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Posts by Caters‭

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Q&A 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, ...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Caters‭

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Rigorous Science 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...

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

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Q&A 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 bioluminesce...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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,...

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Q&A 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 s...

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Q&A 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...

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

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Q&A 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 7...

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

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Q&A 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 th...

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

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Q&A 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: Evol...

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

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Q&A 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 di...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 multi...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 examp...

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Q&A 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 octo...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 prop...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 po...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 tha...

6 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 t...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 ch...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 rept...

6 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 ultraso...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 basical...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 predator...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Caters‭