Amoeba‭

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Q&A What element would make up a creature if it used the weak nuclear force during its metabolic processes?

I was doing some research on how to design a scientifically possible alien, when I came across an interesting section on metabolism. I found it very interesting and read about the weak force, as op...

2 answers · posted 8y ago by Amoeba‭ · last activity 7y ago by Amoeba‭

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Q&A Gasses as a biological solvent

Everyone knows that water is necessary for life because it is such a good solvent, but could a lifeform use water vapor as a solvent instead of water, or any other gas that works a solvent instead ...

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Q&A Reasons and advantages to this form of sexual dimorphism

I want to have my aliens have a culture that clashes with human modern culture and one way I want to achieve this is having some extreme sexual dimorphism. For these aliens the sexual dimorphism ...

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Q&A Germanium Based Life

What would Germanium based life look like and what conditions would favor it. I know that it's not that common but I am going to handwave that. What would be the resulting look for such a lifeform...

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Q&A What would be the consequences of these biological changes to a human

So let's say you changed a human's DNA to give him: a thick exoskeleton that is a lot like that of a mantis shrimp (to make him bullet-proof) very small holes all over his body to use to breathe ...

3 answers · posted 8y ago by Amoeba‭ · last activity 8y ago by Amoeba‭

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Q&A Organic Thermoelectric Phase Change Material

So I was designing some aliens who exhale colder air that they take in and one person gave me a really great suggestion, using phase change materials in the creature's make up to absorb the heat fr...

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Q&A Detritivore farming

So I have this intelligent alien race of detritivores and I was wondering if it would be more practical for them to be a farming society or a hunter-gatherer society. I don't know if this is very ...

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Q&A Psychedelic Death Birds

There is this very weird species of bird that just can't get enough of delicious human flesh. But the bird has a problem - humans are big, smart, and social, so this little birdie has a unique skil...

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Q&A The dragonfly diet

So basically what I want to know what dietary changes to human would need to happen to support this human dragonfly -Chitin claws on all fingers and toes; and three chitin spikes on each limb 9-...

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Q&A Aliens with freezing powers

So I have been doing some thinking and I now am trying to design some aliens who can exhale very cold gasses or cool the atmosphere around them as a side effect of their metabolism and also survive...

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Q&A Can my character have a pet mammoth?

I have been working on a post-apocalyptic fiction story and there is one thing I have been wondering about, could (in theory) a mammoth make a good pet and transportation system in this story? Fo...

4 answers · posted 9y ago by Amoeba‭ · last activity 9y ago by Amoeba‭

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Q&A Is this a fairly decent description for a post-apocalyptic fiction story?

Okay so the story takes place up in the northern hemisphere around glaciers and polar bears and all that good stuff, its main character is named Xavior and he is a good human adapted to the radioac...

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Q&A Can osmium replace calcium or be placed in with it to make an organic human exoskeleton

I am trying to design my main character in my post-apocalyptic series to have a very dense, organic, durable skeleton. The skeleton should also be able to handle gun fire, a sledge hammer impact, a...

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Q&A Environment for my freezing aliens

So I am designing my aliens flash-freeze-on-target mechanism and now I am wondering what would be the more practical use for these flash freezing powers, as a predator or prey. These creatures are...

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Q&A Planet Titan, could this work?

So I'm guessing you guys know about the speculation that life exists on Titan. To me, this is very interesting but many point out that it would probably only be microbes and unicellular life becaus...

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