Timeline for Evolution of a creature that uses light as a weapon
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| Apr 27, 2015 at 5:38 | answer | added | predator | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 24, 2015 at 11:18 | vote | accept | Tim B | ||
| Apr 24, 2015 at 11:13 | vote | accept | Tim B | ||
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| Apr 23, 2015 at 15:39 | comment | added | JDługosz | Don't forget the character in Sundiver (Uplift series) that has laser eyes critical to solving the mystery. | |
| Apr 23, 2015 at 11:05 | answer | added | 18446744073709551615 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 23:55 | answer | added | evan | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 20:26 | answer | added | QuadmasterXLII | timeline score: 16 | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 19:17 | answer | added | dmm | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 18:07 | comment | added | Oldcat | Deep Sea fish use light as a lure to attract fish to their doom. Kind of a weapon... | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 17:13 | answer | added | talrnu | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 16:14 | answer | added | AndyD273 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 15:05 | answer | added | dsollen | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 11:42 | answer | added | Navneet Nandan Jha | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 10:32 | comment | added | Kami | UV light for a vampire hunter? Or expanding the concept further, a world with little or no light would possibly make creatures susceptible to a sudden flash or light - stunning temporarily or possibly damaging if they are vulnerable to light (Infrared or UV light?). | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 7:57 | comment | added | Rmano | There is a very, very nice example in SF. But even telling the author or the title of the book is a heavy spoiler... so it's hidden in this link. | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 5:20 | answer | added | alessandro | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 23:22 | answer | added | Jimmy360 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 20:28 | history | edited | HDE 226868♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 21, 2015 at 19:48 | comment | added | user487 | There's also Sentenced to Prism by Alan Dean Foster which involves an entirely different biology (most of the life is solar powered) and has some lazing entities. | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 17:57 | answer | added | Dan Smolinske | timeline score: 18 | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 17:03 | answer | added | Aify | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 16:07 | answer | added | DoubleDouble | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 16:03 | answer | added | bowlturner | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 15:46 | comment | added | Athenic Cuber | see this stack exchange: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/14861/… | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 15:45 | comment | added | Mike Nichols | Larry Niven's Known Space universe contains a genetically engineered plant called a Slaver Sunflower. Each individual plant has a small mirror that it uses to collect sunlight for photosynthesis, but the plants are capable of directing that light elsewhere. Whole fields of them can target flying things and incinerate them with their combined power | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 15:45 | answer | added | Mike.C.Ford | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 15:43 | answer | added | eimyr | timeline score: 27 | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 15:33 | comment | added | Frostfyre | Are you considering something like a laser for an answer? Lasers require a significant amount of energy to produce. | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 15:11 | comment | added | Tim B | Visible light would be preferred but extending outside visible ranges would be fine if it leads to a better answer. | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 15:09 | comment | added | DoubleDouble | Do you include gamma/xray/uv rays as "light" or do you mean only visible light? | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 15:01 | history | asked | Tim B | CC BY-SA 3.0 |