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Bleeding as the bodily equivalent of a positive pregnancy test, Plausible? One of many things that differs the pregnancy of my Keplerians and that of humans is that in Keplerians, there is a symptom that is equivalent to a positive pregnancy test. To explain this, first, I need to explain what goes on during a normal menstrual cycle in Keplerians. During a normal menstrual... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
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Which developmental pathway makes more sense? So, I thought I had the hunger related bioluminescence for my Keplerians figured out. That once the hunger hormone reaches a certain threshold, the hormone receptors on some cells of a bioluminescent organ trigger the activation of a certain fluorescent protein which causes the baby's abdomen to glow... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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Is it possible for a reptile to be amphibious? So, I'm building this world where most of the lifeforms, for one reason or another, are reptiles. Now, I know there have been reptile dominant periods in Earth's history, so it isn't impossible for the modern ecosystem of another planet to be predominantly reptiles as well. I am working on the aquati... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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Is this Martian creature plausible? I am thinking of writing a story about a Martian civilization. It might involve humans, but, I think it will be more interesting if there are creatures adapted to the Martian lifestyle as well. So, here is a proposed creature to live on Mars: A burrowing reptilian, or so it seems. Photosynthesis i... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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Why would a venomous snake squeeze its threat non-lethally? This is a key part of my snakebite mystery story, which I am thinking of making part of a medical mystery series. I have been told that it actually is more life threatening to the snake for it to squeeze it's prey or threat non-lethally if the snake is venomous. I don't see why. It's not like it woul... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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Would a monster size aquatic lizard be possible? So, I am writing a comic which will perhaps grow into an entire series about a group of aquatic heroes. One of those heroes is a monster size aquatic lizard. The story of how this lizard came about is complicated and is addressed in the comic but for simplicity's sake here, it was a lab error. Scient... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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Could black hole civilizations even exist? I know that currently, black hole civilizations are only theoretical. But here are my thoughts on why black hole civilizations are impossible. Black Hole Civilization Issues 1. Gravity This is an obvious issue. There is just so much gravity around a black hole. The closest you could get to a bla... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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Photosynthesis analog, plausible? So on a planet with a chlorine based atmosphere and only a small amount of oxygen, here is my proposed mechanism for chlorine based photosynthesis. Carbon tetrachloride, since it is a liquid at 70 degrees Fahrenheit or 23 degrees Celsius, needs to be absorbed through the soil mostly though some doe... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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Which hydrogen halide to have in blood to replace water? So I want to have an alien creature on a planet with a halogen atmosphere. It will have to be at a temperature where the hydrogen halide is liquid or solid. This hydrogen halide I would have as the main useable component of the creature's blood as a substitute for water along with some halogen gas c... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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Is the evolution of my aliens realistic? So, I have thought about the evolution of my aliens and how they could evolve things like lactation but still retain their reptilian characteristics. Here is my best thought about it so far: Evolution 500 million years before A lizard like animal crossbreeds with a kangaroo-like animal. This dive... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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How could a humanoid baby glow from hunger? I assume whatever organs are used for the bioluminescence must be inside the baby's abdomen and specialized for bioluminescence and since the glow is gone entirely at 6 months, those organs must die off after 6 months of age. I figure it must be a protein that is used for fluorescence, otherwise, th... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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Ovulation dependent menstrual cycle? So my Keplerians have a menstrual cycle that typically lasts 45 days on average. My proposed menstrual cycle is dependent on ovulation. So multiple ovulations without a period could occur but multiple periods without ovulation would not be possible in my Keplerians, at least not normally after adoles... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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Keplerian Life Cycle: Old age Life Cycle Their life cycle is complicated but in the simplest way I can put it, a Keplerian is considered a baby for the first 2 years of its life. Then it is considered a gender neutral child (I don't know what term would apply here. I don't think toddler is applicable because the milestones that ... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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Avoiding muscle atrophy from muscle injury My Keplerians are humanoids but they have a special organ and special hormones for protein storage. Not only that but they don't get muscle atrophy from injury. Take the abdominal muscles for example. If a Keplerian who wants to build muscle does too many bodyweight exercises, they will get a first d... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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Adapting organs, How would they adapt? Okay so I get that for flexibility I need no bones. My octopeople do live on land so they do have lungs. But they are more amphibious than we are. So here is my proposed life cycle: Pregnant octopeople regularly go in the water and long distances on land to make sure they get enough food for their ... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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Shedding rate reasonable? My reptilian aliens that lactate become adults at 20 years old. I might add a graph here of proposed shedding rates over time and maybe even a separate graph for growth. But here is what I am proposing for the shedding rates: Hatchling: 0-3 months Shedding once every few days to a week because gro... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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What would be needed for the entire planet to have a polar climate? I have wanted to write a story before about people on an arctic planet and other animals, particularly reptiles metamorphosing into polar bear people who hibernate through the winter. But is it possible for a planet in the habitable zone to have a polar climate throughout the planet and all the time... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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Could sweet and hot peppers come from the same plant? One of the veggies that my Keplerians grow is peppers. I have heard of some sweet peppers cross pollinating with hot peppers making the sweet peppers hotter and the hot peppers sweeter. However that involves a minimum of 2 plants. 1 per type of pepper. So I was wondering if it is plausible for a sin... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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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 that would make it better for Writers but here I go. Duma, the cheetah Duma was 1 of a litter of 4 chee... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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Growing new teeth, Plausible? I was thinking about how we differ from crocodiles and sharks in terms of teeth. Now of course we don't have carnivore teeth but we also don't grow new teeth unless you are talking about a young child losing his/her baby teeth. But it seems like an omnivore diet, especially one that includes bones wo... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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Would a 2 thumbed hand increase grip significantly? My generation ship aliens have 2 thumbed hands. No, not the 2 thumbs on the same side that some humans have but the 2 thumbs on opposite sides. So it would be kind of like this: Except more reptilian and less human as far as the skin but this picture right here is of a hand with 2 thumbs and the t... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |
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Childhood versions of sex hormones, Plausible? My Kepler Bb humanoids are externally gender neutral until they are 5 years old. So you can only tell if they are male or female before then via genetic testing or an abdominal scan like an ultrasound, X ray, or CT. Now here is my idea as to how males and females develop in childhood: Male developm... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |
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Dark energy in a planet? Is it possible that a tiny amount of dark energy(much smaller than even the iron core of earth) could lower the gravity on a planet without breaking the planet apart? I mean, dark energy is basically anti-gravity. If our universe did not have much dark energy, the gravity of dark matter would overcom... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |
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No hunger cry from birth, is it plausible? Hunger and tiredness both take a long time to cause a human baby to cry but hunger is often the longer of the 2. Now, yes, for us humans, a hunger cry is important, even though it attracts predators. But that doesn't mean that my Kepler Bb humanoids, anatomically similar externally, but different in... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |
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Life giving hydrochloric acid (HCl)? One of my fictional planets is a lot like Venus. Tons of volcanoes, extreme air pressure, similar density. The volcanoes are active. There is 1 creature here that depends on minerals and acids. Without acids, these creatures would be toast. Okay here is what I am proposing for a creature who absolut... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |
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Human baby raised by elephants, plausible? I plan on writing a story about a human born in the wild and raised by wild animals. I have heard of stories of real humans being raised by wild animals, mostly in Africa. I have also done some research on wild animals and figured out that, at least in Africa and Asia, elephants are the best wild ani... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |
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Polycythemia good underground? Polycythemia is where the hematocrit is above 55%. This can be divided into absolute and relative and absolute can be further divided into primary and secondary. Absolute polycythemia is where the hematocrit is above 55% because of increased RBC count. Primary means there is no underlying cause whe... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Volcanic winter related to moons? My Kepler Bb planet has 4 moons and is habitable. So that is good. But all 4 of these moons are major moons which while indeed possible, could be a problem. You see, these moons are in resonance so regularly you will get moons eclipsing other moons. This makes eclipses much more complicated because ... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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8 seasons instead of 4, why? My Kepler Bb world has in total 8 seasons. 4 of those are transition phases. Their year begins on the first day of spring and their months with 9 day weeks are 65 days long. But that is just in Kepler terms. Their day is 2+2/9 earth days long. Now I made it so that in terms of months, each transition... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Cyanoglobin plausible? I have done research on blood and in particular the component adding color and transferring oxygen. Hemocyanin is directly dissolved into the blood. This works for an octopus, but not a reptilian alien. Hemoglobin however is contained inside RBCs and very little is directly dissolved into the blood.... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Dragon development My dragons all develop in similar ways. There are 4 developmental cases depending on what limbs the dragon has. First case: All limbs If the dragon has all 4 limbs here is how it develops. First, an environmental factor like heat or light triggers the dragon to hatch after some time inside the egg.... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Flight at supersonic speeds without an airplane Let's say that there is a wind going 45 mph and the flight direction of the humanoid creature is in the same direction as the wind. As the flight is in the same direction as the wind, air resistance is minimum, so small it is basically 0. And let's say that this humanoid creature has a wingspan of 5 ... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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My generation ship aliens: Nocturnal and Diurnal plausible in same species? Diurnal vs Nocturnal These aliens have genes that influence whether the alien will be diurnal or nocturnal. Hatching time also influences this. Genetics: DD - Diurnal NN - Nocturnal DN or ND - Unknown until hatching time Hatching time: Hatch during daytime - Diurnal Hatch during nighttime - N... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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My generation ship aliens: Plausible development? Development The females ovulate on average 5-15 eggs per cycle. Unfertilized eggs get reabsorbed and fertilized eggs start developing a shell. The shell takes 2 weeks to fully form. Once all the fertilized eggs have formed shells the female goes into a state very much like our labor except she is la... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Generation ship: Artificial sunlight The energy source both in terms of fuel and electricity on my ship is nuclear fusion. Very precise nuclear fusion: there is no helium fusion until there is absolutely 100% helium in the main fusion tank and in the 6 other fusion tanks, so the ship only needs fuel once. Then they can fly through space... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Baby defects: Complicated system On the generation ship in one of my stories and possibly more, there exists a positive relationship between the egg laying humanoid aliens who have an egg pouch on their chest and the humans they are transporting to a planet 400 light years away at half the speed of light(so over a period of 800 year... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Differing Digestive system, 2 stomachs, useful? Here I will talk about the digestive system of my Kepler Bb humanoids. Mouth The teeth are much stronger than bone(Strong enough that they can eat bones no problem). Other than that and all time tooth formation(so a loose adult tooth is no problem for them since another will grow in its place), the... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Underground City Design: Ventilation I have already taken into concern renewable sources and several other factors. Ventilation Oxygen easily gets into this underground system via diffusion and likewise CO2 easily goes out. Plants also draw CO2 from the atmosphere, facilitating diffusion of CO2 from high concentration(underground) to ... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Planet with 4 major moons, Habitable? I designed my Kepler Bb planet to have 4 major moons. They each have a differing trajectory and are in resonant orbits for stabilization. I also designed the planet to have earth gravity but be bigger than earth. Planet characteristics: Mass = 4 earth masses Radius = 4 earth radii Gravity = 1g T... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Is a double circulatory system useful? Humanoid and Planet I understand that you might think "2 circulatory systems require more oxygen so obviously it is not useful." but I know my Kepler Bb humanoids inside and out from anatomy and physiology(including how they form antivenom and antipoison via their own immune system) to development f... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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Human hair color boundary? I know that humans can naturally have more than 1 hair color, whether that is in a transition from 1 color to another or they are born with it. Like for example there are babies with both red and brown hair at the same time. I myself have had both of these situations. I was born with salt and pepper ... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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What should humans do in a supernova? In my story where thousands of humans are transported to the planet with dinosaurs that is 400 light years away, there are bound to be lots of warnings on the generation ship. Friendly aliens are transporting them. Nuclear fusion is what powers the ship. However the heat is confined to that relativel... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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Binary planet eclipses I know that on a binary planet you would have planetary eclipses (basically like a solar or lunar eclipse but with planets instead of moons). If there also is a moon, things would be much more complicated. With a binary planet and 1 moon you could get: Double lunar Lunar + solar Lunar Solar Double... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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How would a strong humanoid heal from muscle injury Background info The humanoids in my Kepler Bb story have stronger muscles at every stage. This makes it much easier for babies to go through physical milestones and thus the shortening of time before reaching any given physical milestone. Communication also is sped up. However the eating milestones ... (more) |
— | about 8 years ago |
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Extremes in temperate climate On Kepler Bb these are the average temperature and duration in region 1 which is a warm temperate zone(subtropical if you want to call it that): Winter: Temp: 35 degrees Fahrenheit (2° C) Duration: 90 Kepler Bb days or 120 Earth days Spring: Temp: 65 degrees (20° C) Duration: same as winter Su... (more) |
— | about 8 years ago |
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Increased intracranial space The brain is 1 major developmental difference between us and these humanoids. These humanoids start off with larger brains to begin with and so brain development in the womb happens at about the same pace as ours, just with more cells. This larger brain means that babies soon go from not being able... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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Problems with floods and droughts Region 2 is north of Region 1. River and lake description: In region 2 there is a crater lake on what used to be a huge mountain. 2 large streams go from the crater lake and merge into a little river 100 miles away from the lake. Another stream from further north merges with the little river to for... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |