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Q&A Could an alien species from lower gravity survive on Earth?

I remember reading this thing somewhere about how humans born in zero gravity environments would likely be taller than Earth-bound humans but also more fragile and unable to handle Earth's gravity ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by PastelSkulls‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by PastelSkulls‭

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Q&A "Dragon amongst the sheep" How could a dragon avoid other animals registering him as a threat?

So, one of the less know abilities of dragons here is anivoice. Anivoice allows dragons to communicate with birds, mammals, reptiles, dinosaurs and pterosaurs. Of course, the information, relayed...

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

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Q&A Could these trolls exist?

In a world I'm designing, a group of Homo Habilis or even Australopithecus Afarensis migrated into a northern Scotland environment becoming Trolls. These are not D&D trolls, but something else....

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by icewar1908‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by icewar1908‭

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Q&A Could the Goliath monster from "Evolve" (the game) feasibly exist

My first quest on this platform was, could the Kraken monster from "Evolve" (the game) feasibly exist, which I planned to follow up with the rest of the playable monsters. Appearance The height o...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by RotNDecay‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by RotNDecay‭

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Q&A How would a Dyson Swarm transmit energy to the Earth?

The Dyson Swarm is common in sci fi as an energy source, and sometimes also as a powerful weapon. As it is commonly understood, it harnesses the energy of the sun, which stores a vast amount of ene...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭

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Q&A How do donut fish eat?

Imagine a particular species of eel that resembles the shape of a torus or donut. It is capable of generating an alternating electric current in the water as a form of communication between other d...

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

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Q&A How would bacteria go about forming a multicellular organism?

I am working on a planet with life composed of prokaryotic cells, like bacteria from earth but which have formed large organisms. What perplexes me is that I haven't found a single example about ba...

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

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Q&A Designing a biological drop pod?

How would a biological drop pod make it into the atmosphere and land safely? I have a race of aliens that use biological tools instead of technology. Their ships are living beings that can travel t...

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

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Q&A Realistic sea humanoids

bucking the trend of mermaids I've decided to take a different approach with my mermaids. A long time ago a group of Australopithecus diverged from us taking to the sea. some characteristics of the...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by icewar1908‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by icewar1908‭

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Q&A Creating a plausible Wendigo fever

It is believed that Wendigos are supernatural beings with an insatiable hunger for human flesh, or humans who are selfish and commit cannibalism and while the latter is more accurate, Wendigo fever...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by icewar1908‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by icewar1908‭

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Q&A what kind of biology/evolution to create Xing Tian/Blemmye type of humanoid/monster?

here what Xing Tian look like and the description in the wikipedia. Xingtian appears in chapter 7 of the Shanhaijing (Classic of Mountains and Seas), which states that he fought and lost agai...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Li Jun‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Li Jun‭

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Q&A Evolutionary advantage for recurve fang in dragons

In medieval times, news of dragons attacking the outskirts of the villages is flooding in. The King is losing patience. According to witnesses, these dragons can lift cows and occasionally elephant...

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

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Q&A Anatomically Correct Leviathan

This is a submission towards the Anatomically Correct Series The leviathan, (in biblical terms), is describes as being a colossal serpentine like creature, it's back is covered in scales that are...

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

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Q&A The feasibility of Grey Aliens?

I want to write a science-based story which includes grey aliens. To clarify, grey aliens are seen to be either shorter or taller than the average humans, and sport a bulbous like head. their hea...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Pierre ‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Pierre ‭

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Q&A Could birds conveniently evolve sapience?

Next to angels, various types of bird people are among some of the most common depictions of flying humanoids. Revali from BOTW comes to mind. Could birds (or any other flying animal for that ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by icewar1908‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by icewar1908‭

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Q&A What would life (some of it humanoid) be like on a planet with high amounts of silver?

The planet I'm developing has iron in low supply but a high concentration of silver. The planet is habitable for humans and for story reasons the sentient race must be humanoid. Is it feasible for ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Samuel Hope‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Samuel Hope‭

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Q&A Could my Wyverns exist?

A long time ago, Yi Qi diverged into three main groups: Cockatrices, Drakes, and Wyverns. Some characteristics of Wyverns include: They are tetrapods/quadrupeds They are covered with feathers The...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by icewar1908‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by icewar1908‭

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Q&A What would a transplanted organ from a corpse use to gain control of it's host?

Shub Niggarath, the black goat of the woods and mother of the dark young, is a powerful entity that lives in a universe parallel to our own. In this universe, immortal entities exist as abstract co...

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

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Q&A How do I calculate the hours of daylight on an arbitrary planet for a given day at a given latitude?

I want to be able to graph the change in daylight hours across the year for a given latitude, to get an idea of what kind of cycle in available daylight people at that latitude would live through a...

6 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by The Quivering Frond of Destiny‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by The Quivering Frond of Destiny‭

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Q&A Would a Dyson sphere be useful as a means of power generation?

I have heard people (quite possibly on this site) say that by the time a civilization is able to make Dyson sphere it will be useless to build one for power and energy needs. So, would a civilizati...

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

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Q&A Carbon Monoxide Rich Atmosphere

I want to make an atmosphere rich in carbon monoxide, but as it doesn't stick around for very long, it will need to be replenished. I'm looking for concentrations comparable to those of carbon diox...

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

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Q&A Can a moon orbit a planet's southern pole?

I am interested in the idea of a moon orbiting only the southern pole of a planet. Could it theoretically be possible (though unlikely) that a moon would, for instance, orbit a planet parallel to t...

10 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by mrkv12‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by mrkv12‭

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Q&A What might a cancer monster be like?

A strange concept which I came up with after realizing that vampires, werewolves and zombies are basically created by an infection from a virus. This has lead me to brainstorm how I could make a mo...

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

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Q&A Whats the furthest two hominids could diverge from and still be able to produced viable offspring?

In many fantasy stories humans are capable of inter-breeding with different fantasy races. There is a precedent for this happening with neanderthal and Denisovan DNA being found in people of Eurasi...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by icewar1908‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by icewar1908‭

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Q&A Feasibility of albino lizard people

Recently, I've grown curious about this lizard men folklore, which revolves around lizard like beings that have the frame work of humanoids. Now this got me thinking of a more human like reptile sp...

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