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Posts by shieldedtulip‭

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Q&A What would cause the temporary migration of a carnivore avian species, normally inhabiting a temperate to tropical region, to a much colder one

What would cause the temporary migration of a carnivore/scavenger avian species, normally inhabiting a temperate to tropical region, to a much colder one. It's a seasonal migration, but also a r...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭

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Q&A A continent formed entirely by volcanism, possible or not?

Could a continent roughly the size of Europe, Africa and North-America combined be formed almost entirely due to volcanic action? Something with a similar formation to this. From a chain of vol...

5 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭

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Q&A Would a jellyfish type of animal be detectable by radar inside water?

On my world a jellyfish type of animal exists, it's an aquatic animal of course and extremely dangerous as it consumes anything organic it touches. It's thin and wide, like a fleshy transparent bl...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭

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Q&A How big could a moon be before its orbit became too unstable or tidally locked to its planet

How big could a moon be before its orbit became too unstable or tidally locked to a planet about 1.6 times larger than Earth. Planet BlinketyBlink is on a similar orbit (to that of earth's) aroun...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭

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Q&A Can a dual planet have an orbit around the Sun similar to Earth's?

This is a sequel to my previous question How big could a moon be before its orbit became too unstable or tidally locked to its planet OK, let's imagine that the thing everyone thought was a moon w...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭

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Q&A With an extra bright moon hanging above us, would stars still be visible in the night skies?

The moon seems gigantic and is extremely bright. The planet BlinketyBlink has a mass of 1.6 Earth masses and a single large moon which orbits it at about 240 000 miles/386 242 km. The moon Toten...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭

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Q&A How intelligent would a wild animal have to be to not fear fire?

How intelligent would an animal(land bound animal) have to be to not fear fire? It's unable to make it or control it, but when a person is sitting by one, and while other animals act more traditio...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭

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Q&A What could cause sudden localized atmospheric pressure change?

Picture a band of happy campers, literal campers, sitting around some fires. Suddenly they feel their inner-ear "filling up" and after mere instants the ears begin popping, as if they were inside ...

13 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by shieldedtulip‭

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Q&A Long-term memory loss

What could I "use" to cause a population wide long-term memory loss. So far all chemicals that I have read about cause future memory loss. That is to say, if you are exposed to it today, tomorrow ...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭

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Q&A Can a planet's axial tilt be changed by carefully planned and set high-energy explosions?

How powerful would a series of explosions have to be to significantly change a planet's axial tilt? In my universe they have highly energy efficient crystals, not only do they store energy but the...

5 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭

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Q&A Animal to have as an efficiently modified enemy to humans

I am trying to think of animals that would make the strongest enemy for humans if they were bred in a laboratory. My goal is to have an animal that begins by being used in a benign, controlled way...

11 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by shieldedtulip‭