https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/categories/15/tags/2073.rssNew Posts Tagged 'mythical-creatures' - Scientific SpeculationScientific Speculation - Codidact2021-05-21T05:45:38Zhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/206263How could dragons be explained without magic?Sheraffhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/364262014-09-19T07:09:36Z2021-05-21T05:45:38Z<p>Dragons are a grand classic of fantasy. For this question, let's assume we're talking about the following stereotype:</p>
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<li>hatches from an ostrich-sized egg and can grow to mountain si...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261233Could a Monotreme Griffin exist?icewar1908https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445912020-03-05T20:46:35Z2020-05-29T15:51:25Z<p>in the story i'm writing there is an island of mostly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotreme" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Monotremes</a> which have diversified into a variety of ecologic...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261064Anatomically Correct Yara Ma Yha Whoicewar1908https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445912020-03-02T11:08:33Z2020-05-12T12:07:59Z<p>This is a submission for the <a href="https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2797/anatomically-correct-series/2798#2798">Anatomically Correct Series</a></p>
<p><a href="https://...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/262679toilet for mermaid?Li Junhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/436952020-04-26T04:36:05Z2020-04-26T05:15:24Z<p>I want to know what kind of toilet design for mermaid is, considering they live surrounded by water and they poop through the anus (or whatever the organs name is) that located in the front rath...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/274149How would dragons mate, according to science?jsjsjzjdnsjsnhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/528692020-04-14T16:20:03Z2020-04-21T16:28:31Z<p>No, this is not not about courtship displays or dominance figths. (even thought I know that that is also part of mating) This is more of "What their genitalia would look like" and how they woul...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/262382Ningens / Humanoid whale-like creaturesMr Glasshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445792020-04-17T22:59:45Z2020-04-18T00:13:52Z<p>Ningens are an old internet legend/creepypasta.</p>
<p>Supposedly living in the polar regions of the globe, these creatures are described as having white-skin, a roughly humanoid structure with...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261862Could my Triclops exist?icewar1908https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445912020-03-27T11:24:45Z2020-03-31T17:36:09Z<p>Around 5 million years ago, a group of primates diverged from early Baboon ancestors migrated into Sicily becoming Triclopes (here's a rough mock up of what a Triclops skull might look like):
<a...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261779Could a Species Survive Getting Nutrition Only by Smelling Things?Capillary Cumorah https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445982020-03-23T13:03:57Z2020-03-24T23:48:48Z<p>In Greek and Roman mythology, the Astomi, also known as the Gangines, are an ancient legendary race of people who had no need to eat or drink anything at all. They survived by smelling apples an...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261570What evolutionary pressures would lead to Trolls?icewar1908https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445912020-03-16T13:34:17Z2020-03-17T03:17:21Z<p>In a world I'm designing, a group of Homo Habilis or even Australopithecus Afarensis migrated into a northern Scotland environment becoming <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/quest...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261313Could a tetrapod Pegasus exist?icewar1908https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445912020-03-08T02:14:59Z2020-03-08T20:16:46Z<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Pegasuses</a> in most works of media are often depicted as hexapods with four legs and two wings:</p>
<p><a href="https...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260491Anatomically Correct Orang Pendekicewar1908https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445912020-02-14T16:51:52Z2020-02-26T20:04:15Z<p>This is a submission for the <a href="https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2797/anatomically-correct-series/2798#2798">Anatomically Correct Series</a></p>
<p>The orang pendek ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260766Anatomically Correct Manticoreicewar1908https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445912020-02-23T19:57:32Z2020-02-24T00:12:41Z<p>This is a submission for the <a href="https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2797/anatomically-correct-series/2798#2798">Anatomically Correct Series</a>
<a href="https://i.stack....https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260399Anatomically Correct Gargoylesicewar1908https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445912020-02-11T21:56:15Z2020-02-23T16:22:01Z<p>This is a submission for the <a href="https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2797/anatomically-correct-series/2798#2798">Anatomically Correct Series</a></p>
<p>Gargoyles are a s...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/239692Anatomically Correct ChocoboJakob Lovernhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/416962018-02-23T00:51:23Z2020-02-22T23:21:48Z<p>Continuing in the theme of bringing creatures from video games into the <a href="https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2798/44805">Anatomically Correct series</a> is the <a href="http:/...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/217539Anatomically Correct HarpyCaleb Woodmanhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/381212016-02-24T16:18:40Z2020-02-22T20:37:20Z<p>This is a submission for the <a href="https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2797/anatomically-correct-series/2798#2798">Anatomically Correct Series</a></p>
<h2>How would you ev...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260635Anatomically Correct Grootslangicewar1908https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445912020-02-19T21:50:11Z2020-02-20T21:32:13Z<p>This is a submission for the <a href="https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2797/anatomically-correct-series/2798#2798">Anatomically Correct Series</a></p>
<p>Residing in South...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260489How do I explain the phoenix's "rebirthing" processicewar1908https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445912020-02-14T15:16:49Z2020-02-14T18:22:11Z<p>Phoenixes are a unique type of <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/167897/could-my-wyverns-exist">wyvern</a> not only due to their colorful feathers (which resemble flames...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260438Anatomically correct cockatriceRotNDecayhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/443872020-02-13T01:48:36Z2020-02-13T02:15:12Z<p>In short summary </p>
<p>A cockatrice is is essentially a a two legged dragon that has the head and body of a rooster, it also has a serpentine like tail and either has feather like wings or we...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260316Realistic Unicornsicewar1908https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445912020-02-09T23:05:56Z2020-02-11T04:35:38Z<p>Contrary to popular belief, Unicorns are not related to horses but instead are descended from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elasmotherium" rel="noreferrer">Siberian Unicorn</a>.</p>...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/246397What Purpose Would a Unicorn's Horn Serve in the Wild?JohnWDaileyhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/43992018-09-30T04:05:20Z2020-01-20T01:35:07Z<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/lPlIC.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/lPlIC.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
<p>This famous tapestry shows all the "...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/226229Dragon's Blood - If it was a realistic animal what would be the color of its blood?mico villenahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/377872016-12-10T14:55:19Z2020-01-16T02:58:22Z<p>It is typical of fantasy stories that there will be a dragon somewhere down the line. They are typically the strongest boss right before or after the main antagonist.</p>
<p>Now the question is...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259012How big is a dragon's hunting territory?Archteahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/442922020-01-01T11:12:20Z2020-01-09T13:55:48Z<p>Dragons are very territorial apex predators. They build lairs on mountaintops, roost whenever they aren't hunting, and they hunt from the sky. With their size, wings and firebreath, there is no ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259231How can an amorphous creature change viscocity at will?Cobbingtonhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/438192020-01-08T17:49:24Z2020-01-09T06:18:48Z<p>In my fantasy setting, slimes are a species of giant (about eight cubic feet), single-celled amoeba. They have the ability to freely change their state and viscocity, being able to "melt" into a...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/257910An anatomically correct Jaculus?Bluebloodhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/443752019-11-21T17:40:53Z2019-11-22T15:21:49Z<p>Unless I am mistaken, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaculus" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jaculus</a>, also called a javelin snake, is a creature found in Roman myth, described as a snak...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/257418Anatomically correct bansheeRenanhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/389332019-11-05T12:50:11Z2019-11-06T11:41:01Z<p>The original, irish lore around banshees has it that they merely foretell the death of someone, but do not cause that death. American pop culture has changed this, so they do bring death and des...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/257343What would be the most practical way to use a dragon's scales as armor?Arvexhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/402892019-11-01T21:48:28Z2019-11-05T19:55:38Z<p>I'm working on a roleplaying game in a medieval fantasy setting with a focus on crafting and I am having trouble visualizing how armor made from scales of creatures would be assembled; both for ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/257251How to Justify the Enfield's Long ClawsJohnWDaileyhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/43992019-10-29T05:32:32Z2019-10-29T23:43:42Z<p>Here is Carolina Lang's interpretation of one of Britain's heraldic beasts, the enfield:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/rD2kU.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/254688What clothes would flying-people wear?Master Chefhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/440372019-07-30T05:15:41Z2019-10-22T16:23:37Z<p>If there were people with wings, who didn't want to be naked all the time, what clothing could they wear, without it interfering with their flying?</p>
<p>Note: I am assuming arm-wings, like bi...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/216696Anatomically Correct HippocampusQuiquÈ…https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/381662016-01-25T23:04:01Z2019-10-16T16:53:22Z<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus_%28mythology%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Hippocampus</a> is a mythological creature and has typically been depicted as hav...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/219164An insect-mammal crossbreed: the myrmecoleonjelnhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/229152016-05-09T14:44:35Z2019-10-12T03:09:46Z<p>A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecoleon" rel="nofollow noreferrer">myrmecoleon</a> is a creature with the upper torso of a lion and the rest of the body is like an ant.</p>
<p>Whil...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/256598Anatomically Correct Bakufoul fowlhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/442412019-10-07T06:39:16Z2019-10-07T08:52:08Z<p>In the mythological stories of the Baku, they eat the nightmares of those who call upon it, but if not satisfied they will eat the hopes and dreams of their summoners.</p>
<p>Since the visual p...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/236359Anatomically Correct CharybdisGryphonhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/405852017-10-26T21:27:54Z2019-10-01T18:28:05Z<p>Is there a realistic way that a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charybdis" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Charybdis</a>-like creature could evolve? Starting with roughly earth-like biology, w...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/255671How would a quadruped walk with one limb longer than the rest?Corvidhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/441482019-09-04T18:24:57Z2019-09-05T13:00:41Z<p>I have a (digitigrade) quadrupedal alien creature with one of it's front limbs having a longer metatarsals, I'm trying to visualise how it would walk with this deformity for an animation.</p>
<...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/255249What would a Pegasus actually do with its legs while flying?Dalilahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/398972019-08-19T21:01:47Z2019-08-22T20:52:25Z<p>The question is just as simple as it sounds. </p>
<p>Would it tuck them under like a bird? make running motions like it does when running on the ground? some other movement that actually aid...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/253501What would prevent chimeras from reproducing with each other?Incognitohttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/64402019-06-08T13:16:39Z2019-06-09T06:38:11Z<p>There exists a polymerization spell that allows distinct animals to combine with each other, creating an entirely new creature. The beasts in question are held in transumutation circles linked b...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/253155Could six-limbed creatures evolve from griffin or dragon to centaur?Puckhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/438522019-05-24T02:50:08Z2019-05-27T02:05:56Z<p>In my setting, centaurs are related to other six-limbed creatures such as dragons and griffins (the "fur" is actually made up of tiny feathers). Assuming they were originally creatures similar t...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/253011Anatomically correct GuivreSealBoihttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/61612019-05-19T11:00:16Z2019-05-19T16:58:31Z<p>The <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guivre" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Guivre</a> is an amphibious dragon from French mythology:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/oHm1K.jpg" rel...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/241393Anatomically Correct DemonsThe Literary Lordhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/419002018-04-25T20:45:52Z2019-05-14T17:00:37Z<p>Demons have been a staple of multiple religions for thousands of years, just like angels. While some of the points brought up in the <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/25...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/252497Rib size to body size conversionAdrijanedhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/426452019-05-02T19:48:00Z2019-05-02T22:52:51Z<p>In lots of barren, deserted or otherwise destroyed landscapes, there are bones of long dead animals to be found. Sometimes, it's a skull, sometimes, these are rib-cages, or ribs alone. </p>
<p...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/252378Why do Ichisongas hate elephants and hippos?SealBoihttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/61612019-04-28T17:12:42Z2019-04-29T12:42:46Z<p>In the mythology of the Lambas people of Zambia, there is a creature called the Ichisonga. It is a herbivore, and very rhinoceros-like in appearance. </p>
<p>Upon hearing a hippopotamus, it all...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/214230What makes an animal suitable for domestication?Uncle Treshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/37152015-09-22T22:19:18Z2019-04-13T04:16:37Z<p>What makes an animal suitable for domestication? I know it has something to do with the danger to productivity ratio. But this is not helpful for fantasy animals in the worlds we build. What fac...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/251806Anatomically correct IsitoqSealBoihttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/61612019-04-07T15:30:46Z2019-04-07T19:46:40Z<p>This is the latest in a long series of questions I've asked on my fantasy world which contains many mythical and folkloric creatures. I won't link the other questions since at this stage the ser...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/251616Could a dragon use its wings to swim?NadiraSpzirglashttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/436852019-03-31T20:53:33Z2019-04-01T19:48:30Z<p>I have three types of dragons; dragons that primarily fly, dragons that primarily run, and dragons that primarily swim, with all three types being able to do the other two things for a limited a...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/251556Anatomically Correct Pikachutox123https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/254032019-03-29T04:06:21Z2019-03-29T10:09:53Z<p>We all know Pikachu, fuzzy, small rodent, with the ability to discharge electrical energy as an attack. But could Pikachu ever evolve in our world, and how would it do so?</p>
<p>What's require...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/251000What is the science of fairy flight?user6760https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/373502019-03-11T12:19:14Z2019-03-16T12:10:53Z<p>Assume these homo super-dwarf aka fairy and homo sapiens come from a common ancestor, and somehow they evolved a pair of wings and can do vertical takeoff. </p>
<p>The average adult is approxim...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/250823Eating one whale every three thousand days?SealBoihttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/61612019-03-03T11:44:09Z2019-03-03T17:06:49Z<p>My current ongoing project, about which I've asked many questions, is about a world in which evolutionarily plausible legendary and folkloric creatures roam the Earth. One such creature is the s...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/250598Plausible reason for gold-digging antSealBoihttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/61612019-02-24T19:39:25Z2019-02-27T06:27:17Z<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold-digging_ant" rel="noreferrer">Medieval bestiaries</a> describe a creature, a type of desert-dwelling ant that digs for gold. It was also said to be th...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/273485How hot is my dragon?Nyakouaihttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/71022019-02-20T15:02:41Z2019-02-20T18:19:22Z<p>Little side project on fantasy story with dragons (or wyverns to be exact, but they're equivalent for the purpose).</p>
<p>I have dragons roaming the country side, laying waste and ruin in thei...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/209018How could ghosts be explained without an afterlife?Serban Tanasahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/368462015-01-23T01:24:05Z2019-02-12T12:28:42Z<p>I've always loved well-done ghosts. However, I've always hated the afterlife-speculation that they engender if used in a story. So I need a way to get ghosts without the fluffy spiritualistic b...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/222049Can we use science to explain a creature that feeds on emotion?Erin Thursbyhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/6282016-08-16T02:09:47Z2019-02-12T12:27:28Z<p>This is a magic world question, and we certainly do not have anything on this planet which feeds on emotion. But if we did, I'm wondering how it might work with a look at science for something p...