Activity for DT Cooper‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Question	—	Planet where animals capable of flight couldn't evolve? Lets say you have a planet called...Galileo. Galileo has a large amount of biodiversity, with bacteria, plants, fungi, and animals. The animals are what I'd like to focus on today. Unlike Earth with it's birds and insects, I intend on Galileo having no animals capable of flight. My question is, what ... (more)	—	over 4 years ago
Question	—	Best place on Earth to fake being on a distant planet? Lets say an alien trickster wants to trick a group of human astronauts into thinking they've been transported to another world far away. But in reality, he wants them to stay on good old Earth, throughout all of this. What place on Earth would be best for faking being on another planet? Criteria T... (more)	—	over 4 years ago
Question	—	Observing a planet without contaminating it in anyway? There is a planet called Galileo with life on it. The life is getting extremely complex, in fact, with some of the life on Galileo beginning to form tribes and clans and learning language. Humans want to study this planet, themselves in person (No drones or robots) but they want to keep this planet i... (more)	—	over 4 years ago
Question	—	Planet with only plant life? Is it possible for there to be a planet where no animals, only plants existed? What evolutionary reasons would cause this, if possible? (more)	—	over 4 years ago
Question	—	Logical justification to wear black leather in the Post-Apot So, let's say we have a character like this: Living in a place like this: In many post-apocalyptic media, leather jackets and blue jeans are the main form of attire for characters, even ones living in deserts of dry areas. I'm currently building a world, so I'd like to ask: What is a reasonable... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	How to keep the brain alive? So, let's say Bill wants to gain immortality. Bill is a billionaire, and so invests a large portion of his estate to Brain Transplant research. After a bit, the doctors vivisect him, and encase his brain inside of a robotic shell. My question is, since his brain is still needing of nutrients, how wou... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	What dog breeds survive the apocalypse for generations? There was an apocalypse. Humans left cities in swathes, leaving their canine companions behind in the ruined cities. My question is, which types of dogs survive? Criteria -The dogs are going to be left up to their own devices for the next few generations. -The general ecosystem is the same as it wa... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	Could a Tree grow around a humanoid being? So, let's say a group of survivors tie an immortal being to a young tree sapling. The immortal does not need food, nor water, so can survive indefinitely. After about 100 years, could that young tree sapling grow around the immortal being, with its body still intact underneath a tree? Basically,... (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Question	—	How could a person survive and then stay alive, even when they are actively decayed? So, in my world, a scientist (tries to) invents a machine that will recode your cells in a very particular way, making you immortal. He tests it out on a 13 year old male. It goes....extremely wrong. At first, he is just a normal kid. But 5 second later, he looks like a 53 year old man. 5 more seco... (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Question	—	Why do shapeshifters not kill their doubles before taking their form? Ko'dor are an octopus like species that arise from the swamps of the planet Luvwa. They have the ability to transform their bodies into any form or shape they want. When a Ko'dor wants to infiltrate an animals social structure (say, humans) they "single out" an individual to transform into. They li... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	How do the aliens maintain their transformations, even after they die? So, in my story there is a species of aliens, called the Ko'dor. The Ko'dor are a species of shape-shifters, who can change their forms at will. Naturally, they are four-eyed, green octopus like creatures. But, they have the ability to morph and change to human, or any other species's, shape. But, to... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	How could the Tayan keep its victims from moving? Below the surface of Dalia, there exists a monstrous beast that eats humanoids alive. This creature is called the Tayan. The Tayan is 150 feet tall, and 35 feet wide. It nests itself underground, and waits silently for prey to fall into its gaping mandibles, to be swallowed and digested. Prey insid... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	If 50 members of a species were given intelligence, how long would it take to evolve? On the planet Qualis, about 2 million years ago, their was a species of lizards, called "Quals". They were about as smart at the common Earth rat, not very smart. They dwelled in the semi-arid regions and tropical rainforests of Qualis, and were the prey of larger, more ferocious lizards like Kols an... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	How can my creature keep sand out of its mouth? Excerpt from the great Dalian Holy Book "The Dark God, the Tayan, was first formed when the gods above sent a curse down to the surface, to remind our people of our dependence on our gods. If the Tayan is not fed, it will rise from its slumber in the underrealm and devour the Cosmos" I have been wo... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	How can my Tayan creature excrete waste, whilst buried underground? Beneath the sands of the Planet Dalia, their lives an abominable creature, a creature that eats beings whole and slowly, slowly digests them for years at a time. This creature is...The Tayan. Worshipped by the native aliens as dark gods, most of the Tayan's victims are slaves of nobles and priests,... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	Logical reason why this creature saves its digested victims consciousness? So, there is a monstrous creature called the Tayan. It was created many thousand years ago by a hyper advanced race that created it as a sort of biological torture mechanism. It's so huge it can swallow a weight class 7B creature (human sized) whole, and digest it without breaking a sweat. If you g... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	How to escape from a Tayan's maw? So, there is a great beast called the Tayan. It burrows itself into the ground, and eats all creatures unfortunate enough to fall in. The Tayan's throat has muscles that push food down into its stomach, like a human throat. Larger victims are sent to the main stomach, where they are digested over the... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	What is a plausible reason why the creature keeps its victims alive in this stomach? On planet Dalia, there exists a creature that supplies Dalians with horrific fear. The Tayan. Tayan is similar to the Earth pitcher plant, and employs similar methods to capture prey. XENOBIOLOGY The Tayan embeds itself in the soil of planet surface, with only its octopus like tentacles and and te... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	If an ant sized intelligent creature was swallowed alive by a human, would the death be painful? So, I'm an astronaut. I got stranded on this planet, and I found a civilization of ant sized, intelligent beings that thought I was a god! They did whatever I said, no matter the ridiculousness of the request, yet they face my divine retribution. I ordered them to create a large farm of fruit, as my... (more)	—	over 6 years ago