‭

Question biology fauna
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Q&A How could chocolate bunnies evolve?

I love chocolate. Today, when I was making myself a cup of hot chocolate, I was thinking about Easter and about all the chocolate I am going to eat. And at some point I was wondering: How awesome...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A How could cats evolve toxic claws?

This cat looks like a normal Maine Coon to the unsuspecting victim. Except for one little detail: Red claws that inject a neurotoxin into the victim onpon scratching it. What would be the most app...

11 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A Xenotaxonomy: the Science of Categorizing Extraterrestrial Life

On Earth, we use taxonomy to organize biological organisms into an identifiable hierarchy in which organisms that are evolutionarily related are placed in close proximity. This evolutionary approac...

6 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Frostfyre‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Frostfyre‭

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Q&A Is a world without any animals except humans possible and what would be the impacts?

I'd like to know if a planet without any animals except humans can exist. The cause of this absence of other species could be anything but the humans should not have any social interaction with som...

6 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Dan Werer‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Dan Werer‭

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Q&A What would be the effect of introducing genetically modified chimpanzees into human society?

I'm reading this article on speech in animals, and it made an interesting claim: chimpanzees and other non-human great apes posses the anatomy needed to vocalize words, they just don't use it to do...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by ckersch‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by ckersch‭

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Q&A Purpose of Engineered Organic Flying Whales

This is question #1 regarding the background art of Worldbuilding.SE One of the first things I noticed when I found this site was that amazing background picture. I like to think a great story can...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by BlippThePanda‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by BlippThePanda‭

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Q&A How to send a message to the past using a precognizant rabbit?

Let's say we have a wild rabbit that can see a few minutes into the future. Being a non-sentient animal, it barely registers these abilities, and largely uses it to find food, avoid predators, save...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by possiblySerious‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by possiblySerious‭

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Q&A Cohabitation with large creatures

Most fantasy worlds have large creatures living in a world with humans and other races. In Tamriel, the province of Skyrim has giants, mammoth and even dragons roaming freely. The Lord of the ring ...

5 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Vincent‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Vincent‭

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Q&A What would be the proper latin terminology for half-human anatomy configurations?

Many half-human mythological creatures follow a few common anatomical schemes. Some consist of an animal with a human face, such as the sphinx, naga and manticore. Some consist of a human anterio...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Anonymous‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Anonymous‭