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Posts by MintySoftboi‭

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Q&A How could a planet have most of its water in the atmosphere?

I am creating a speculative evolution project for school (and partially for leisure) and I need a planet for my organisms to live on. I have a rough idea of what it may be like but I'm no expert in...

8 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭

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Q&A How could a planet's magnetosphere fail?

I have a hypothetical world in the works and I have a rough idea of what it might be like. My idea is that the planet was life-supporting with a widely varied biosphere. The magnetosphere failed a...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭

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Q&A Would glacier 'trees' be plausible?

The setting is in a region of a planet comparable to Earth's California in regards to location. The soil is extremely rich in nutrients and subsurface water. But for the past three million years th...

9 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭

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Q&A How might a mountain bowl form?

On a world similar to Earth minus size, gravity, and a mildly different atmosphere. The weather is much more violent, causing frequent dust storms. The planet is larger than Earth and is mostly scr...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭

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Q&A What sort of qualities might a tortoise-like animal the size of an argentinosaurus need to support its own body?

I am wondering what kind of physical qualities (E.g. Short, thick pillar-like legs) a creature such as this would need to support such an incredible size. The world that it evolves on in almost ide...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭

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Q&A What sort of hip bone is required for quadrupedal animals to locomote on their hind legs?

I am designing a creature that is quadrupedal but can run after prey on its hind legs. What kind of hip bone would allow for the excess stress to be put on it during bipedal locomotion? The animal ...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭

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Q&A Fireproof liquids that are non-toxic to carbon based life?

What sort of fireproof liquid could be used by carbon-based life without causing harm to the organism? Whether it be absorbed from exterior sources or produced in the organism's body. I say organis...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭

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Q&A Could a tree build its bark out of Starlite-like material?

How could trees in an environment with 23% Oxygen (The atmosphere is identical to earth in all other respects.) grow bark with Starlite-like qualities? Starlite is a material claimed to be abl...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭

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Q&A How might a landlocked lake become a complete ecosystem?

Let's assume that there is a lake that has formed from snowmelt and rainfall. The lake has never been in contact with other bodies of water. How might this lake become a complete ecosystem?

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭

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Q&A Let's make a thunder creature!

Let's create a creature with the ability to create a loud boom with only its body. We'll start with a terrestrial predator, that gives us a good reason as to why it needs to do this. It uses the th...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭

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Q&A What Kind of Pigment Would Allow Basic Photosynthesis and Give the Skin a Blue Color

Let's say there is a planet orbiting a star. The planet is much like our own, with a similar atmosphere. However, the star this planet orbits differ from out star. It differs in such a way that it ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭

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Q&A Plausibility of Hexapodal Aerial Megafauna

How plausible is a six-limbed flying animal roughly the size of hatzegopteryx to be aerial? In this case, an aerial animal will be defined as a creature that solely inhabits the sky. I will call t...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by MintySoftboi‭