Timeline for What ways could flight evolve besides the wings of bats, birds, and bugs? [closed]
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| May 1, 2018 at 21:15 | comment | added | Sentinel | While I respect the reasons for this question being put on hold, could I politely suggest to the moderators that this is and has been a fun question and I do hope that fun in the approximate vein of the theme trumps everything. | |
| May 1, 2018 at 21:04 | history | closed |
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| May 1, 2018 at 19:50 | comment | added | Samuel | Also related: Are flying plants possible? | |
| May 1, 2018 at 19:20 | comment | added | Len | Gas filled sacks might not be "flying", but certain gases could get your creature to float. If it "exhales" a certain way that could get it to go in some direction. | |
| May 1, 2018 at 19:09 | answer | added | Womblin3 | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 1, 2018 at 17:58 | answer | added | blurry | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 1, 2018 at 7:04 | answer | added | CJ Dennis | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 1, 2018 at 6:27 | answer | added | Sentinel | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 1, 2018 at 1:42 | answer | added | Brian | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 23:37 | answer | added | Christopher Hostage | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 23:22 | answer | added | Pink Sweetener | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 20:57 | answer | added | OhkaBaka | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 20:36 | answer | added | elemtilas | timeline score: 6 | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 20:17 | answer | added | Ash | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 19:21 | answer | added | Etaila | timeline score: 15 | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 19:20 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 30, 2018 at 18:55 | answer | added | World Outsider | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 17:50 | comment | added | John | "bug" wings are made of chitin, the same thing their exoskeleton is made from.your real issue is there are only a few material that make up the outside surface of animals and all the major ones have been used. Of course no one says alien life has to be made of the same materials. | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 17:36 | answer | added | The Square-Cube Law | timeline score: 24 | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 17:33 | history | edited | Brisk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 30, 2018 at 17:28 | comment | added | Brisk | en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_and_gliding_animals "Powered flight. Powered flight has evolved only four times (first in insects, then in pterosaurs, birds and bats). It uses muscular power to generate aerodynamic forces and to replace energy lost to drag. Flapping: moving wings to produce lift and thrust." So im essentially asking for a different way that powered flight couldve evolved besides those four | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 16:59 | answer | added | LSerni | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 16:46 | history | edited | Frostfyre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 30, 2018 at 16:30 | answer | added | PlutoThePlanet | timeline score: 14 | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 16:12 | comment | added | Chris M. | Welcome to Worldbuilding! "Idea generation" questions are considered off-topic here, as it is impossible to evaluate answers. Please take the tour, and if possible, narrow down your question to something specific. | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 16:11 | comment | added | Century | If you're looking for something else material-wise, I can suggest this question for inspiration: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/96430/… | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 15:42 | review | First posts | |||
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| Apr 30, 2018 at 15:40 | history | asked | Brisk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |