Activity for MarqFJA87
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Inhaling vastly more air than one's lung volume For characters with Superman-style "super breath", the amount of air being forcefully exhaled is often vastly greater than is possible to hold in human-sized lungs. However, this poses two major problems that I've never seen addressed in any examples of this superpower, nor could I figure out an answ... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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How do I make my alien species be able to handle molecules of either chirality? I want to design an alien species whose physiology is capable of metabolizing substances regardless of whether their chemical chirality is levorotatory or dextrorotatory. Is this scientifically possible, and if so, what would be required? (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Anatomically correct multiarmed humanoids Humanoids with more than 2 pairs of arms weren't an unknown concept in human culture. From ancient mythology, there are the hundred-armed Hekatoncheires (who have their own thread here) and six-armed Gegenees from Greek myth, the many Hindu deities that were depicted with as many as a thousand arms (... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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Centauromorphs: Anatomical terminology for duplicate body regions/parts Consider centaurs, mermaids/mermen/merfolk, driders/arachne, lamia/naga, and other half-human creatures with similar bodyplans, which I will henceforth refer to as "centauromorphs". They all have a legless human body (which may or may not include the pelvic region) attached to an animal body where it... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |