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Posts by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 a...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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. Wit...

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

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Q&A 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 res...

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

Question humans fauna survival
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Q&A 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...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 s...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 Kep...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 ...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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,...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 resistanc...

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

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Q&A 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 -...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 f...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 r...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 ...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 a...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 big...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 p...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 b...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 t...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 comp...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 bef...

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

Question biology humans
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Q&A 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) Durati...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Caters‭

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Q&A 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 s...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Caters‭