https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/categories/15/tags/2369.rssNew Posts Tagged 'behaviour' - Scientific SpeculationScientific Speculation - Codidact2020-05-17T06:21:20Zhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/263153How could a humanoid species with non-retractable claws strike someone with a fist/closed hand gesture?user2352714https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445482020-05-13T21:48:45Z2020-05-17T06:21:20Z<p>In my story there are a species of humanoid bipeds (i.e., two arms, two legs) that have a more-or-less human arm anatomy but <strong>differ in having non-retractable claws instead of nails on al...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261438How CAN You Justify Melalo's Dorsal Casque?JohnWDaileyhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/43992020-03-12T00:13:49Z2020-03-12T00:52:34Z<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/AdUBZ.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/AdUBZ.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
<p>This, ladies and gentlemen,...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259980What would be a plausible reason for a prey animal to mimic its own predator?Systemhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/-12020-01-30T16:23:26Z2020-01-31T20:24:16Z<p>The saying goes "a wolf in sheep's clothing", which is a biblical idiom to refer to someone pretending to be harmless. This got me thinking about if the reverse could also be true. So I came up ...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/257756Would a warhorse allow its rider to approach a Dragon at all?SupernalPhantasiahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/443712019-11-17T08:48:52Z2019-11-19T22:34:42Z<p>Would a horse (trained or otherwise) not be wholly spooked by a Dragon merely flying overhead, even more so trying to enter combat with it or just trying to approach it under any circumstances?<...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/252238What could prevent concentrated local exploration?A Lambent Eyehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/78192019-04-22T10:23:50Z2019-04-23T11:11:59Z<p>In my world there is a village with a hot spring, the only one on the entire island.</p>
<p>The spring emerges from a local cave which has been filled / caved in by a past civilisation, since t...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/249533How Would a Filter-Feeding Marine Turtle Feed?JohnWDaileyhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/43992019-01-17T19:04:51Z2019-01-18T02:18:54Z<p>Back home, many large planktivores have ingenious ways to trap food and not water. For sharks like the basking and the megamouth, that is no problem, as they have modified their gills into rake...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/245959Ringed Planet: The shadow's effect on faunaThomas Myronhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/80502018-09-12T02:43:58Z2018-09-12T23:05:55Z<blockquote>
<p>I am writing a fantasy novel centered on an Earth-like planet with icy rings like Saturn. This question deals with certain effects of having such a ring system. Assume the planet ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/237888Mating ritual where female chases male?AngelPrayhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/401592017-12-23T23:50:10Z2017-12-25T09:18:23Z<p>Mating rituals are various behaviours, serving as a precursor to copulation in almost all animal species. In general these serve to aid the females of the species to pick out a mate. They can be...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/227161If Our Horses Came From the OTHER SubspeciesJohnWDaileyhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/43992017-01-03T06:51:46Z2017-01-04T13:02:25Z<p>It has become common knowledge among mammalologists that the origins of our most iconic rides, the horse, stemmed from the tarpan, a breed of wild horse that became extinct as recently as 1909 C...