Activity for Alexander R. Hunt‭

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Question	—	A branch-mimicking snake? Just out of curiosity, could a large constrictor such as a python or a boa evolve to rely on camouflaging itself as a branch, with the right colouration and positioning, in the jungle canopy and ambush its prey (prey such as primates, rodents or birds etc). After all, we have discovered a genus of c... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Question	—	A mammalian equivalent of a pufferfish? The Inflatable Hedgehog or Zamba Zaraa is a creature, reported from the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. It is described as looking something like a hedgehog. When threatened, the animal strikes its tail against the ground (an alarm action that is used by many different types of animal) and then proceeds to... (more)	—	about 7 years ago
Question	—	The Science of the Marsupilami This just out of curiosity and interest, could something like the marsupilami exist in our world? If you don't know, the marsupilami is pretty much a bipedal, arboreal monkey like monotreme (egg-laying mammal) native to the Palombian rainforests (which are fictional) of South America. Its most notice... (more)	—	about 7 years ago
Question	—	Defensive adaptations for lagomorphs We all know how rabbits and hares escape ending up being a meal to a fox or a hawk, with long ears to hear danger coming, burrowing, long and powerful hind legs for speed and also living a social life as well as its famous method to outnumber their enemies by "breeding like rabbits". Rabbits have be... (more)	—	about 7 years ago
Question	—	How can a ninetails shape-shift in a more natural illusionary way without magic or supernatural stuff? I'm in the process of writing a speculative evolution book which is based on the natural history of the nine tailed foxes that suppose form a structure for a novel series I'm also doing (rather as a real animal undiscovered by science, than a mythological creature so no supernatural stuff and magic p... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	Evolution of a sexual dimorphic, pack-hunting ninetails Need ideas for the evolution of the kumiho, the Korean nine tailed fox that is native in the Korean peninsula. First of all, this species is sexual dimorphic so both sexes would look different from each other both in appearance and maybe their mode... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	Morphology of the nine tailed fox Needs ideas for the reason for the different sizes for ninetailed foxes i Made up. . The Korean kumiho is sexual dimorphic as the males are big as a coyote while the vixens are as big as a red fox, this species has adapted to a pack-hunting lifestyle but need a reason why. . A siamese cat-sized spe... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	A fossilised ninetails Background I'm doing a prehistoric nine-tails which would be believed to the common ancestor of the kitsune, the kumiho and the huli jing and five more species I made up, this early specimen lives in the Tibetan plateau during the Pliocene era just before the ice age started. ... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	How can a nine-tailed fox avoid the presence of humans? Background- Writing a speculative evolution about the nine-tailed fox and had made twenty species that range in size from cat-sized species from Indonesia to wolf-sized ones in the Carpathian mountains, from all over the globe and live in different habitats from temperate and tropical forests, grassl... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	The growth and development of the fox's nine tails? Just wondering both out of curiosity and something to add to my book, how do the nine tailed fox's dreads grow and developed? This is what I wrote so far. To start the extra tails are actually massive dreads of matted fur extending from the hindquarter wh... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	The creation of Fox-fire and illusions, for the nine-tailed fox Since I'm getting plenty of great for my other question "How can a nine tailed fox catch its prey? Thought I might try to get ideas for both fox-fire and illusions. So far I've thought of bioluminescent fungi which I called "fox shrooms" which are type of agaric fungus that glows a bluish-green in t... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	How can a nine tailed fox catch its prey? Need ideas for the fox's tails. In case you're wondering, this is for a speculative evolution book I'm doing which is suppose to build a structure for a novel series about these foxes (something like Watership Down or Warrior cats). To start the extra ta... (more)	—	over 7 years ago