Activity for Arbiter Elegante
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Why haven't scientists found evidence of humans interbreeding with aliens? In my alternative universe, Atlantis was a real city that existed, although it wasn't called Atlantis or founded by humans. Atlantis or rather, Dosham was a city on an isolated landmass in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, which would later become the Rockall Plateau belonging to a dying race of aliens c... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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Could sentient mitochondria evolve? Hideaki Sena's cult classic novel, Parasite Evil and it's video game sequels revolve around the premise of mitochondria gaining sentience and usurping mankind after aeons upon aeons of multicellular organisms evolving, owning back to their origins as separate prokaryotic organisms. Somehow, they also... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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Anatomically Correct Diclonius The Diclonii are an evolutionary offshoot of modern homo sapiens from the Elfen Lied series. Most Diclonii can get distinguished from humans thanks to small bone and cartilage horns resembling cat ears along with hair in varying shades of pink. However, a Diclonous' most notable trait are invisible t... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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Consequences of a creature with exposed musculature In the video game Dino Crisis 3, a recurring boss that the player fights called the Australis (a bio-engineered human-Tyrannosaurus Rex hybrid) that has skin exposing the muscles of its body. An in-game file states that the Australis' ravaged appearance is the by-product of a failed attempt at lettin... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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The plausibility of a pack-hunting carrion-eating snake I was thinking of a hypothetical species of snakes that join together for protection called Ladôni, due to their habit of mobilising in massive beds which make them resemble a large multi-headed snake. Ladôni often feeds on dead carcasses although, they'll sometimes hunt young, old, sick or injured... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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How effective would an iron sulphide carapace be at resisting small-arms gunfire? I've been designing a race of humanoids with a thick chitinous arthropodal carapace resilient to small-calibre gunfire and physical trauma that would cripple a normal human being. This carapace is similar to that of the Iron Snail's, which has a tri-layered shell protecting the snail from predators a... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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Anatomically Correct Godzilla There have been countless online articles that go into painstaking detail about the implausibility of Godzilla existing in real life. But, let's just assume that a creature like Godzilla naturally evolved (rather than being a amphibious dinosaur mutated by an H-bomb or a prehistoric marine reptile th... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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The plausibility of a mind-controlling and genome-altering pentastomid CONTEXT/EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY A book that I'm currently writing called Surge features an enemy faction called the Degenerates that are heavily inspired by the Scythians (Indo-Iranian horse nomads that ruled the Eurasian Steppes and Central Asia from the 10th century BCE to the 3rd century CE) and con... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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Reality Check: What sort of jaws would a venomous and omnivorous creature have to carry a human in its mouth? A book that I'm currently writing called Surge features an enemy faction called the Degenerates that are heavily inspired by the Scythians (Indo-Iranian horse nomads that ruled the Eurasian Steppe and Central Asia from the 9th century BC to the 1st century CE) and consists mostly of humans parasitize... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |