Activity for MadCake - Reinstate Monica‭

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Question	—	Is it possible for a creature to exist that uses lye instead of acid to digest food? As far as I could gather the digestion relies on enzymes which in turn set requirements for pH. Is it possible for an alien creature to have a different set of enzymes that require basic environment and use lye as a base to provide such environment? I suppose it would also need different mucus to p... (more)	—	almost 5 years ago
Question	—	Is is plausible for an Earth-like planet to have all of its land located in one polar hemisphere? I made a map for my fictional world and it would be convenient for the story to have all of it affected by a somewhat similar climate. The map is made of several pieces of a Pangaea-like continent that have split apart but remained close to each other. Is it possible to have a single Pangaea-like c... (more)	—	about 5 years ago