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Q&A Would being collarboneless affect throwing and arm strength?

So I have a humanoidish race of creatures that don't have clavicles and gives them more mobility of their arms/ hyper mobility. While ik about the Cleidocranial dysostosis, the birth defect or muta...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by trash_cat‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by trash_cat‭

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Q&A How might a highly intelligent aquatic species (mermaids) communicate underwater?

I'm trying to create basically realistic mermaids, and working on developing body language and vocalizations. I have most of the vocalizations I can think of (suggestions are still appreciated), bu...

11 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Guest‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Guest‭

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Q&A How much would a 1 foot tall human weigh?

Trying to figure out how much a 1 foot tall fairy would realistically weigh using these 2 guidelines Fairies are just scaled down humans. Their bones are not hollow because their flight is assist...

5 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Samirah‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Samirah‭

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Q&A Anatomically Correct Vampire Teeth; Location, location, location

In pop culture Vampire teeth are often assumed/shown to be just like human teeth except that they have fangs instead of canines. After spending way too much time in front of the mirror, making wei...

7 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Artsoccer‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Artsoccer‭

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Q&A How to tell that you are a giant?

In my novel, my main character has come from earth to a fantasy world. She has been reborn on an island of giants (10-meter tall humanoids) where everything is scaled up to match what they would lo...

16 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Sparrowonfire‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Sparrowonfire‭

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Q&A Would this winged human/angel be able to fly?

I take no credit for the image below. All artwork and information belongs to Blue-Hearts on DeviantArt: (click on image for a higher resolution) I'm personally very impressed at her level of d...

8 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by pumkin‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by pumkin‭

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Q&A How would Fair Folk-type elves deal with dietary iron?

One of the beliefs about the Fair Folk is that they are repelled or even damaged by iron. For purposes of this question, let's focus more on the latter: namely, how would an elf manage to live to a...

8 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Haem‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Haem‭

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Q&A What environment would goblins be best adapted for?

Goblins in my setting are around four feet tall, with batlike ears, a keen sense of smell, and lithe, dexterous bodies. They are omnivores, eating slightly more meat than the average human, and the...

7 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Puck‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Puck‭

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Q&A "Realistic" Dwarfs Part One: Bioluminescence for active Vision

I've been thinking about dwarfs and their depiction in classical fantasy for while now and concluded that I find it unrealistic and lazy. Some research showed me that the current fantasy dwarfs hav...

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by TheDyingOfLight‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by TheDyingOfLight‭

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Q&A What effect would living underwater have on a mermaid's skin?

Mermaids are commonly depicted as mammalian, human-like creatures from the waist up and scaly fish-like creatures from the waist down. What properties (color, texture, etc) would their mammal skin...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by JacobPariseau‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by JacobPariseau‭

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Q&A Justifying why a troll's skin would turn to stone in sunlight

It's a fairly common legend that trolls turn to stone when exposed to daylight, and I was thinking about using such a creature in a story. I'm searching for a plausible way of justifying such a wea...

12 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is there an evolutionary advantage to having two heads?

This is a classic of fantasy/sci-fi stories. A creature with two heads, two brains, two distinct personalities, sharing a single body. An entire race of Siamese twins. But the question is, what env...

12 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Cobbington‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Cobbington‭

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Q&A What would be the best way for a supernatural entity to fit into a physical body smaller in mass and volume?

Angels are advanced technological beings who are messengers of the gods. These extra-dimensional beings are large, upwards of 30ft tall, and resemble eldritch abominations in their true form, such ...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Incognito‭

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Q&A Would multiple fantasy races eventually become homogenous?

In a setting with multiple sapient fantasy races (ie, elves, orcs, humans, dwarves), assuming these races could interbreed and this activity became common, would they eventually reach a point of hy...

6 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by ipontinovo‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by ipontinovo‭

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Q&A Would color changing eyes affect vision?

I am writing a medieval fantasy story in which there is a race of humanoids who have multicolored eyes. Their eyes may change to bring out one color or another if they are experiencing very stressf...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Hailey H.‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Hailey H.‭

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Q&A How to separate male and female members of a "lizard like" species

The Gaals are a satient humanoid race, of magic origin. They were created by the last of the dragons as a legacy of his race to the world. They are humanoid, but with no hair and scales all over th...

6 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Hommeric‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Hommeric‭

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Q&A What would the physical effects be to Elves if they began living underground?

Background: An Elven nation that once thrived for thousands of years as a predominantly agricultural race was forced underground because of unexplainable occurrences of extreme weather conditions ...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Will Robinson‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Will Robinson‭

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Q&A What adaptations would allow standard fantasy dwarves to survive in the desert?

Recently I was talking with a friend of mine on fantasy stuffens. I brought up that its interesting that dwarves are rarely in the desert and he immediately listed reasons why the dwarf build is ba...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Celestial Dragon Emperor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Celestial Dragon Emperor‭

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Q&A Anatomically Correct Huldra

Huldra are forest creatures from Scandinavian folklore, best known for their seductive natures. They are frequently depicted as beautiful women, with the additional traits of a cow-like tail and oc...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Pleiades‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Pleiades‭

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Q&A How can a long lived species that reproduces slowly prevent themselves from going extinct?

We Eldar are a beautiful race that have a maximum life span of 500 years. We are stronger, faster, more intelligent, sexier, and frankly just superior to you humans in every way. However, we cannot...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Incognito‭

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Q&A How can changes in personality/values of a person who turned into a vampire be explained?

Vampires don't die from old age; They aren't born, and all vampires were humans at some point in their life. After being bitten, a human can turn into a vampire (although the chance is very low, o...

18 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by user161005‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by user161005‭

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Q&A How to make a realistic 'giant'

Imagine a race of what we would call 'giants', each of them possibly around 8 to 10 feet (2.40-3.00 meters) tall. What differences would they need compared to us regular humans in order to function...

4 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Q&A Would human-avian hybrids be able to preen themselves with just their hands?

My winged people just have feathers on their wings, and maybe small feathers on their back between their wings (from shoulder blades to mid back). Their bodies look generally human. Here is a lin...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Nadeshka‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Nadeshka‭

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Q&A How strong is a centaur's upper half?

I know I won't be able to get a solid answer and I could always just change this detail depending on the setting etc., but in a realistic scenario, I have no idea if they'd be significantly stronge...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Banana Dan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Banana Dan‭

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Q&A How would language be affected if humans had animal-like mouths?

Every single depiction out there seems to think that animal teeth and/or mouth are no problem for a perfect speech-therapist approved pronunciation. For instance the Cat People. They never have an...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Udon Nomaneim‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Udon Nomaneim‭

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Q&A Building structures underwater: What could a giant crab do?

Okay, so I was working on making a sapient creature that lives underwater ended up with what was basically a two-hundred pound crab. They have human level language skills, and I decided to justify...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Pinion Minion‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Pinion Minion‭

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Q&A Centaur anatomy help

If a centaur were to have one set of organs, how would they be placed and what sizes would they be? What limits would there be on the centaur's body?

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by jeln‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by jeln‭

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Q&A Could a humanoid species exist with vastly different heights?

Many mythological humans vary in depictions. Let's use Trolls from Scandinavia as an example. Some are said to be giants compared to humans (I'd imagine twice the height), and some, like Danish Tro...

7 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by TGCF ‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by TGCF ‭

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Q&A What is the most plausible ancestor for tool-using, sentient, bipedal reptilians?

A classical trope of fantasy is lizardfolk, or a similar species by another name (see for instance the Argonians of Elder Scrolls fame). In general, though, we're dealing with: Bipedal, often pl...

6 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Shalvenay‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Shalvenay‭

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Q&A How do mermaids' ears work?

Whales and dolphins surely do not have ears similar to ours and yet they can pick up ultrasound underwater without fear of water pressure damaging the eardrum. Any idea how the mermaids with ears l...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by user6760‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by user6760‭

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Q&A Ideal Centaurs: A Torso and Four Legs

Centaurs. Half human, half equine. The idea's been bouncing around in my head for the past hour, so I'm going to ask it here: Would a centaur structurally make more sense if the torso was at the ...

3 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Nefer007‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Nefer007‭

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Q&A What's the plausibility of making a body part invisible?

I have a humanoid character with wings, made possible by a little fictional magic, but I'm trying to keep it as scientifically correct as I can. All right, so she has wings, but walking through bu...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Rasul‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Rasul‭

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Q&A Can humanoids be reborn from a tree?

Details: A culture of dryads has a strange death tradition. When a dryad dies there's usually a medic, or better say a "shaman" that rips a strange looking organ or gland off their head. The gla...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Ekaen‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Ekaen‭

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Q&A Could an intelligent race of seals craft tools effectively?

A while ago, I asked a bunch of questions about my alternate Earth timeline, which contains plausible fantasy creatures. One of the concepts I've devised more recently is a solution for mermaids (M...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by SealBoi‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by SealBoi‭

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Q&A Anatomically Correct Cyclops

As a series of anatomically correct myths, here we have the Cyclops. One of the most similar creatures to man but with 'one' noticeable difference, one eye. It seems that land animals love their tw...

6 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Uncle Tres‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Uncle Tres‭

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Q&A What impact would copper-based blood (haemocyanin) have on a humanoid creature?

Prompted by a question about the impact of dietary iron in elves (How would Fair Folk-type elves deal with dietary iron?), I wondered whether haemocyanin could be an alternative to haemoglobin in c...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by K. Price‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by K. Price‭

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Q&A The pros and cons of a quadrupedal human over a bipedal one?

Assuming a human had 4 legs and could perfectly use them for walking(they are a bit like centaurs,who have the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse). Would they have any advantages o...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Skye‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Skye‭

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Q&A Viability of a vampire-like creature which emits a pathogen

Assume that a person gets infected by a pathogen and then goes into stasis, emerging several hundred years later transformed into a vampire. Now this vampire can meditate and release a pathogen tha...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Phantomis‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Phantomis‭

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Q&A The Centaur--Let's Get Real, Shall We?

Undoubtedly, one of mythology's most iconic creatures is the centaur, a human being with his or her waist glued to the torso of a horse. For this post, we are avoiding the question of how evolutio...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by JohnWDailey‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by JohnWDailey‭

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Q&A The Dwarf--Let's Get Real, Shall We?

Believe it or not, the diminutive but rough dwarf is the closest of all the humanoids to be biologically realistic. How? Let's look up Homo neandertalensis, the stereotypical caveman, in comparis...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by JohnWDailey‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by JohnWDailey‭

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Q&A How would a literal eye on the back of the head work?

So I've got a fantasy race of people with four arms. Their second pair is able to reach behind them like how our arms are able to reach in front of us, and so could work with things behind their ba...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Athena‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Athena‭

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Q&A Would having larger pupils allow elves to see better in the dark?

In my setting elves can see very well in the dark. I've suggested tapetum lucidim but that would make their vision less clear so would larger pupils make it easier to see in low light areas?

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Jordan Williams‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Jordan Williams‭

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Q&A Convenient teeth for a bloodsucking vampire

So I got this species of vampire-creatures (no conversion of other species, just mating and reproducing in typical mammalian fashion) that subsist entirely on blood. I'm using a bit of magic to imp...

8 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Pinion Minion‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Pinion Minion‭

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Q&A Harmony amongst Human Termites?

In a magical world there is a tribe of people divided into termite-like castes. They live in the wilderness, far from most regular humans. They are effectively human; fully conscious and conscien...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by inappropriateCode‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by inappropriateCode‭

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Q&A What would a Mermaid's taste buds be like?

Assuming Homo Erectus deviated at some point in history, to become Homo Aquarus, would their taste buds have developed different due to the nature of the foodstuff available to them? Of course, th...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Recelica‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Recelica‭

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Q&A Would an average seawater mermaid be any larger than its freshwater counterparts?

Let's use the sea turtle and the terrapin as an example, need I say more? I used terrapin because like the mermaid which is half fish and half girl so a terrapin would serve as an excellent example...

4 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by user6760‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by user6760‭

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Q&A Energy vs Biology in an elf-human hybrid

This character is an elf-human hybrid, who can travel long distances at high speeds with little rest. She can run at top speed (what we call sprinting) without stopping to rest, sleep or eat for th...

8 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by ASH-Aisyah‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by ASH-Aisyah‭

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Q&A How big is my Giant?

The hero saves the captured giant, and as a reward, the giant presents the hero with a magic ring... However, the ring is made for giant fingers, so the hero decides to wear it as an armband instea...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Arkenstein XII‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Arkenstein XII‭

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Q&A Preventing centaurs from invading China

During the Ming dynasty, China was frequently attacked by centaurs from north. In order to ward off the invaders, the emperor of China wanted to build a long stretch of barrier along the mountain r...

6 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by user6760‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by user6760‭

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Q&A Does mermaid evolution come with buoyancy control?

I must admit this legendary or mythical creature is really fascinating and I am talking about the half fish half woman. I know most fish have the ability to control buoyancy as they can easily mov...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by user6760‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by user6760‭